What is John Shelton Wilder?
'''John Shelton Wilder''' (June 3, 1921 – January 1, 2010) was an American politician. He was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. He was born in [[Mason, Tennessee]]. He was the [[List of lieutenant governors of Tennessee|48th]] [[Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee]] for 36 years from January 1971 to January 2007. He lost his re-election in 2006.<ref name=bluebook2007>[http://state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/07-08/1-senate.pdf Tennessee Senate], ''Tennessee Blue Book 2007–2008'', page 28</ref> He is the longest serving Lieutenant Governor in the history of the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.articlearchives.com/government/elections-politics-politics/738138-1.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-04-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428203037/http://www.articlearchives.com/government/elections-politics-politics/738138-1.html |archive-date=April 28, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> He was a [[Tennessee Senate|Tennessee state senator]] from 1959 to 1961 and again from 1967 to 2009. Wilder died on January 1, 2010 in [[Memphis, Tennessee]] from a [[stroke]], aged 88.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wsmv.com/politics/22104693/detail.html |title=Former Tenn. Lt. Gov. John S. Wilder Dies - Politics News Story - WSMV Nashville |access-date=2010-01-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211144548/http://www.wsmv.com/politics/22104693/detail.html |archive-date=February 11, 2010 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilder, John S.}} [[Category:1921 births]] [[Category:2010 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from stroke]] [[Category:Lieutenant Governors of Tennessee]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}