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. He was first elected to the Senate in 1930 by defeating J. Thomas Heflin the man who succeeded his father. Though Bankhead won the election by 20 points Heflin challenged the results for over a year.
This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "John H. Bankhead II"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
