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  1. Vor 2 Tagen · After narrowing it down to Senators John Sparkman, and A. S. Mike Monroney, President Truman and a small group of political insiders chose Sparkman, a conservative segregationist from Alabama, for the nomination. The convention largely complied and nominated Sparkman as Stevenson's running mate. He was chosen because of his Southern ...

  2. 6. Mai 2024 · Incumbent John J. Sparkman won re-election, having served since 1946. He faced nominal opposition from Republican Julian E. Elgin in the then-deeply Democratic state of Alabama. Sparkman served from 1946 to 1979 in the Senate before retiring and being succeeded by Howell Heflin.

    • Lyndon Johnson(retired) [a]
    • Texas
    • January 3, 1953
    • Democratic
  3. Vor 2 Tagen · President Harry S. Truman, vice presidential nominee Alabama senator John J. Sparkman and presidential nominee Illinois governor Adlai Stevenson in the Oval Office, 1952 Early in 1952, while Stevenson was still governor of Illinois, President Harry S. Truman decided that he would not seek another term as president.

  4. 15. Mai 2024 · Two such Senator’s were John Sparkman, the longtime Alabama Senator who made the national ticket as Adlai Stevenson’s running mate in 1952. Another was his senior colleague, the venerable...

  5. 9. Mai 2024 · John Sparkman (1899-1985) represented Alabama for 42 years in the U. S. Congress, first in the House of Representatives (1937-46), and then in the Senate (1946-79). He became known as one of the nation's most skilled legislators and in 1952 won the Democratic nomination for vice-president. Although he consistently opposed…

  6. 21. Mai 2024 · Sen. John Sparkman. Former Senator for Alabama. Sparkman was a senator from Alabama and was a Democrat. He served from 1946 to 1978. He was previously the representative for Alabama ’s 8 th congressional district as a Democrat from 1937 to 1946. Bioguide.

  7. 16. Mai 2024 · The other members of the Tolan Committee were John Sparkman (D-Alabama), Laurence Arnold (D-Illinois), Carl Curtis (R-Nebraska), and George Bender (R-Ohio). Sparkman was also a New Dealer, albeit a virulent opponent of civil rights for African Americans. Curtis and Bender, both elected to the House in 1938, believed President ...