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  • Contributor > Sparkman, John, 1899-1985 (remove)

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Oral history transcript, John Sparkman, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • he became President? Do you have any insights to the situation between Stevenson and President Johnson after that? S: Let me see. Did he die while President Johnson was in office, or while President Kennedy-M: He died in August of '65. S: Well
Oral history transcript, John Sparkman, interview 2 (II), 6/9/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • he was on the ticket. Yes. But I'm thinking there was a move to nominate him for vice president, and he made a speech--I think I'm right on this--and said that he was in favor of Jack Kennedy. Now, was that in 1956? G: I believe so. S: I think