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  The Bankhead Family
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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 John H. Bankhead   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
John Hollis Bankhead (September 13 1842–March 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.
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Bankhead's forebears were early Alabama pioneers who settled in the area near present-day Sulligent around 1816.
Bankhead was a master politician even from his earliest days, and he knew how to maneuver in order to obtain his goals.
John Hollis Bankhead was not in the Alabama Legislature at that time, but he was a person of tremendous political influence.
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 Science Fair Projects - John H. Bankhead II
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 was the brother of Speaker of the House William Brockman Bankhead.
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At the outbreak of the Civil War, John Hollis Bankhead enlisted as a Private in the Army of the Confederacy and was in the conflict from the beginning to the end.
On September 3, 1886, at the Fayette Court House Captain Bankhead was nominated for Congress by the Democratic Convention of the 6th Congressional District of Alabama and elected to the office in November of that year, serving continuously from March 4, 1887 to March 4, 1907.
The Bankhead Highway beginning at Washington, D. and ending in San Diego, is a just recognition by the public of the achievements wrought by John Hollis Bankhead on behalf of good roads throughout his nation.
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 Tallulah Bankhead - Biography
Tallulah Brockman Bankhead was born on January 31, 1902 in Huntsville, Alabama to William Brockman and Adelaide Eugenia Bankhead.
Tallulah's grandfather, John Hollis Bankhead, was a Confederate veteran and a U.S. senator.
Tallulah's uncle John was also a Senator and her father would serve as a U.S. Representative and Speaker of the House.
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 Federal Aid Road Act of 1916: Building the Foundation (Sidebars)
A native of Moscow (now Sulligent), Ala., who was born on Sept. 13, 1842, John Hollis Bankhead served as a captain of the 16th Alabama Volunteers during the Civil War.
When Bankhead died on March 1, 1920, he was, at 77, the oldest man in the Senate, and the Senate's last survivor of the Civil War.
The actress Tallulah Bankhead was the speaker's daughter.
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 Black Warrior & Tombigbee Rivers, Alabama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Bankhead Lock and Dam (Lock 17) rehabilitation to replace the original double lift lock with a single lift lock was completed in 1980.
Replacement of the double lift lock with a single lift lock at John Hollis Bankhead Lock and Dam commenced in April 1970 and was completed in 1980.
The power plants at John Hollis Bankhead and Holt Locks and Dams were built and are operated by the Alabama Power Co. The new Oliver Lock and Dam was completed in 1992.
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 John Hollis Bankhead
John Hollis Bankhead dies, Washington D. As chairman of the Post Office and Post Road committee, this Alabama senator played a pivotal, if forgotten role in the early development of Georgia and the Deep South.
Bankhead was in a position to change that, building a road from Washington D. to San Diego, California, designed to improve the speed of the mail, but also to give these areas a quality road by which to travel and transport goods.
Although the Lincoln Highway predated it, when the Bankhead Highway opened in 1916 it was the first paved transcontinental highway in America.
www.ourgeorgiahistory.com /chronpop/1000065   (242 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - John Hollis Bankhead (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
He was elected to the Alabama legislature in 1903 and served in the U.S. Senate from 1931 until his death.
Bankhead was a leader of the farm bloc in the Senate and strongly supported the New Deal.
More articles from AllRefer Reference on John Hollis Bankhead
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 Bankhead Highway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bankhead Highway was a United States automobile highway connecting Washington and San Diego.
It was part of the National Auto Trail system.
The road was named for John Hollis Bankhead.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bankhead_Highway   (89 words)

  
 BANKHEAD
Part of the clues on their family lineage that I amworking with is that Tallulah BANKHEAD's father, William Brockman BANKHEAD, was a 1st cousin of Eugene BANKHEAD, from whom Carol BANKHEAD (MYRICK) descends.
I show that William Brockman BANKHEAD was the son of John Hollis BANKHEAD which would then mean that John Hollis BANKHEAD was the brother, most likely, of the Thomas BANKHEAD that is the father of Eugene BANKHEAD.
His father was Thomas BANKHEAD, born: July 1850 in Mississippi, and his father was Jane ?/June M. ?, born: Aug 1852 in ?, and they married in 1902 in Coryell, Texas.
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 Bankhead Highway/Old 8th Street - Tempe, Arizona   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Bankhead Highway is the oldest section of concrete roadway in Tempe.
This national highway was sponsored by Senator John Hollis Bankhead of Alabama and eventually ran from Washington, D.C. to San Diego.
In the 1980s, the remnants of the Bankhead Highway consisted of a mile-long section of two-lane concrete highway, which followed the curvature of the Hayden Canal from Rural Road to Hayden Road, passing early adobe dwellings and the creamery.
www.tempe.gov /museum/hps229.htm   (301 words)

  
 John H. Bankhead - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
This article about an American politician is a stub.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_H._Bankhead   (176 words)

