There is hereby created the state office of lieutenant governor. The person holding the office of lieutenant governor shall be next in succession to the office of governor.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-2-101
Office created — Succession to governorship
Acts 1951, ch. 49, § 1 (Williams, § 187.2); T.C.A
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