| John H. Bankhead | |||
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| United States Senator from Alabama | |||
In office June 18, 1907 – March 1, 1920 | |||
| Preceded by | John T. Morgan | ||
| Succeeded by | B. B. Comer | ||
| Member of the United States House of Representatives | In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1907 | ||
| Preceded by | John Mason Martin | ||
| Succeeded by | Richmond P. Hobson | ||
| Personal details | |||
| Born | John Hollis Bankhead September 13, 1842 Moscow, Alabama | ||
| Died | March 1, 1920 (aged 77) Washington, D.C | ||
| Political party | Democratic | ||
John Hollis Bankhead (September 13, 1842 – March 1, 1920) was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama between 1907 and 1920.
Biography[]
Bankhead was born on September 13, 1842, at Moscow, Marion County, Alabama (near present day Sulligent, Alabama). At age 65, he was appointed, then elected, to serve out the remainder of the U.S. Senate term left by the death of John Tyler Morgan and later re-elected twice. He served from June 18, 1907, until his death on March 1, 1920. B. B. Comer, former governor of Alabama, was appointed to serve the rest of his term, until November 2, 1920, when J. Thomas Heflin was elected to serve out the term.
Bankhead was a member of the Inland Waterways Commission in 1907,[1] and was instrumental in enacting the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916, which became the first federal highway funding legislation.
United States Senator John H. Bankhead II and Speaker of the House William Brockman Bankhead were his sons, and actress Tallulah Bankhead was his granddaughter. The cross-country Bankhead Highway was named after him, as is Bankhead Lake on the Black Warrior River near Birmingham.
References[]
- ↑ Donald J. Pisani, Water Planning in the Progressive Era: The Inland Waterways Commission Reconsidered, Journal of Policy History 18.4 (2006) pp.389-418
External links[]
- John H. Bankhead at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- John H. Bankhead at Find a Grave
- Genealogy of John Hollis Bankhead
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