Joseph Brooks
Politician
1812 – 1877
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Who was Joseph Brooks?
Joseph Brooks was a Republican politician in Arkansas after the Civil War. He is mainly remembered for losing the 1872 gubernatorial race in Arkansas and then leading a coup d'état, now referred to as the Brooks–Baxter War, in 1874.
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- Born
- Nov 1, 1812
Cincinnati - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Arkansas
- Died
- Apr 30, 1877
Little Rock
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on July 23, 2013
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