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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IllinoisCharles Wayland BROOKS
(1897-1957)
Senate Years of Service:
1940-1949Party: RepublicanBROOKS, Charles Wayland, a
Senator from Illinois; born in West Bureau, Ill., March 8, 1897;
attended the public schools at Wheaton, Ill., the University of
Illinois at Urbana, and Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill.;
during the First World War served as a first lieutenant in the
United States Marines 1917-1919; wounded several times; graduated
from the law department of Northwestern University in 1926;
admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in
Chicago, Ill.; instructor of law at Northwestern University in 1926
and 1927; assistant State’s attorney 1926-1932; unsuccessful
Republican candidate for Governor in 1936; elected on November 5,
1940, as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of James Hamilton Lewis; reelected in
1942, and served from November 22, 1940, to January 3, 1949;
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948; chairman, Committee
on Rules and Administration (Eightieth Congress), Joint Committee
on the Library (Eightieth Congress), Joint Committee on Inaugural
Arrangements (Eightieth Congress); resumed the practice of law in
Chicago, Ill.; Republican National Committeeman for Illinois 1952;
died in Chicago, Ill., January 14, 1957; interment in Pleasant View
Cemetery, Kewanee, Ill.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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