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...faithful, Kennedy had rewarded Meriwether at the behest of his good friend, Alabama's Gov ernor John Patterson, one of the first all-out Kennedy campaign supporters in the South. The President had unaccountably neglected to clear Meriwether's name with Alabama's Senator John Sparkman...
...word from Sparkman would have prevented Senate confirmation, and even without a word, many Northern Senators teetered on the edge of a nay vote. But John Sparkman swallowed his bitter pill, loyally backed the President, and his fellow Senators went along, approving the Meriwether appointment...
...liberal, had once chosen Texas Conservative John Nance Garner as his running mate ("Garner regretted it the rest of his life," said a Texan ruefully. "I hope Johnson doesn't") and recalled how Adlai Stevenson's No. 2 man in 1952 was Alabama's Senator John Sparkman...
...most responsible for this state of the nation. He is Lyndon B. Johnson." Other Democrats of every persuasion fell in line to praise Johnson and his program. Among them: Alaska's Bob Bartlett, Florida's Spessard Holland, Wyoming's Gale McGee, Alabama's John Sparkman. "Great progressive leadership," cried Ohio's Stephen Young. This was far more than the usual reflex action to an attack on a member of the club: the Johnsonian gonfalon, it was plain to see, was moving deep into the liberal ranks...
...work pace was set by Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson, who called for final passage of an omnibus housing bill before Congress starts its Lincoln's Birthday recess on Feb. 9. Senate Housing Chairman John Sparkman rushed through hearings on his bill almost before witnesses had time to take off their hats. Sparkman's bill was due on the floor of the Senate this week, with more than enough votes lined up for immediate passage...