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Sparkman, John

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Sparkman, John (Jackson) (1899–1985)

US Democratic representative and senator. He represented Alabama in Congress 1937–46, before being elected in 1946 to the Senate, where he served until 1979. A Southern conservative when it came to civil rights, he was moderate enough to be the Democrats' candidate for vice-president in 1952 and he chaired the Foreign Relations Committee 1975–79.

He was born in Hartselle, Alabama, the son of a farmer. He was a lawyer.



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