John Sparkman

...James D. Martin of Gadsden , who became the unopposed Republican Party candidate. Grenier, meanwhile, challenged U.S. Senator John Sparkman. He received 313,018 votes (39 percent) to Sparkman's 482,138 (60.1 percent). Another 7,444 votes...

In this article: John Edward Grenier, Guy Hunt, Republican Party, Birmingham, Alabama, Lurleen Wallace, Tulane University, and Barry M. Goldwater

...to win. Stevenson gradually gained strength until he was nominated on the third ballot. The convention then chose Senator John Sparkman of Alabama, a conservative and segregationist, as Stevenson's running mate. Stevenson then...

In this article: Adlai Stevenson, Estes Kefauver, 1952 Democratic National Convention, Illinois, Richard Russell, Averell Harriman, Harry S. Truman, and 1956 Democratic National Convention

...of the Alabama Supreme Court from 1971 to 1977. In 1978, Heflin was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to succeed John Sparkman. He remained in the Senate, where he rose to become Chairman of the Select Committee on...

In this article: Robert Stell Heflin, Howell Heflin, Alabama, Fritz Hollings, World War II, Supreme Court, North American Free Trade Agreement, Ted Kennedy, and Colbert County

...such as Erskine Hawkins, Charlie Barnet, Ray Noble , and Glenn Miller. At the outbreak of World War II, Copeland contacted Rep. John Sparkman of Alabama, who got him a job with Army Intelligence. Showing promise, he was one of the founding...

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...together to push to change the Act to allow for the designation of Sipsey as a wilderness area. Thanks to a bill introduced by Senator John Sparkman, the Eastern Wilderness Areas Act of 1975, the wilderness was finally designated with an...

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Wheeler did not run in 1882 but was reelected in 1884 and served seven consecutive terms before resigning in 1900. John Sparkman served as the 8th district representative from 1937-1946. On the same day he was elected in 1946,...

In this article: Joseph Wheeler, Alabama, United States Congress, United States House of Representatives, William M. Lowe, History, American Civil War, and Alabama's 8th congressional district

...Reclamation. After his death, Bankhead was succeeded by George R. Swift, who was appointed to fill his seat until a successor, John J. Sparkman, could be elected. Bankhead is remembered as a spokesman in favor of farmers, and against civil...

In this article: John H. Bankhead II, J. Thomas Heflin, Alabama, Grandfather clause, World War II, Agricultural Adjustment Act, 1944 Democratic National Convention, and U.S. senator

...wife of outgoing Governor George C. Wallace, Jr. He even ran behind Republican John Grenier, who was challenging U.S. Senator John Sparkman that year. Martin also ran for the Senate in 1972 but lost the Republican nomination to former...

In this article: James D. Martin, Alabama, United States Senate, Donald W. Stewart, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Birmingham School of Law, and World War II

...Senator Sparkman (1952 Vice Presidential nominee) and Adlai Stevenson II (Governor , 1952 Presidential nominee) in the Oval Office John Sparkman was admitted to the bar in 1925 and commenced practice in Huntsville . He was an instructor at...

In this article: John Jackson Sparkman, Adlai Stevenson II, U.S. House of Representatives, Alabama, Wernher von Braun, United States Senate, Huntsville, Alabama, and United States

...first entered the United States Congress by special election in 1947 when he was elected as a Democrat to the seat vacated by John Sparkman who had been elected to the U.S. Senate. Jones served 14 consecutive terms until his retirement on...

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