Jack Brooks
Birthday December 18, 1922
Birth Sign Sagittarius
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About
Politician and member of the Democratic Party who served Texas in the US House of Representatives for 42 years between 1967 and 1995.
Before Fame
He served in Guadalcanal, Guam, Okinawa, and North China as a part of the US Marine Corps during World War II.
Trivia
When he was defeated in 1994 he became the most senior member of Congress to lose a general election in US history.
Family Life
He has three children with his wife Charlotte, who he married in 1960.
Associated With
He is visible in the immortal photograph in which President Lyndon B. Johnson is being sworn into office on Air Force One, following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963.
