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Clark</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/declouet-degrow.html#946.94.16">Leonard Weaver Deeds</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harvey.html#105.18.08">William West Harvey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/powhatan-prangley.html#561.13.19">Wesley Ewell Prater</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#301.78.19">Lavetta Sparks-Wade</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson4.html#619.53.97">Isaac DeLiesseline Wilson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="907.22.57">Sparks, Adam</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 8th District, 2000. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="059.08.18">Sparks, Alonzo Oren</a> — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Jackson County 1st District, 1938. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="584.09.30">Sparks, Arthur L.</a> — of Kansas. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kansas</a> 5th District, 1946. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="821.34.96">Sparks, Bill</a> — of Poplar Bluff, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BT-lived.html">Butler County</a>, Mo. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/poplarbluff.html">Mayor of Poplar Bluff, Mo.</a>, 1981. Still living as of 1981. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="667.28.73">Sparks, Billy J.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/an-lived.html">Anchorage</a>, Alaska. Acting postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/anchorage.html#3">Anchorage, Alaska</a>, 1966. Still living as of 1966. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sparks, C. Nelson See <a href="#252.85.84">Charles Nelson Sparks</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="488.32.13">Sparks, Carol A.</a> — of Kentucky. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a> 95th District, 1973. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1973. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="668.03.06">Sparks, Charles H.</a> — of Roswell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/CH-lived.html">Chaves County</a>, N.M. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/NM.html">1896</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="656.62.93">Sparks, Charles Isaac</a> (1872-1937) — also known as Charles I. Sparks — of Goodland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SR-lived.html">Sherman County</a>, Kan. Born near Ontario, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/BO-born.html">Boone County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/12-20.html">December 20, 1872</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kansas</a> 6th District, 1929-33. Died in Goodland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SR-died.html">Sherman County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/04-30.html">April 30, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 131 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SR-buried.html#cms01646">Goodland Cemetery</a>, Goodland, Kan. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000703">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410174">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="088.53.88">Sparks, Charles J.</a> — of Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 10th District, 1938; Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Jackson County 1st District, 1940, 1950 (primary), 1952, 1956. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="252.85.84">Sparks, Charles Nelson</a> (1881-1950) — also known as C. Nelson Sparks — of Akron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/SU-lived.html">Summit County</a>, Ohio. Born in Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-born.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/07-21.html">July 21, 1881</a>. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/akron.html#2">Akron, Ohio</a>, 1921-27 (acting, 1921); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/akron.html">mayor of Akron, Ohio</a>, 1932-33. Died in Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-died.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/11-22.html">November 22, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 124 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-buried.html#cms00624">Green Lawn Cemetery</a>, Columbus, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Edward S. Sparks and Isabell 'Belle' (Akin) Sparks; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/07-24.html">July 24, 1903</a>, to Katherine W. Harrison; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/11-21.html">November 21, 1914</a>, to Edith Reamey Smith; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/06-17.html">June 17, 1921</a>, to Grace Black Pugh.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8479561">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sparks, Chauncey See <a href="#506.49.53">George Chauncey Sparks</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="344.69.96">Sparks, Colleen F.</a> — Independent candidate for Presidential Elector for California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/pr2016-election.html">2016</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanders.html#287.93.66">Bernie Sanders</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#670.84.39">Tulsi Gabbard</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2016. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="969.66.19">Sparks, David</a> — Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 24th District, 2010. Still living as of 2010. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="418.42.10">Sparks, Derek</a> (born c.1980) — of Edmond, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born about 1980. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lobbyist.html">Political consultant</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/OK.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="642.27.99">Sparks, Donn E.</a> — of Vancouver, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/CL-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Wash. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/WA.html">1968</a>. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="980.64.05">Sparks, Earnest L.</a> — of Martinsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BE-lived.html">Berkeley County</a>, W.Va. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/martinsburg.html">Mayor of Martinsburg, W.Va.</a>, 1996-99. Still living as of 1999. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="953.25.54">Sparks, Edward John</a> (1897-1976) — also known as Edward J. Sparks — of New York. Born in Jersey City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-born.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/12-28.html">December 28, 1897</a>. