Overton Brooks
U.S. Congressperson
1897 – 1961
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Who was Overton Brooks?
Thomas Overton Brooks was a Democratic U.S. representative from the Shreveport-based Fourth Congressional District of northwestern Louisiana, having served for a quarter century beginning on January 3, 1937. Brooks was a nephew of U.S. Senator John Holmes Overton and a great-grandson of Walter Hampden Overton. At the time of his death, he was chairman of the House Science and Astronautics Committee.
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- Born
- Dec 21, 1897
Baton Rouge - Religion
- Episcopal Church
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Louisiana State University
- Paul M. Hebert Law Center
- Lived in
- Louisiana
- Shreveport
- Died
- Sep 16, 1961
Bethesda
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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