Bryant Butler Brooks
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About
American businessman, rancher and politician who was the seventh Governor of Wyoming from 1905 to 1911. He was notably the first Governor to occupy the Wyoming Governor's Mansion.
Before Fame
He moved to Big Muddy, Wyoming at the age of eighteen and began raising livestock.
Trivia
He wrote about his life in "Memoirs of Bryant B. Brooks: Cowboy, Trapper, Lumberman, Stockman, Oilman, Banker, and Governor of Wyoming", which was published in 1939.
Family Life
He married Mary Naomi Brooks and they had five children.
Associated With
He and Mike Enzi both served as governors of Wyoming.