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Gift of Robin Purtell Bell, 2025.83.5, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, Co…
John Jackson Sparkman
Gift of Robin Purtell Bell, 2025.83.5, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, Copyright Undetermined

John Jackson Sparkman

American, 1899 - 1985
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  • John Jackson Sparkman
BiographyJohn Jackson Sparkman was born on 20 December 1899 in Hartselle, Alabama. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1937-1946 and in the U.S. Senate from 1946-1979 representing Alabama. He was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1952. He died in Huntsville, Alabama on 16 November 1985.


Source: “SPARKMAN, John Jackson.” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000701. Accessed 11 March 2026.
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