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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=John Jackson Sparkman
|name=John Jackson Sparkman
|predecessor2=A. Willis Robertson
|predecessor2=A. Willis Robertson
|successor2=[[William Proxmire]]
|successor2=[[William Proxmire]]
|office3=Chairman of the Senate Small Business Committee
|office3=Chairman of the Senate Small<br>Business Committee
|term_start3=January 3, 1955
|term_start3=January 3, 1955
|term_end3=January 3, 1967
|term_end3=January 3, 1967
Sparkman established his law office in [[Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville]] after his graduation from the [[University of Alabama]] School of Law at [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]]. He won election to the House in 1936 and served during most of 1946 as the House Majority Whip under Majority Leader John William McCormack (1891–1980) of [[Massachusetts]]. He left the House that same year after he won a [[special election]] to succeed Senator John H. Bankhead, II. He is remembered his sponsorship of the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville and as the chairman of both the Senate Banking and Foreign Relations committees.
Sparkman established his law office in [[Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville]] after his graduation from the [[University of Alabama]] School of Law at [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]]. He won election to the House in 1936 and served during most of 1946 as the House Majority Whip under Majority Leader John William McCormack (1891–1980) of [[Massachusetts]]. He left the House that same year after he won a [[special election]] to succeed Senator John H. Bankhead, II. He is remembered his sponsorship of the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville and as the chairman of both the Senate Banking and Foreign Relations committees.
==External links==
*[http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1441 John J. Sparkman] via ''Encyclopedia of Alabama
*[https://www.senate.gov/senators/FeaturedBios/Featured_Bio_SparkmanJohn.htm Profile] at ''senate.gov
*[https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=S000701 Profile] at the ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
*[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/17/us/john-sparkman-85-ex-senator-dies.html Obituary] via ''The New York Times
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