Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection, 1952

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Alabama Senator John Sparkman was chosen as the Democratic nominee for vice president in 1952.

This article lists those who were potential candidates for the Democratic nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 1952 election. After winning the presidential nomination on the third ballot of the 1952 Democratic National Convention, Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson consulted with Democratic Party leaders such as President Harry S. Truman and Speaker Sam Rayburn. [1] Stevenson chose Alabama Senator John Sparkman, a Southern centrist, as his running mate. [2] Sparkman won the vice presidential nomination on the first ballot as no serious rival tried to displace Stevenson's choice. [1] However, many Northerners were not enthused with the choice of Sparkman due to Sparkman's stance on civil rights. [1] During the 1952 convention, Sparkman, who had supported Senator Richard Russell for president, played a part in watering down the party's platform on civil rights. [3] New York Representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and others walked out of the convention after the choice of Sparkman was announced. [1] The Democratic ticket lost the 1952 election to the Republican ticket of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon.

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John Sparkman Democratic U.S. Senator from Alabama; Democratic nominee for Vice President in 1952

John Jackson Sparkman was an American jurist and politician from the state of Alabama. A Southern Democrat, Sparkman served in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate from 1937 until 1979. He was also the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President in the 1952 presidential election.

Mike Monroney American politician

Almer Stillwell "Mike" Monroney was a Democratic Party politician from Oklahoma. He represented Oklahoma's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 until 1951, and represented Oklahoma in the United States Senate from 1951 until 1969.

Alben W. Barkley Vice President of the United States

Alben William Barkley was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served in both houses of Congress and as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953. In 1905, he was elected county attorney for McCracken County, Kentucky. He was chosen County Judge/Executive in 1909 and U.S. representative from Kentucky's First District in 1912. As a Representative, he was a liberal Democrat, supporting President Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom domestic agenda and foreign policy.

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  2. ↑ Gore, Leada (7 July 2014). "Wallace, Sparkman and Underwood (who?): 3 Alabamians came out on losing end of presidential races". AL.com. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "John Sparkman, 85, Ex-Senator, Dies". The New York Times. 1985-11-17. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2016-05-04.
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