Background
Maddux, Jared was born on July 20, 1911 in Buffalo Valley, Tennessee, United States. Son of Solon and Daisy (Jared) Maddux.
politician member of the Tennessee State Senate
Maddux, Jared was born on July 20, 1911 in Buffalo Valley, Tennessee, United States. Son of Solon and Daisy (Jared) Maddux.
Bachelor of Science, Tennessee Polytech. Institute, 1934; Bachelor of Laws, East. Tennessee Law School, 1938.
Bar, 1940; member firm Maddux, Moore & Moore. Chief clerk Tennessee House of Representatives, 1944. Comptroller Tennessee Treasury, 1945-1949.
State senator, speaker Tennessee Senate, also lieutenant governor Tennessee, 1953-1958, 65-66.
Young Manitoba of Year award Tennessee Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1943. Good Government award, United States Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1948.
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 South. Wilder, who held the office from 1971 to 2007.
Married Mary V. Lane, July 6, 1935. Children: Virginia L., John Jared, Rachel North.