Democratic National Convention to serve as Franklin D. Roosevelt's running mate in the presidential election that year. He was in third place, with 98 votes, when Bankhead made a surprise withdrawal of his candidacy in favor of his Senate colleague, Harry S. Truman, who was elected vice president and succeeded to the presidency in 1945. On May 24, 1946, Senator Bankhead suffered a stroke while attending an evening Senate committee meeting. Three weeks later, he died at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. He was the brother of Speaker of the House William B. Bankhead, and the uncle of actress Tallulah Bankhead. See also List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49) References External links 1872 births 1946 deaths People from Lamar County, Alabama Bankhead family American people of Scotch-Irish descent Methodists from Alabama Democratic Party United States senators from Alabama 1944 United States vice-presidential candidates University of Alabama alumni American white supremacists