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John Hollis Bankhead COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Register of Papers Processed: IB Date: 10/25/55 JOHN HOLLIS BANKHEAD (1872 - 1946) The papers of John H. Bankhead, Senator (Democrat) from Alabama and member of the Senate1s Banking and Currency Committee from 1933 to 194i>> &re deposited in the State Archives at Montgomery, Alabama. Linear feet of shelf space occupied (or other measure): Approximate number of items: John HoUis Bankhead II - 2 Biographical Wote 1872, July 8 Born, Lamar, Alabama 1891 A.B., University of Alabama 1893 LL.B., Georgetown University 1893 Admitted to Alabama bar, in practice with law firm of Bankhead and Bankhead of Jasper and Birmingham, Alabama 1894, Dec. 26 Married Musa Harkins (3 children) 1903 Member, Alabama House of Representatives (author of Alabama election law) 1911-25 President, Bankhead Coal Co. 1931-46 United States Senator (Democrat) from Alabama 3 terms 1933-4-6 Member, Banking and Currency Committee of Senate 1944 Received 98 votes at Democratic National Convention for Vice President of the U. S. Died 1946, June 12 Source: Who Was "Who in America, 1943-195^, vol. II, Marquis
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