Jared Maddux was a Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

 politician

Politician

A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

. A member of the Tennessee State Senate, he was elected by his colleagues to serve as Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee

Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee

The Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee is the Speaker of the Tennessee Senate and first in line in the succession to the office of Governor of Tennessee in the event of the death, resignation, or removal from office through impeachment and conviction of the Governor of the U.S...

 from 1953 to 1959 and again from 1965 to 1967, longer than any other person except John S. Wilder

John S. Wilder

John Shelton Wilder was an American politician who was a Tennessee state senator from 1959 to 1961 and again from 1967 to 2009 and the 48th lieutenant governor of Tennessee from 1971 to 2007, possibly the longest time anyone has served as Lieutenant Governor or a similar position in the history of...

, who held the office from 1971 to 2007.

The story of how he was elected to his final term is now something of a Tennessee political legend (see Frank Gorrell.) , he is the only person to have served in the office for non-consecutive terms. He was from Cookeville, Tennessee

Cookeville, Tennessee

Cookeville is a city in Putnam County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 23,923 at the 2000 census. of Cookeville's population was 30,435, and the combined total of those living in Cookeville's in 2010 was 65,014. It is the county seat of Putnam County and home to Tennessee...

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