William B. Bankhead

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human lawyer politician

William B. Bankhead was an American Democratic politician from Alabama who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in the late 1930s.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → lawyer → politician →
burialPlace	Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Alabama →
causeOfDeath	cerebral hemorrhage →
child	Tallulah Bankhead →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1874-04-12 →
dateOfDeath	1940-09-15 →
educatedAt	Georgetown University → Georgetown University Law Center → University of Alabama →
endTimeAsSpeakerOfTheHouse	1940 →
familyName	Bankhead →
father	John H. Bankhead →
givenName	William →
hasRelative	John H. Bankhead → John H. Bankhead II → Marie Bankhead Owen → Tallulah Bankhead →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party →
namedAfter	William Brockman Bankhead House (Bankhead House and Heritage Center) →
notableWork	Leadership in passage of New Deal legislation →
occupation	lawyer → politician →
officeEndTime	1940-09-15 →
officeStartTime	1936-06-04 →
placeOfBirth	Lamar County, Alabama →
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C. →
positionHeld	City Attorney of Jasper, Alabama → House Majority Leader → Member of the Alabama House of Representatives → Member of the U.S. House of Representatives → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives → U.S. Representative from Alabama →
practicedLawIn	Jasper, Alabama →
religion	Methodism →
represented	Alabama's 10th congressional district → Alabama's 7th congressional district →
residence	Jasper, Alabama →
sexOrGender	male →
sibling	John H. Bankhead II → Marie Bankhead Owen →
spouse	Adelaide Eugenia Sledge →
startTimeAsSpeakerOfTheHouse	1936 →
stateRepresented	Alabama →
wasMemberOf	Alabama House of Representatives → United States House of Representatives →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
74th United States Congress →	hasSpeaker
76th United States Congress →	speakerOfTheHouse
Joseph W. Byrns →	succeeded by