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CE-consuls.html ">Valparaiso</a>, as of 1926-29; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UR-consuls.html ">Montevideo</a>, as of 1943; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BV-diplomats.html ">Bolivia</a>, 1951-54; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GU-diplomats.html ">Guatemala</a>, 1955-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VZ-diplomats.html ">Venezuela</a>, 1958-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UR-diplomats.html ">Uruguay</a>, 1961-62. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/index.html">1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">about 78 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CE-buried.html#cms07403">somewhere</a> in Chile. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/sparks-edward-john ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="410.78.04">Sparks, Elijah</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Indiana</a>, 1813-14. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="597.71.07">Sparks, Faye</a> — Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/pr2000-meeting.html">2000</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html#874.74.60">George W. Bush</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cheney.html#063.64.84">Richard B. Cheney</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="503.75.43">Sparks, Felix L.</a> — of Colorado. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; one of the heroes of the Anzio beachhead in 1944; on April 29, 1945, he captured the Dachau concentration camp, and under orders to permit no one in or out, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/military.html">refused entry</a> to a brigadier general from another unit; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">court-martial</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/military.html">charges</a> were drawn up, and Sparks was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a>; the charges were dismissed by General Patton; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spju.html">justice of Colorado state supreme court</a>, 1956. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="513.80.43">Sparks, Floyd</a> — of Hayward, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/pr1960-meeting.html">1960</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nixon.html#870.67.93">Richard M. Nixon</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockyer-loftus.html#838.41.69">Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.</a>); delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/CA.html">1964</a>. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="864.50.55">Sparks, Frank C.</a> (c.1876-1944) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born about 1876. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Contractor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/wilmington.html">mayor of Wilmington, Del.</a>, 1931-33; defeated, 1933. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/12-24.html">December 24, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="606.12.45">Sparks, Frank J.</a> — of West Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from West Hartford; elected 1928, 1930, 1932. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="670.53.15">Sparks, G. S.</a> — of Savannah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/AN-lived.html">Andrew County</a>, Mo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/AN-parties.html">Chair of Andrew County Democratic Party</a>, 1921-24. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="835.52.97">Sparks, George B.</a> — of Council Bluffs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PT-lived.html">Pottawattamie County</a>, Iowa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/councilbluffs.html">Mayor of Council Bluffs, Iowa</a>, 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="506.49.53">Sparks, George Chauncey</a> (1884-1968) — also known as Chauncey Sparks — of Eufaula, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BR-lived.html">Barbour County</a>, Ala. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BR-born.html">Barbour County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/10-08.html">October 8, 1884</a>. Democrat. State court judge in Alabama, 1911-15; member of Alabama state legislature, 1919-23, 1931-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1943-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/AL.html">1944</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/AL.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/11-06.html">November 6, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 29 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BR-buried.html#cms01752">Fairview Cemetery</a>, Eufaula, Ala. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/chauncey-sparks/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="938.46.47">Sparks, George W.</a> — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/wilmington.html">Mayor of Wilmington, Del.</a>, 1857-58. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="647.26.33">Sparks, George W.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from New Castle County 1st District, 1903-10. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="152.91.39">Sparks, Grant</a> — of Lamar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/JO-lived.html">Johnson County</a>, Ark. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/AR.html">1932</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="707.20.70">Sparks, Guy</a> (c.1928-1983) — also known as "Anniston's Conscience" — of Anniston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CA-lived.html">Calhoun County</a>, Ala. Born in Holt, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/TU-born.html">Tuscaloosa County</a>, Ala., about 1928. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Alabama Commissioner of Revenue, 1961-63; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/attygn.html">Alabama state attorney general</a>, 1966; attorney for Alabama Labor Council, AFL-CIO. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-assoc-justice.html">Association of Trial Lawyers of America</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/index.html">1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">about 55 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CA-buried.html#cms07269">Highland Cemetery</a>, Anniston, Ala. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fryall-fullam.html#124.62.68">James M. Fullan Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Campaign slogan (1966): "I run not for gain, not for power — but for service."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Campaign slogan (1966): "The people's candidate."</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="376.95.32">Sparks, Harold</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 42nd District, 1978. Still living as of 1978. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="261.62.56">Sparks, Harry G.</a> — of Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/MI.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="938.96.25">Sparks, Harry M.</a> — of Murray, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CL-lived.html">Calloway County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a> 1st District, 1975. Still living as of 1975. