This article lists those who were potential candidates for the
Democratic nomination for
Vice President of the United States in the
1952 election. After winning the presidential nomination on the third ballot of the
1952 Democratic National Convention, Illinois Governor
Adlai Stevenson consulted with Democratic Party leaders such as President
Harry S. Truman and
SpeakerSam Rayburn.[1] Stevenson chose Alabama Senator
John Sparkman, a Southern centrist, as his running mate.[2] Sparkman won the vice presidential nomination on the first ballot as no serious rival tried to displace Stevenson's choice.[1] However, many Northerners were not enthused with the choice of Sparkman due to Sparkman's stance on civil rights.[1] During the 1952 convention, Sparkman, who had supported Senator
Richard Russell for president, played a part in watering down the party's platform on civil rights.[3] New York Representative
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and others walked out of the convention after the choice of Sparkman was announced.[1] The Democratic ticket lost the
1952 election to the Republican ticket of
Dwight D. Eisenhower and
Richard Nixon.
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abcdefgSigelman, Lee; Wahlbeck, Paul (December 1997). "The "Veepstakes": Strategic Choice in Presidential Running Mate Selection". The American Political Science Review. 91 (4): 858.
doi:
10.2307/2952169.
JSTOR2952169.
This article lists those who were potential candidates for the
Democratic nomination for
Vice President of the United States in the
1952 election. After winning the presidential nomination on the third ballot of the
1952 Democratic National Convention, Illinois Governor
Adlai Stevenson consulted with Democratic Party leaders such as President
Harry S. Truman and
SpeakerSam Rayburn.[1] Stevenson chose Alabama Senator
John Sparkman, a Southern centrist, as his running mate.[2] Sparkman won the vice presidential nomination on the first ballot as no serious rival tried to displace Stevenson's choice.[1] However, many Northerners were not enthused with the choice of Sparkman due to Sparkman's stance on civil rights.[1] During the 1952 convention, Sparkman, who had supported Senator
Richard Russell for president, played a part in watering down the party's platform on civil rights.[3] New York Representative
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and others walked out of the convention after the choice of Sparkman was announced.[1] The Democratic ticket lost the
1952 election to the Republican ticket of
Dwight D. Eisenhower and
Richard Nixon.
^
abcdefgSigelman, Lee; Wahlbeck, Paul (December 1997). "The "Veepstakes": Strategic Choice in Presidential Running Mate Selection". The American Political Science Review. 91 (4): 858.
doi:
10.2307/2952169.
JSTOR2952169.