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John Parks Newsome (February 13, 1893 – November 10, 1961) was aU.S. Representative fromAlabama.

Newsome was born inMemphis, Tennessee. He spent his youth inThompsons Station, Tennessee. He attended school there, and later attendedBattle Ground Academy in nearbyFranklin.

Following graduation Newsome worked in a wholesale hardware company, beginning in 1912. He became a salesman for the company the following year (1913), and remained in that capacity until leaving to serve inWorld War I. He received a commission as first lieutenant in the US Army on 27 November 1917, and was promoted to Infantry Captain (Fifth Division), where he served until April 29, 1919. He returned to his sales position and remained there until 1920, when he became president and treasurer of an electrical company.

After World War II broke out Newsome served as Chair of Appeals Board 2, State of AlabamaSelective Service System. He was in that position in 1942–1943. He was elected on theDemocratic ticket to theSeventy-eighth Congress in November 1942. He served from January 3, 1943 until January 3, 1945, having made an unsuccessful bid for re-election in November 1944.

Newsome served as president of Associated Industries of Alabama (1953–1955). He also served as a director of Exchange Security Bank, and Alabama Gas Corporation.

Newsome died inBirmingham, Alabama on November 10, 1961. He was interred inElmwood Cemetery in that city.

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