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.
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
Family Members
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![John Bankhead]()
John Hollis Bankhead
1842–1920
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![Tallulah Bankhead]()
Tallulah James Brockman Bankhead
1844–1922
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![Florence Bankhead]()
Florence McGuire Bankhead
1889–1952 (m. 1915)
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![Adalaide Bankhead]()
Adalaide Eugenia Sledge Bankhead
1880–1902
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![Louise Perry Lund]()
Louise Barriolhet Bankhead Perry Lund
1867–1921
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![Marie Owen]()
Marie Susan Bankhead Owen
1869–1958
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![John Bankhead]()
John Hollis Bankhead
1872–1946
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![Henry Bankhead]()
Henry McAuley Bankhead
1876–1957
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![Evelyn Bankhead]()
Evelyn Eugenia Bankhead
1901–1979
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![Tallulah Bankhead]()
Tallulah Bankhead
1902–1968
Flowers
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