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Edwin Bruce Brooks

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Edwin Bruce Brooks Famous memorial

Birth
Newton, Jasper County, Illinois, USA
Death
18 Sep 1933 (aged 64)
Newton, Jasper County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Newton, Jasper County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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US Congressman. He was a successful banker in Newton, Illinois, and superintendent of schools in Jasper County from 1914 to 1918. In 1919 he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses, serving until 1923. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he served as superintendent of charities for the State of Illinois, 1924 to 1930 and as assistant attorney general, 1930 to 1932.
US Congressman. He was a successful banker in Newton, Illinois, and superintendent of schools in Jasper County from 1914 to 1918. In 1919 he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses, serving until 1923. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he served as superintendent of charities for the State of Illinois, 1924 to 1930 and as assistant attorney general, 1930 to 1932.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith



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