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John Parks Newsome (February 13, 1893 - November 10, 1961) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama. Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America.

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Newsome attended the public schools of Thompsons Station, Tennessee, and Battle Ground Academy, Franklin, Tennessee. Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County. Battle Ground Academy (commonly known by the initials BGA) is an independent college-preparatory school for grades K-12 located in Franklin Tennessee, USA Franklin is a city in and the County seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. Stock clerk for wholesale hardware company in 1912. He engaged as salesman 1913-1920. In 1920 became president and treasurer of an electrical company. During the First World War was commissioned a first lieutenant on November 27, 1917. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Later promoted to captain of Infantry, Fifth Division, and served until April 29, 1919, with overseas service. Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He served as chairman of Appeals Board No. 2, State of Alabama, Selective Service System in 1942 and 1943.

Newsome was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1945). The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1944. He served as president of Associated Industries of Alabama 1953-1955. He was a director of the Exchange Security Bank and the Alabama Gas Corp. . He died in Birmingham, Alabama, November 10, 1961. Birmingham (ˈbɝmɪŋhæm is the largest City in the US state of Alabama and is the County seat of Jefferson County. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was interred in Elwood Cemetery.

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