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John Hollis Bankhead (September 13, 1842 – March 1, 1920) was an American politician and Confederate Army soldier. A member of the Democratic Party, Bankhead served as U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama from 1907 until his death in 1920.
7 de jul. de 2023 · After a nearly two-year battle in which a Senate subcommittee voted to invalidate the election, the full Senate decided to seat Bankhead. Once there, Bankhead played a key role in writing New Deal policy that was significant to Alabama, a state hit particularly hard by the Great Depression.
7 de jul. de 2023 · Bankhead, John Hollis In 1881, Bankhead lobbied for and attained the position of warden of the state penitentiary in Wetumpka. As warden, he focused on Alabama’s convict-leasing system, which exploited the incarcerated as cheap labor for private industry.
John Hollis Bankhead II (July 8, 1872 – June 12, 1946) was a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama. Like his father, John H. Bankhead, he was elected three times to the Senate, and like his father, he died in office. He served in the Senate from March 4, 1931, to his death on June 12, 1946.
14 de may. de 1996 · By Deseret News, Twila Van Leer, Staff Writer. When John H. Bankhead left his Tennessee plantation to come to Utah Territory in 1848, 11 black slaves were included in his property list. John H. and his brother, George, joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at about the time the church was making preparations to move ...
23 de nov. de 2021 · University of Alabama Press, Nov 23, 2021 - Biography & Autobiography - 416 pages. "Deep South Dynasty: The Bankheads of Alabama, 1865-1946 is an epic family biography that reflects the...
"John H. Bankhead, Jr. of Alabama: The Conservative as Reformer.'' Ph.D. dissertation, Johns Hopkins University, 1966. U.S. Congress. Memorial Services Held in the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States, Together with Remarks Presented in Eulogy of John Hollis Bankhead 2d, Late a Senator from Alabama. 80th
