What is John Wightman?
{{Infobox officeholder |image = <!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people - see [[WP:NONFREE]] --> |imagesize = 150px | | name=John Wightman | image name= | state_legislature=Nebraska | state=Nebraska | district=36th | term_start=2007 | term_end=2015 | preceded=[[Jim Cudaback]] | succeeded=[[Matt Williams (Nebraska politician)|Matt Williams]] | party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | birth_name=John Matthew Wightman | birth_date={{Birth date|1938|10|2}} | birth_place= [[North Platte, Nebraska|North Platte]], [[Nebraska]], U.S. | death_date={{death date and age|2017|1|5|1938|10|2}} | death_place=[[Lexington, Nebraska|Lexington]], Nebraska, U.S. |}} '''John Matthew Wightman''' (October 2, 1938 – January 5, 2017) was an American politician from the state of [[Nebraska]]. He served two terms, from 2007 to 2015, in the [[Nebraska Legislature]], representing a district in the central part of the state. Wightman was a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. He was also mayor of [[Lexington, Nebraska]]. Wightman died on January 5, 2017 of [[respiratory failure]] at the age of 78 in Lexington, Nebraska.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://krvn.com/regional-news/former-state-sen-and-lexington-mayor-john-wightman-dies/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter |title=FORMER STATE SEN. AND LEXINGTON MAYOR JOHN WIGHTMAN PASSES |last=Foster |first=Scott |date=January 5, 2017 |publisher=[[KRVN (AM)|KRVN]] |publication-place=[[Lexington, Nebraska]] |access-date=January 16, 2017 |archive-date=January 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120113422/http://krvn.com/regional-news/former-state-sen-and-lexington-mayor-john-wightman-dies/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wightman, John}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from respiratory failure]] [[Category:American mayors]] [[Category:Politicians from Nebraska]] [[Category:Republican Party (United