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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TexasBROOCKS, Moses Lycurgus
(1864—1908)
BROOCKS, Moses Lycurgus, a Representative from Texas; born near San Augustine, San Augustine County, Tex., November 1, 1864; attended the common schools; was graduated from the law department of the University of Texas at Austin in 1891 and commenced practice at San Augustine; member of the State house of representatives in 1892; moved to Beaumont, Jefferson County, Tex.; elected district attorney of the first judicial district of Texas in 1896 and served one term; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1907); resumed the practice of law in San Augustine, Tex., and died there May 27, 1908; interment in Old Broocks Cemetery, about four miles east of San Augustine, Tex.
Houston, A. J. Contested Election Case of A. J. Houston vs. M. L. Broocks, from the Second Congressional District of Texas
. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1905.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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