  
 Official Website of The City Of Jasper, Alabama
Bankhead, John Hollis Born September 13, 1842 Died March 1, 1920 US Congressman, US Senator - Elected to represent Alabama's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1887 to 1907.
Bankhead II., John Hollis Born July 8, 1872 Died June 12, 1946.
Bankhead, William Brockman Born: April 12, 1874 Died: September 15, 1940.
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 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Bandel to Bankos
Father of John Hollis Bankhead II and William Brockman Bankhead; grandfather of Walter Will Bankhead.
Son of John Hollis Bankhead and Tallulah (Brockman) Bankhead; married,
Grandson of John Hollis Bankhead; son of John Hollis Bankhead II; nephew of
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 John Hollis Bankhead
Bankhead was a leader of the farm bloc in the Senate and strongly supported the
John Hollis II BANKHEAD - BANKHEAD, John Hollis II (1872—1946) Senate Years of Service: 1931-1946 Party: Democrat...
William Brockman BANKHEAD - BANKHEAD, William Brockman (1874—1940) BANKHEAD, William Brockman, (son of John Hollis...
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 AllRefer.com - William Brockman Bankhead (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
William Brockman Bankhead 1874–1940, U.S. Representative from Alabama (1917–40), b.
The Cotton Control Act of 1934 was largely the work of Bankhead and his brother, Senator John H. Bankhead.
He was also interested in monetary legislation and was considered one of the ablest parliamentarians in the House.
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 lamar county kin9 lamar county
What is now the Town of Sulligent was once part of the John Hollis Bankhead Plantation.
John Hollis Bankhead was born in 1842 in the old village of Moscow.
John Hollis Bankhead represented the Twelfth District in the state senate from 1867-1877; he was U. Representative from Alabama 6th District 1877-1904; U. Senator from Alabama 1907-1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama at-large in 1912.
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 Alabama Women's Hall of Fame - Maria Bankhead Owen
Marie Bankhead Owen assisted her husband Thomas M. Owen, the first director of the department, in all of his endeavors.
Daughter of U.S. Senator John Hollis Bankhead and sister to two U.S. Congressmen (Senator John H. Bankhead and Speaker of the House William B. Bankhead), Mrs.
At her 85th birthday celebration, "Miss Marie" was described as "an Alabama institution, as much a part of the state as the Alabama River, the blue skies, and the rugged mountains," and was presented with a plaque by the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
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 webGED: Ray, Hollis, Kinfolk Data Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Bankhead, John Henderson (1814 - 1884) - male
Bankhead, John Hollis II (1872 - 1946) - male
Bankhead, John Neely (1909 - 1989) - male
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 US Congress Representatives from Alabama
BANKHEAD, John Hollis Representative, AL; Senator, AL 1842 - 1920
BANKHEAD, John Hollis II Senator, AL 1872 - 1946
CALLIS, John Benton Representative, AL 1828 - 1898
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 J. Thomas Heflin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
He continued to serve in the House until 1920, when he was elected to the Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Hollis Bankhead.
This forced him to run for the Senate as an Independent candidate and he lost decisively to John Hollis Bankhead II.
In April 1932, with Heflin's term expired and Bankhead seated, the Senate prepared to vote on a committee recommendation against Heflin.
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 Wildernet - Bankhead Lake
Description - Bankhead Lake is the most northern project on the Black Warrior-Tombigbee river system.
The Corps maintains an overlook area with picnic facilities on the east side of the river above the John Hollis Bankhead Lock and Dam.
There are several marinas and fish camps along the lake that provide boat docking and storage, fueling facilities, boat repairs, launching ramps, food and supplies.
www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=ALCEML   (505 words)

  
 John Hollis II BANKHEAD
of Alabama: The Conservative as Reformer.” Ph.D. dissertation, Johns Hopkins University, 1966.
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.
Watson, Elbert L. “John Hollis Bankhead, Jr.” In Alabama United States Senators, pp.
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 bankhead   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
I show that William Brockman BANKHEAD was the son of John Hollis
BANKHEAD which would then mean that John Hollis BANKHEAD was the brother,
John Hollis BANKHEAD, I, b: 1842, and Tallulah James BROCKMAN, b: bef.
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 John Fuerst Lawyer - Lawyer Informatin and Resource Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
John Hollis Bankhead II (1872-1946) — also known as John H...
The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) is a nonprofit organization located in Boston, Massachusetts that administers programs and initiatives that encourage access to education for all New Englanders.
John L. Berger, (Director) born 1956; admitted to bar...
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
BANKHEAD LOCK & DAM, OLD LOCK 16 PUBLIC USE AREA ON RIGHT BANK IN MIDDLE GROUND.
JOHN HOLLIS BANKHEAD LOCK & DAM IN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY.
JOHN HOLLIS BANKHEAD LOCK & DAM IN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, BIG INDIAN CREEK PUBLIC USE AREA IN FOREGROUND.
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 The Political Graveyard: Bankhead family of Alabama
John Hollis Bankhead and Tallulah (Brockman) Bankhead; married,
John Hollis Bankhead and Tallulah James (Brockman) Bankhead; brother of
Walter Will Bankhead; father of Tallulah Bankhead (actress).
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