What is John Sparkman?
{{Infobox officeholder | birth_name=John Jackson Sparkman | nationality=American | image name=John J. Sparkman, c 1950.jpg | order1=Chairman of the [[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations|Senate Committee on Foreign Relations]] | term_start1=January 3, 1975 | term_end1=January 3, 1979 | preceded1=[[J. William Fulbright]] | succeeded1=[[Frank Church]] | order2=Chairman of the [[United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs|Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs]] | term_start2=January 3, 1967 | term_end2=January 3, 1975 | preceded2=[[A. Willis Robertson]] | succeeded2=[[William Proxmire]] | order3=Chairman of the [[United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship|Senate Select Committee on Small Business]] | term_start3=January 3, 1955 | term_end3=January 3, 1967 | preceded3=[[Edward John Thye]] | succeeded3=[[George Smathers]] | term_start4=February 20, 1950 | term_end4=January 3, 1953 | preceded4=[[Edward John Thye]] | succeeded4=[[George Smathers]] | jr/sr5=United States Senator | state5=[[Alabama]] | term_start5=November 6, 1946 | term_end5=January 3, 1979 | preceded5=[[George R. Swift]] | succeeded5=[[Howell Heflin]] | order6=11th [[Majority Whip of the United States House of Representatives]] | term_start6=January 1, 1946 | term_end6=November 6, 1946 | leader6=[[John W. McCormack]] | preceded6=[[Robert Ramspeck]] | succeeded6=[[Leslie C. Arends]] | order7=Member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Alabama]]'s [[Alabama's 8th congressional district|8th]] district | term_start7=January 3, 1937 | term_end7=November 6, 1946 | preceded7=[[Archibald Hill Carmichael]] | succeeded7=[[Robert E. Jones, Jr.]] | birth_date=December 20, 1899 | birth_place=[[Hartselle, Alabama|Hartselle]], [[Alabama]], [[United States|USA]] | death_date={{death date and age|mf=yes|1985|11|16|1899|12|20}} | death_place=[[Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville]], Alabama | resting_place=[[Maple Hill Cemetery (Huntsville, Alabama)|Maple Hill Cemetery]] in Hunts