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William Brockman Bankhead

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William Brockman Bankhead Famous memorial

Birth	12 Apr 1874 Lamar County, Alabama, USA
Death	15 Sep 1940 (aged 66) Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial	Oak Hill Cemetery Jasper, Walker County, Alabama, USA
Memorial ID	11739 View Source

U.S. Congressman. Born the son of U.S. Representative and Senator, John H. Bankhead, he graduated from the University of Alabama, in 1893, from the Georgetown University Law School Washington, D.C., in 1895, was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Huntsville, Alabama. He was a member of the Alabama State House of Representatives, (1900-01), Huntsville City Attorney, (1898-1902) and solicitor of the fourteenth judicial circuit of Alabama, (1910-14). In 1917, he was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth Congress and to the next eleven succeeding Congresses, serving until 1940. Shortly after his final term, he died at the age of 66.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith

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Parents

John Hollis Bankhead

1842–1920
Tallulah James Brockman Bankhead

1844–1922

Spouses

Florence McGuire Bankhead

1889–1952 (m. 1915)
Adalaide Eugenia Sledge Bankhead

1880–1902

Siblings

Louise Barriolhet Bankhead Perry Lund

1867–1921
Marie Susan Bankhead Owen

1869–1958
John Hollis Bankhead

1872–1946
Henry McAuley Bankhead

1876–1957

Children

Evelyn Eugenia Bankhead

1901–1979
Tallulah Bankhead

1902–1968

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Added: 13 Aug 2000
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