John Jackson Sparkman



John Jackson Sparkman (December 20, 1899 – November 16, 1985) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Alabama. A Southern Democrat, Sparkman served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate from 1937 until 1953. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President as Adlai Stevenson's running mate in the 1952 and 1956 U.S. presidential election as well as he'd also served as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.