John Jared Maddux (July 20, 1911 – May 22, 1971)[1] was a Tennessee politician.

Jared Maddux
43rd and 46th
Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee
Speaker of the Tennessee Senate
In office
January 4, 1965 – January 3, 1967
GovernorFrank G. Clement
Preceded byJames L. Bomar Jr.
Succeeded byFrank Gorrell
In office
January 5, 1953 – January 5, 1959
GovernorFrank G. Clement
Preceded byWalter M. Haynes
Succeeded byWilliam D. Baird
Member of the Tennessee Senate
In office
January 7, 1963 – January 3, 1967
Preceded byAllen M. O'Brien
Succeeded byWilliam D. Baird
Constituency15th district
In office
January 5, 1953 – January 5, 1959
Preceded byWalton L. Ward
Succeeded byJames R. Mitchell
Constituency10th district
27th and 29th Comptroller of the Treasury of Tennessee
In office
1946–1949
GovernorJim Nance McCord
Preceded bySam Carson
Succeeded byCedric Hunt
In office
1945–1945
GovernorPrentice Cooper
Jim Nance McCord
Preceded byRobert Lowe
Succeeded bySam Carson
Personal details
Born
John Jared Maddux

(1911-07-20)July 20, 1911
Buffalo Valley, Tennessee
DiedMay 22, 1971(1971-05-22) (aged 59)
Cookeville, Tennessee
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Mary Virginia Lane
(m. 1935)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/serviceUnited States Navy
Battles/warsWorld War II

Career

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A member of the Tennessee State Senate, he was elected by his colleagues to serve as the 43rd Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee from 1953 to 1959 and again from 1965 to 1967 under Governor Frank G. Clement, longer than any other person except John S. Wilder, 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.) As of 2007, he is the only person to have served in the office for non-consecutive terms. He was from Cookeville, Tennessee.

References

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  1. ^ Who was who in America. Marquis-Who's Who. 1943. ISBN 9780837902050.
Political offices
Preceded by
Robert Lowe
Comptroller of the Treasury of Tennessee
1945
Succeeded by
Sam Carson
Preceded by
Sam Carson
Comptroller of the Treasury of Tennessee
1946–1949
Succeeded by
Cedric Hunt
Preceded by
Walter M. Haynes
Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee
1953–1959
Succeeded by
William D. Baird
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee
1965–1967
Succeeded by