Bankhead, John H
farmer, soldier, congressman, was born Sept. 13, 1842, in Lamar, Ala. He is a farmer; served four years in the confederate army, being wounded three times, and represented Marion county in the general assembly, sessions of 1865, 1866, and 1867; he was a member of the state senate in 1876-77, and of the house of representatives in 1880-81. He was warden of the Alabama penitentiary from 1881 till 1885, and was elected to the fiftieth, fifty-first, fiftysecond, fifty-third, fifty-fourth and fiftyfifth congresses as a democrat.