Walter W. Bankhead

Walter Will Bankhead (July 21, 1897 – November 24, 1988) was an American politician and lawyer. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. representative from Alabama's 7th congressional district in 1941. He was the son of John Hollis Bankhead II and the grandson of John H. Bankhead, both of whom represented Alabama in the United States Senate. He was the son of John Hollis Bankhead II, grandson of John H. Bankhead, nephew of William Brockman Bankhead, He thus served in the Seventy-seventh Congress as a Democrat from January 3 to February 1, 1941, when he resigned.

Bankhead then resumed the practice of law, and served as chairman of the board of Bankhead Mining Co., Inc., and Bankhead Development Co., Inc. He also served as president of Mammoth Packing Co. and Bankhead Broadcasting Co., Inc., and as vice chairman of the board of directors of the First National Bank of Jasper.

Death Bankhead died at his home in Jasper on November 24, 1988. He was interred at Oak Hill Cemetery in Jasper.