Bankhead, William Brockman, 1874-1940

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Dates:
Birth 1847
Death 1940
Birth 1874-04-12
Death 1940-09-15

Biographical notes:

Bankhead was born 1874 April 12 to John H. and Tallulah James Brockman Bankhead near Moscow, Lamar Co., Ala. Bankhead attended the University of Ala. and Georgetown University. Upon receiving his law degree in 1895, he began practicing law in Huntsville, Ala., in 1895. Bankhead served as City Attorney for Huntsville (Ala.), solicitor of the fourteenth judicial circuit, and as a member of the Ala. Legislature prior to his election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1917.

Bankhead was elected Democratic Majority Leader in 1934 and Speaker of the House in 1936, a position he occupied until his death in 1940. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in 1940.

Bankhead married Adelaide (Ada) Eugene Sledge in 1900 and they had two daughters: Evelyn Eugenia and Tallulah Brockman. Adelaide died in 1902 and 1915 he married Florence McGuire. Bankhead died 1940 Sept. 15. Following memorial services in the U.S. Capitol, he was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper Ala.

From the description of Papers, 1875-1952 and n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122498578

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Subjects:

  • African Americans
  • Agriculture
  • Alabama
  • Political campaigns
  • Coal mines and mining
  • Cotton
  • Educational law and legislation
  • Engineering Experiment Station
  • Farm tenancy
  • Government, Law and Politics
  • Hydroelectric power plants
  • Liquor laws
  • Politicians
  • Reclamation of land
  • Roads
  • Veterans
  • Vocational education

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  • Muscle Shoals (Ala.) (as recorded)
  • Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.) (as recorded)
  • William B. Bankhead National Forest (Ala.) (as recorded)
  • Southern States (as recorded)
  • Panama Canal (Panama) (as recorded)
  • Alabama |x Politics and government (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Alabama (as recorded)

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