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Henry B. Steagall

Dale County native Henry Bascom Steagall (1873-1943) represented Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives for nearly 30 years during the first half of the twentieth century, co-sponsoring progressive bills such as the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933, which created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Wagner-Steagall National Housing Act of 1937.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress