residence governor predecessor successor religion birth_place party office birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name alma_mater
covington , tennessee ned mcwherter don sundquist phil bredesen ed murray albert a. kelley kent williams debra moody episcopalian tipton county , tennessee democratic speaker the tennessee house of representatives from the 81st district of the tennessee house of representatives member of 16 june 1939 79th january 1991 january 1975 jimmy naifeh
 january 2009 january 2013 james o. naifeh university of tennessee
jimmy naifeh

james o. naifeh -lrb- born june 16 , 1939 -rrb- , usually known as jimmy naifeh , is an american politician and member of the democratic party from the state of tennessee .
he served as the speaker of the tennessee house of representatives from 1991 to 2009 , serving longer in that position than anyone else in tennessee history .