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="640.71.18">Sparks, I.</a> — of Santa Fe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/SF-lived.html">Santa Fe County</a>, N.M. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/santafe.html">Mayor of Santa Fe, N.M.</a>, 1902-04. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="507.67.95">Sparks, James Derek</a> (born c.1981) — of Tulsa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/TU-lived.html">Tulsa County</a>, Okla. Born about 1981. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/OK.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="659.81.06">Sparks, James Garrard</a> (1856-1888) — also known as James G. Sparks — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BR-born.html">Bourbon County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/10-26.html">October 26, 1856</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 16th District, 1887-88; died in office 1888. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CS-died.html">Cass County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/01-12.html">January 12, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/31.html">31 years, 78 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CS-buried.html#cms05779">Pleasant Hill Cemetery</a>, Pleasant Hill, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of W. B. Sparks and Fannie (Breckenridge) Sparks; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/09-16.html">September 16, 1879</a>, to Amanda Mers.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/78814985">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="344.28.05">Sparks, James M.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BU-lived.html">Buchanan County</a>, Mo. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Buchanan County 4th District, 1912. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="083.90.69">Sparks, John</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/GL-lived.html">Gloucester County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Gloucester County, 1779-80. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="036.21.76">Sparks, John</a> (1843-1908) — also known as "Honest John" — of Nevada. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/WI-born.html">Winston County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/08-30.html">August 30, 1843</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Rancher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Nevada</a>, 1903-08; died in office 1908. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/cc-died.html">Carson City</a>, Nev., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/05-22.html">May 22, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 266 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/WA-buried.html#cms01162">Masonic Memorial Gardens</a>, Reno, Nev. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/WA-names.html">Sparks, Nevada</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-sparks/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Sparks (Nevada politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15090324">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="894.84.14">Sparks, John T.</a> — of Massachusetts. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 5th District, 1902. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="716.09.38">Sparks, Joseph S.</a> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-consuls.html ">Havana</a>, as of 1943. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="440.13.79">Sparks, Kevin W.</a> — of Illinois. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 2nd District, 1982. Still living as of 1982. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="402.75.20">Sparks, Laban</a> — of Sparks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/BL-lived.html">Baltimore County</a>, Md. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 2nd District, 1912; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/MD.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="127.95.05">Sparks, Leon A.</a> — of Eufaula, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BR-lived.html">Barbour County</a>, Ala. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/AL.html">1944</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="407.42.87">Sparks, Levi</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/CL-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Ind. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/IN.html">1864</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sparks, Nelson See <a href="#252.85.84">Charles Nelson Sparks</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="743.38.66">Sparks, Otto E.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 1st District, 1950, 1952. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="732.79.02">Sparks, Ovid G.</a> — of Macon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BB-lived.html">Bibb County</a>, Ga. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/macon.html">Mayor of Macon, Ga.</a>, 1858-60, 1863; resigned 1860. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="676.21.73">Sparks, R. A.</a> — of Benton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SO-lived.html">Scott County</a>, Mo. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/MO.html">1896</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="727.00.68">Sparks, Reuben K.</a> — of Woodward, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/WO-lived.html">Woodward County</a>, Okla. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/OK.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/OK.html">1956</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/officers.html">Honorary Vice-President</a>; member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Oklahoma</a>, 1954. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="766.38.25">Sparks, Robert B.</a> — of Carlisle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/NI-lived.html">Nicholas County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/KY.html">1996</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="149.11.04">Sparks, Ron</a> — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/AL.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="827.08.35">Sparks, Ronald</a> — of Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LO-lived.html">Logan County</a>, Ill. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/LO-parties.html">Chair of Logan County Republican Party</a>, 2002. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="327.24.67">Sparks, Sam</a> — of Little Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-lived.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ark. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/AR.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="640.63.08">Sparks, Sam</a> (b. 1939) — of El Paso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/EP-lived.html">El Paso County</a>, Tex. Born in Austin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-born.html">Travis County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/index.html">1939</a>. Law clerk for U.S. District Judge <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thone-thornley.html#951.42.74">Homer Thornberry</a>, 1964-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas</a>, 1991-. Still living as of 2017. