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Benjamin Franklin Brooks Full Name: Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Brooks Date of birth: August 23, 1889 Date of death: December 10, 1978 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 36 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat Bagwell / Red River   Red River H 36 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Bagwell / Red River   Red River   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch of the Brooks family, History of Clarksville and Old Red River County, pp. 213-214. Ben F. Brooks, "representative of Red County in the Forty-First and Forty Second Legislatures of Texas from January, 1929, to January, 1933." HeritageQuest Online. Obituary, Ben F. Brooks, 12/11/1978, p. 4. Paris News. Other Resources Ben F. Brooks, death date 12/10/1978 in Bogata, Red River County, age 89, retired rancher, agri. - civil service. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1977-1986. Benjamin Franklin Brooks, birth date 8/23/1889 in Detroit, Texas, home address in Bagwell, Texas, merchant, draft registration 6/6/1917 in Red River County. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Benjamin F. Brooks, birth date 8/23/1889, death date 12/10/1978, burial in Detroit Cemetery, Detroit, Red River County. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. Ben F. Brooks, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Ben F. Brooks, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 42nd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 42nd R.S. - 1931 Claims and Accounts (Chair)  Education   Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts   Game and Fisheries   41st R.S. - 1929 Claims and Accounts   Constitutional Amendments (Vice Chair)  Game and Fisheries   Oil, Gas and Mining

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