American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1940)

William B. Bankhead

William Brockman Bankhead was an American politician who served as the 42nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1936 to 1940, representing Alabama's 10th and later 7th congressional districts as a Democrat from 1917 to 1940. Bankhead was a strong liberal and a prominent supporter of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal of pro-labor union legislation, thus clashing with most other Southern Democrats in Congress at the time. Bankhead described himself as proud to be a politician, by which he meant that he did not neglect matters that concerned his district or reelection. He was the father of actress Tallulah Bankhead.

Born

1874

April 12

Died

1940

Era

1870s

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1940 Died

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240 Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I.
467 Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
627 King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to Christianity by Paulinus, Bishop of York.
806 Nikephoros I of Constantinople is consecrated as patriarch of Constantinople.

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The world in 1940

When William departed

april 14 World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway, preceding a larger force which will arrive two days later.
april 23 The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
april 7 Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
april 8 The Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party elects Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal as General Secretary, marking the beginning of his 44-year-long tenure as de facto leader of Mongolia.

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Herbert Hoover 1874–1964 American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (died 1964) Arnold Schoenberg 1874–1951 Austrian-American composer and painter (born 1874) Charles A. Beard 1874– American historian, author, and educator, co-founded The New School (died 1948) Ernest Shackleton 1874–1922 Anglo-Irish captain and explorer (died 1922) Erwin Bumke 1874–1945 Polish-German jurist and politician (born 1874) Gustav Holst 1874–1934 English trombonist, composer, and educator (born 1874) Honus Wagner 1874–1955 American baseball player and manager (born 1874) J. S. Woodsworth 1874– Canadian minister and politician (died 1942) Konstantin Päts 1874–1956 Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Estonia (died 1956)

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