John T. Morgan
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John Tyler Morgan was an American politician who was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and later was elected for six terms as the U.S. senator from the s
Morgan in 1877
A studio portrait of Morgan taken circa 1860-1869
Morgan and fellow Klan leader Edmund Winston Pettus (pictured) played key roles in overturning Reconstruction efforts in postbellum Alabama.
Morgan circa 1893
John H. Bankhead
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John Hollis Bankhead was an American politician and Confederate Army soldier. A member of the Democratic Party, Bankhead served as U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama from 1907 until his death in 1
John T. Morgan
…was also a staunch supporter of the Cuban revolutionaries in the 1890s. While still in office, Morgan died of a heart attack in Washington, D.C., and John H. Bankhead served the remainder of his term. Morgan was buried in Selma, Alabama, at Live Oak Cemetery, which contains a memorial to fellow Confederate cavalry…
Bankhead in 1910
Tallulah James Brockman