48th Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee Speaker of the Tennessee Senate
In office January 7, 1971 – January 8, 2007
Governor
Winfield Dunn Ray Blanton Lamar Alexander Ned McWherter Don Sundquist Phil Bredesen
Preceded by
Frank Gorrell
Succeeded by
Ron Ramsey
Member of the Tennessee Senate from the 26th district
In office January 3, 1959 – January 2, 1961 January 6, 1967 – January 3, 2009
Succeeded by
Dolores Gresham
Personal details
Born
(1921-06-03)June 3, 1921 Mason, Tennessee, U.S.
Died
January 1, 2010(2010-01-01) (aged 88) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Marcelle (died 2004)
Children
John Shelton Wilder II, David Wilder
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Army
Battles/wars
World War II
John Shelton Wilder (June 3, 1921 – January 1, 2010) was an American politician who was the 48th Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee for 36 years from January 1971 to January 2007, possibly the longest time anyone has served as Lieutenant Governor or a similar position in the history of the United States.[1][2] He was a Tennessee state senator from 1959 to 1961 and again from 1967 to 2009. Tennesseans do not elect their lieutenant governor; rather, the Speaker of the Senate, who is first in the line of succession to the governor, is granted the title by statute.
^Tennessee Senate, Tennessee Blue Book 2007–2008, page 28
^"Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 28, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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