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'''William Brockman Bankhead'''  (son of John Hollis Bankhead, brother of John Hollis Bankhead 2d, and uncle of Walter Will Bankhead), a Representative from [[Alabama]]; born in Moscow, Lamar County, Ala., April 12, 1874; attended the country schools; was graduated from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1893 and from the [[Georgetown University Law School]] at [[Washington, D.C.]], in 1895; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Huntsville, Ala.; member of the State house of representatives in 1900 and 1901; city attorney of Huntsville, 1898-1902; moved to Jasper, Walker County, Ala., in 1905 and continued the practice of law; solicitor of the fourteenth judicial circuit of Alabama, 1910-1914; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the Sixty-fourth Congress in 1914; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1917-September 15, 1940); chairman, Committee on Rules (Seventy-third Congress); majority leader (Seventy-fourth Congress), [[Speaker of the House of Representatives]] (Seventy-fourth to Seventy-sixth Congresses); delegate to the [[Democratic National Convention]] in 1940; died on September 15, 1940, in Washington, D.C.; funeral services were held in the Hall of the House of Representatives; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.

'''William Brockman Bankhead'''  (son of John Hollis Bankhead, brother of John Hollis Bankhead 2d, and uncle of Walter Will Bankhead), a Representative from [[Alabama]]; born in Moscow, Lamar County, Ala., April 12, 1874

* Attended the country schools

* Graduated from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1893 and from the [[Georgetown University Law School]] at [[Washington, D.C.]], in 1895

* Was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Huntsville, Ala.

* Member of the State house of representatives in 1900 and 1901

* City attorney of Huntsville, 1898-1902

* Moved to Jasper, Walker County, Ala., in 1905 and continued the practice of law

* Solicitor of the fourteenth judicial circuit of Alabama, 1910-1914

* Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the Sixty-fourth Congress in 1914

* Elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1917-September 15, 1940)

* Chairman, Committee on Rules (Seventy-third Congress)

* Majority leader (Seventy-fourth Congress), [[Speaker of the House of Representatives]] (Seventy-fourth to Seventy-sixth Congresses)

* Delegate to the [[Democratic National Convention]] in 1940

* Died on September 15, 1940, in Washington, D.C.; funeral services were held in the Hall of the House of Representatives

 

* Interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.

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