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  Sparkman, Stephen M.
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NameStephen M. Sparkman
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Tampa, Florida , United States
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Born July 29, 1849
DiedSeptember 26, 1929 (80 years)
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Sep 05, 2015 02:57am
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InfoSPARKMAN, Stephen Milancthon, a Representative from Florida; born on a farm in Hernando County, Fla., July 29, 1849; attended the common schools; taught school 1867-1870; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1872 and commenced practice in Tampa, Fla.; State’s attorney for the sixth judicial circuit 1878-1887; declined the position of circuit judge for the sixth judicial circuit in 1888 and also the appointment of associate justice of the supreme court of the State in 1891; member of the county Democratic executive committee 1890-1894 and served as chairman in 1890 and 1891; member of the State Democratic executive committee 1892-1896, serving as chairman; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1892.

U.S. House (D-FL) 1895-1917; chairman, Committee on Rivers and Harbors (Sixty-second through Sixty-fourth Congresses); did not seek renomination in 1916.

Resumed the practice of law in Tampa, Fla.; president of the board of port commissioners until 1920; died in Washington, D.C., September 26, 1929; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Tampa, Fla.


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