BROOKS George Merrick , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Concord, Mass., July
26, 1824; attended an academy in Concord and a boarding school at Waltham; was
graduated from Harvard…
MONTGOMERY Alexander Brooks , a Representative from Kentucky;
born near Tip Top, Hardin County, Ky., December 11, 1837;
attended the common and private schools;
was graduated from Georgetown (Ky…
CAMERON Ronald Brooks , a Representative from California; born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., August 16, 1927; graduated from Western Reserve High School,
Hudson, Ohio, 1945; attended Case…
BROOKS Joshua Twing , a Representative from Pennsylvania;
born in Edgeworth (now Sewickley), Allegheny County, Pa., February 27, 1884;
attended the public schools and was graduated from the…
BROOKS Franklin Eli , A Representative from Colorado; born in Sturbridge, Worcester County, Mass., November 19, 1860; attended the public schools; was graduated from Southbridge High School in 1879…
FLETCHER Thomas Brooks , a Representative from Ohio;
born in Mechanicstown, Carroll County, Ohio, October 10, 1879;
attended the public schools, a private school at Augusta, Ohio, and the Richard…
(Encyclopedia) bushrangers, bandits who terrorized the bush country of Australia in the 19th cent. The first bushrangers (c.1806–44) were mainly escaped convicts who fled to the bush and organized…
Senate Years of Service: 1940-1949
Party: Republican BROOKS Charles Wayland , a Senator from Illinois; born in West Bureau, Ill., March 8, 1897;
attended the public schools at Wheaton, Ill., the…
(Encyclopedia) Mount, William Sidney, 1807–68, American genre and portrait painter, b. Setauket, N.Y. His childhood was spent at Stony Brook, Long Island, the scene of many of his pictures. At 17 he…
