Letter from Stewart J. Lloyd, a professor at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, to John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.
In the letter Lloyd asks Bankhead to support the selective service legislation sponsored by President Wilson. The Selective Service Act, which required men from ages twenty-one to thirty to register for military service, was passed in May 1917. At the time the letter was written, Bankhead was repres...
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Alabama documents Bankhead, John Hollis, 1842-1920; Lloyd, Stewart J. (Stewart Joseph), 1881-1959; Legislation--United States; World War, 1914-1918--Military personnel; United States--Politics and government--1865-1933 |
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In the letter Lloyd asks Bankhead to support the selective service legislation sponsored by President Wilson. The Selective Service Act, which required men from ages twenty-one to thirty to register for military service, was passed in May 1917. At the time the letter was written, Bankhead was representing Alabama in the United States Senate. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1887 to 1906, and in the Senate from 1907 to 1920. |
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Q0000012211Q12211Letter from Stewart J. Lloyd, a professor at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, to John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C.In the letter Lloyd asks Bankhead to support the selective service legislation sponsored by President Wilson. The Selective Service Act, which required men from ages twenty-one to thirty to register for military service, was passed in May 1917. At the time the letter was written, Bankhead was representing Alabama in the United States Senate. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1887 to 1906, and in the Senate from 1907 to 1920.1917 April 191917-04-191910-1919Bankhead, John Hollis, 1842-1920; Lloyd, Stewart J. (Stewart Joseph), 1881-1959; Legislation--United States; World War, 1914-1918--Military personnel; United States--Politics and government--1865-1933TextCorrespondenceBankhead, John Hollis, 1842-1920John Hollis Bankhead Sr. papersLPR49, Box 31v3944Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.;600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/1833 |
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Letter from Stewart J. Lloyd, a professor at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, to John H. Bankhead in Washington, D.C. |
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