John H. Bankhead II and Speaker of the House William Brockman Bankhead were his sons, and actress Tallulah Bankhead was his granddaughter. The cross-country Bankhead Highway was named after him, as is Bankhead Lake on the Black Warrior River near Birmingham. Also, the Bankhead Tunnel on US 98 in Mobile, Alabama, is named after him. See also Bankhead House (Jasper, Alabama) James Greer Bankhead House List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49) References External links John H. Bankhead, late a representative from Alabama, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1917 1842 births 1920 deaths People from Marengo County, Alabama Bankhead family American people of Scotch-Irish descent Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama Democratic Party United States senators from Alabama Democratic Party Alabama state senators Democratic Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives Confederate States Army officers People of Alabama in the American Civil War People from Sulligent, Alabama People from Marion County, Alabama