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2245&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/sparks-sam">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="533.05.30">Sparks, Samuel P.</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 17th District, 1887-92. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="393.69.08">Sparks, Samuel P.</a> — of Kingston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/RO-lived.html">Roane County</a>, Tenn. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/TN.html">1900</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="931.54.69">Sparks, Sarah G.</a> — of Lowell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/MA.html">1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="832.76.24">Sparks, Steve</a> — Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Hawaii</a> 2nd District, 2003. Still living as of 2003. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="852.19.67">Sparks, T. J.</a> — of Illinois. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/IL.html">1904</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/speakers.html">speaker</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="490.61.35">Sparks, T. J.</a> — of Central City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MU-lived.html">Muhlenberg County</a>, Ky. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/KY.html">1904</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="710.03.91">Sparks, Thomas, Jr.</a> — of Kentucky. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky</a>, 1927-35. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="552.26.06">Sparks, Thomas</a> — also known as Tom Sparks — of St. Joseph, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-lived.html">Berrien County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/saintjoseph.html">Mayor of St. Joseph, Mich.</a>, 1956-60. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="979.17.47">Sparks, Thomas E.</a> (1911-2001) — of Arkansas. Born in Crossett, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/AS-born.html">Ashley County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/08-15.html">August 15, 1911</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/sthse.html">Arkansas state house of representatives</a>, 1967-78. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in Fordyce, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/DA-died.html">Dallas County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/06-29.html">June 29, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 318 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/DA-buried.html#cms06152">Oakland Cemetery</a>, Fordyce, Ark. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="932.82.44">Sparks, Timothy J.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/an-lived.html">Anchorage</a>, Alaska. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/AK.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sparks, Tom See <a href="#552.26.06">Thomas Sparks</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="413.04.87">Sparks, Walter S.</a> — of Oshtemo Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-lived.html">Kalamazoo County</a>, Mich. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/oshtemo-twp.html">Supervisor of Oshtemo Township, Michigan</a>; elected 1901, 1902. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="750.42.57">Sparks, William</a> — of Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/jackson.html">Mayor of Jackson, Mich.</a>, 1915-19. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="947.88.42">Sparks, William A.</a> (d. 1849) — of South Carolina. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-consuls.html ">Venice</a>, 1845-49, died in office 1849. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cholera.html">cholera</a>, Venice, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-died.html">Italy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/08-18.html">August 18, 1849</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="839.00.78">Sparks, William Andrew Jackson</a> (1828-1904) — also known as William A. J. Sparks — of Carlyle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CI-lived.html">Clinton County</a>, Ill. Born near New Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/FL-born.html">Floyd County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/11-19.html">November 19, 1828</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Democratic Presidential Elector for Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/pr1856-meeting.html">1856</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1868/IL.html">1868</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/IL.html">1884</a>; member of Illinois state legislature, 1860; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 16th District, 1875-83; Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1885-88. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/05-07.html">May 7, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 170 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CI-buried.html#cms01356">St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery</a>, Carlyle, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson1.html#174.79.95">Andrew Jackson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000704">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410175">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William A. J. Sparks">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="082.25.15">Sparks, William E.</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/stsen.html">Ohio state senate</a> 3rd District, 1894-97. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="038.33.26">Sparks, William K.</a> — of Kentucky. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a> 46th District, 1973. Still living as of 1973. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="130.35.49">Sparks, William Morris</a> (1872-1950) — Born in Charlottesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HC-born.html">Hancock County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/04-28.html">April 28, 1872</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit</a>, 1929-48; took senior status 1948. Died in Rushville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/RU-died.html">Rush County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/01-07.html">January 7, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 254 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2246&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/sparks-william-morris">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="702.43.08">Sparks, William Olin</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/TN-lived.html">Towns County</a>, Ga. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a> from Towns County, 1943-46. Presumed deceased. 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