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|name=John Jackson Sparkman
|name=John Jackson Sparkman
|spouse=Ivo Hall Sparkman (1899-1999)
|spouse=Ivo Hall Sparkman (1899-1999)
|alma_mater=[[University of Alabama]] at [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]] (B.A. and LLB)
|alma_mater=[[University of Alabama]] at [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]] (B.A. and LLB)
}}
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'''John Jackson Sparkman''' (December 20, 1899 – November 16, 1985) was an [[United States|American]] [[politician]] from his native Morgan County, [[Alabama]], who served in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1937 to 1946 and then the [[United States Senate]] from 1946 to 1979. He was also the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] nominee for [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] in the 1952 national election, paired opposite Senator [[Richard M. Nixon]] of [[California]]. His ticket-mate, [[Adlai Stevenson]], lost the first of two consecutive races for President against [[Dwight Eisenhower]]. Therefore, Nixon, not Sparkman, began in 1953 an eight-year stint as vice president.
'''John Jackson Sparkman''' (December 20, 1899 – November 16, 1985) was an [[United States|American]] [[politician]] from his native Morgan County, [[Alabama]], who served in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1937 to 1946 and then the [[United States Senate]] from 1946 to 1979. He was also the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] nominee for [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] in the 1952 national election, paired opposite Senator [[Richard M. Nixon]] of [[California]]. His ticket-mate, [[Adlai Stevenson]], lost the first of two consecutive races for President against [[Dwight Eisenhower]]. Therefore, Nixon, not Sparkman, began in 1953 an eight-year stint as vice president.