John Sparkman
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"John Jackson Sparkman" was an American politician from the U.S. state of Alabama. A Southern Democrats/Southern Democrat, Sparkman served in the United States House of Representatives/U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate/U.S. Senate from 1937 until 1979. He was the Democratic Party (United States)/Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States/Vice President as Adlai Stevenson II/Adlai Stevenson's running mate in the United States presidential election, 1952/1952 U.S. presidential election.

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