William B. Bankhead

William B. Bankhead

Infobox Officeholder
name =William Brockman Bankhead


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order =47th
office =Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
term_start =June 4, 1936
term_end =September 15, 1940
president =Franklin D. Roosevelt
predecessor =Joseph W. Byrns, Sr.
successor =Sam Rayburn
order2 =Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Alabama's 7th & 10th districts
term_start2 =March 4, 1917
term_end2 =March 3, 1933 (10th)
March 4, 1933 – September 15, 1940 (5th)
predecessor2 =Only representative for the tenth district;
Miles C. Allgood
successor2 =Zadoc L. Weatherford
birth_date =April 12, 1874
birth_place =Lamar County, Alabama
death_date =September 15, 1940 (aged 66)
death_place =Washington, D.C.
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party =Democratic
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children =
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alma_mater =University of Alabama
Georgetown University Law School
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profession =Law
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William Brockman Bankhead (April 12, 1874 – September 15, 1940) was an American politician from Alabama. William followed his father's footsteps and went into politics following a brief career as a lawyer. As a young man he was known as a brilliant public speaker and for his fun-loving personality. He was a member of the Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity, Inc., at the University of Alabama. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1917 until his death and as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1936 until his death. Bankhead was the only person ever elected to Alabama's 10th congressional district. The district was eliminated after apportionment based on the 1910 census. John Abercrombie had been elected at large but Bankhead was directly elected to the office. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

A Notable Family

In his early days, he thought about becoming an actor, a career taken up by his daughter, Tallulah Bankhead, who gained quite a bit of notoriety as an actress and Bonne Vivante. [ [http://home.hiwaay.net/~oliver/tbtaz.htm#adelaide Tallulah Bankhead - A passionate life] , on Hiwaay.net] Senator John H. Bankhead was his father, and John H. Bankhead II was his brother. His mother was Tallulah James Brockman, of the South Carolina Brockman family and the namesake of his daughter. His grandfather was Thomas Patterson Brockman, a South Carolina Senator. The William B. Bankhead National Forest and sections of old US Highway 78 in northern Alabama are named in his honor.


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