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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.
Sparkman voted against anti-lynching legislation as a representative in 1937.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/h27 TO PASS H. R. 1507, AN ANTI-LYNCHING BILL.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 17, 2021.</ref>
Sparkman voted against [[anti-lynching legislation]] as a representative in 1937.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/h27 TO PASS H. R. 1507, AN ANTI-LYNCHING BILL.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 17, 2021.</ref>
The paths of Sparkman and Nixon met again when Nixon was elected president in 1968 over [[Hubert Humphrey]] and [[George Wallace]]. In 1972, as Nixon won reelection, he declined to assist Sparkman's unsuccessful [[Republican Party|Republican]] challenger, Winton Blount, who had been [[Postmaster General]] in the first Nixon administration. Instead Nixon sought to curry favor with Sparkman in what turned out to have been be an abbreviated second term as president.
The paths of Sparkman and Nixon met again when Nixon was elected president in 1968 over [[Hubert Humphrey]] and [[George Wallace]]. In 1972, as Nixon won reelection, he declined to assist Sparkman's unsuccessful [[Republican Party|Republican]] challenger, Winton Blount, who had been [[Postmaster General]] in the first Nixon administration. Instead Nixon sought to curry favor with Sparkman in what turned out to have been be an abbreviated second term as president.