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{{Officeholder
|name=Lester Maddox
|image=Lester Maddox State of Georgia.jpg
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=
|religion=
|offices=
{{Officeholder/governor
|state=Georgia
|lieutenant=George T. Smith
|terms=January 11, 1967 – January 12, 1971
|preceded=Carl Sanders
|former=y
|succeeded=Jimmy Carter
}}
}}
[[File:LesterMaddox.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Lester Maddox (pointing gun) and his son (waving axe handle) try to prevent Black protester from entering his Pickrick restaurant, this week 1964—Maddox was elected Governor of Georgia 1966" - Historian Michael Beschloss.<ref>https://twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/1278395843322789889</ref>]]
[[File:LesterMaddox.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Lester Maddox (pointing gun) and his son (waving axe handle) try to prevent Black protester from entering his Pickrick restaurant, this week 1964—Maddox was elected Governor of Georgia 1966" - Historian Michael Beschloss.<ref>https://twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/1278395843322789889</ref>]]
'''Lester Maddox''' was the 75th Governor of [[Georgia]] from January 11, 1967 to January 12, 1971. A lifelong [[Democrat]], he championed [[segregation]], and like contemporary [[liberals]], advocated the threat and use of violence to achieve political ends.<ref>http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=34f8224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD</ref> He later served on the same ticket with [[Jimmy Carter]]'s as [[Lieutenant Governor]].
'''Lester Maddox''' was the 75th Governor of [[Georgia]] from January 11, 1967 to January 12, 1971. A lifelong [[Democrat]], he championed [[segregation]], and like contemporary [[liberals]], advocated the threat and use of violence to achieve political ends.<ref>http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=34f8224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD</ref> He later served on the same ticket with [[Jimmy Carter]]'s as [[Lieutenant Governor]].