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Encyclopedia > John Hollis Bankhead

John Hollis Bankhead (September 13, 1842March 1, 1920) was a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama. He was appointed, then elected, to serve out the remainder of the term left by the death of John Tyler Morgan, and was later reelected twice. He served in the Senate from June 18, 1907 to 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.


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.

Preceded by:
John Tyler Morgan
U.S. Senator from Alabama
1920
Succeeded by:
J. Thomas Heflin

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The Bankhead Family (1228 words)
John Hollis Bankhead, lifelong resident of Alabama, was born in 1842 on his father's farm near Moscow in that part of Marion County which is now Lamar County.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, John Hollis Bankhead enlisted as a Private inthe Army of the Confederacy and was in the conflict from the beginning to the end.
John Hollis Bankhead was the son of James Greer and Susan Hollis Bankhead.
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