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Jack Bascom Brooks (December 18, 1922 – December 4, 2012) was an American Democratic Party politician from the state of Texas who served 42 years in the United States House of Representatives, initially representing Texas's 2nd congressional district from 1953 through 1967, and then, after district boundaries were redrawn in 1966, the 9th ...
HOUSTON (AP) — Jack Brooks hounded government bureaucrats, drafted President Richard Nixon's articles of impeachment and supported civil rights bills in a congressional career spanning 42 years.
Dec 5, 2012 · Jack Brooks, an irascible, cigar-chomping former Texas congressman who over 42 years defied fellow Southerners to support civil rights, investigated abuses by Presidents Nixon and Reagan and ...
The Meanest Man in Congress: Jack Brooks and the Making of an American Century chronicles the life of this remarkable citizen and generous, diligent, and irrepressible public servant.
Dec 5, 2012 · HOUSTON (AP) — Jack Brooks, who spent 42 years in Congress representing his Southeast Texas district and was in the Dallas motorcade in 1963 when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, has...
Dec 6, 2012 · Jack Brooks, who served 42 years in the U.S. House of Representatives as an unpredictable but influential Texas Democrat, and who was one of the few politicians who cast fear in President...
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Dec 5, 2012 · HOUSTON -- Jack Brooks, who spent 42 years in Congress representing his Southeast Texas district and was in the Dallas motorcade in 1963 when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, has died.
