On This Day In Alabama History: John Sparkman Was Born In Hartselle

Alabama News Center | December 20, 2017 @ 5:00 am

By Graydon Rust
Alabama 200

December 20, 1899

U.S. Sen. John J. Sparkman was born in Hartselle. First elected to the House of Representatives in 1937, Sparkman served 42 years in Congress as he became one of the nation’s most skilled lawmakers. While in Congress, he became a staunch defender of the Tennessee Valley Authority and played a leading role in bringing Redstone Arsenal and the Marshall Space Flight Center to Huntsville. Sparkman served on two prestigious Senate committees, Banking and Currency, and Foreign Relations. He won the Democratic nomination for vice president under Adlai Stevenson, but lost the 1952 election to the Republican ticket of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon.

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