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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | C. Wayland Brooks |
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Kewanee, Illinois , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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March 08, 1897
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| Died | January 14, 1957
(59 years)
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | Charles Wayland Brooks, 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; was graduated from the law department of Northwestern University in 1926; was 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 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.
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