Much of Whitehead's reputation rests on a newspaper article written as an eyewitness account which stated that Whitehead made a powered flight in Connecticut on August 14, 1901. In the months that followed, details from this article were widely reprinted in newspapers around the world.
Sponsored Topics. Sparkman is a city in Dallas County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 586 at the 2000 census. Sparkman is located at 33Â°55â²2â³N 92Â°50â²56â³W / 33.91722Â°N 92.84889Â°W / 33.91722; -92.84889 (33.917201, -92.848763). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 kmÂ²), all of it land.
Best Answer: John Wright Patman was born in Cass County, Texas, on 6th August, 1893. He graduated from law department of Cumberland University, Tennessee in 1916. He was admitted to the bar and worked as a lawyer in Hughes Springs, Texas. During the First World War Patman served in the United States Army. He enlisted as a private but later became a machine-gun officer. A member of the Democratic Party, Patman was elected to the House of Representatives in Texas in 1921.