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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.

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.​