Charles W. Brooks

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Charles W. Brooks
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United States Senator
from Illinois
In office
November 22, 1940 – January 3, 1949
Preceded by James M. Slattery
Succeeded by Paul Douglas
Personal details
Born Charles Wayland Brooks
(1897-03-08)March 8, 1897
West Bureau, Illinois
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Chicago, Illinois
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Gertrude Ackerly
(1920–1943, divorced)
Mary E. Thomas Peavey
(1946–1957, his death)
Military service
Service/branch U.S. Marine Corps
Years of service 1917-1919
Rank First Lieutenant
Battles/wars World War I

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This article is about the United States Senator. For other people named Charles Brooks, see Charles Brooks (disambiguation).

Charles Wayland Brooks (March 8, 1897 – January 14, 1957) was a Republican U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1940 to 1949.[1]

Born in West Bureau, Illinois, Brooks served in the Marines during World War I as a first lieutenant from 1917 to 1919; while in combat he was wounded several times.

Brooks ran for Governor of Illinois in 1936 but was defeated by incumbent Democrat Henry Horner. He was elected by a very narrow margin in 1940 to fill the senate vacancy caused by the death of J. Hamilton Lewis.[2] Brooks was reelected in 1942,[3] but was defeated in 1948 by Democrat Paul Douglas.

Brooks returned to Chicago and died at age 59 at Passavant Hospital in early 1957, after a massive heart attack.[4]

Family

Brooks married Gertrude Ackerly in August 1920 and they had a son, Russell (b. 1924). She divorced him in April 1943 in Reno, Nevada, citing cruelty.[5][6] He married Mary Elizabeth Thomas Peavey, a widow and daughter of U.S. Senate colleague John W. Thomas of Idaho. They wed in May 1946,[7] and remained married to his death. Mary Brooks later became a member of the Idaho Senate.[8] and for eight years was Director of the United States Mint during the Nixon and Ford administrations. Her son, John Peavey (b. 1933), is a former Democratic politician in Idaho, formerly a Republican.

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United States Senate
Preceded by U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Illinois
1940–1949
Served alongside: Scott W. Lucas		 Succeeded by
Paul Douglas

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