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unusual facts about Wallace Madewell



J. Wyeth Chandler

After resigning from office to accept a judgeship appointment from the Governor of Tennessee, Lamar Alexander, Chandler was succeeded by two interim mayors: first by J.O. Patterson, Jr. (the first-ever African-American to serve in the office), then by Wallace Madewell.

J.O. Patterson, Jr.

He practiced law and then became active in state and local political life as a State Representative for one term, a State Senator for two terms, a Memphis City Councilman for five terms and interim Mayor of Memphis (for 20 days total) in 1982, following the resignation of J. Wyeth Chandler (the first African-American to ever hold the office); after the statutory 20 days, he was succeeded by Wallace Madewell for a short period.


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