Franklin E. Brooks
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Franklin E. Brooks | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's at-large district | |
In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907 | |
Preceded by | District inactive |
Succeeded by | George W. Cook |
Personal details | |
Born | Franklin Eli Brooks November 19, 1860 U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Southbridge High School Brown University |
Franklin Eli Brooks (November 19, 1860 – February 7, 1916) was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.
Biography
Born in
He taught school for several years. He attended the law school of Boston University in 1887 and 1888. He was
Brooks was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906 to the Sixtieth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Colorado Springs, Colorado, but devoted himself principally to land development, being president of the Costilla Estates Development Company. He was appointed a member of the State board of agriculture and trustee of the State agricultural college, Fort Collins, Colorado, in 1907. He then served as trustee of Brown University. He died February 7, 1916, in St. Augustine, Florida, and was interred in Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
References
- United States Congress. "Franklin E. Brooks (id: B000878)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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