This article is about the United States Senator, for other uses, 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. http://bioguide. congress. gov/scripts/biodisplay. pl?index=B000874 He was born in West Bureau, Illinois and during World War I Brooks served as a first lieutenant in the United States Marines from 1917 to 1919; while in combat he was wounded several times.

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  • This article is about the United States Senator, for other uses, 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. http://bioguide. congress. gov/scripts/biodisplay. pl?index=B000874 He was born in West Bureau, Illinois and during World War I Brooks served as a first lieutenant in the United States Marines from 1917 to 1919; while in combat he was wounded several times. Wayland Brooks ran for Governor of Illinois in 1936 but was defeated by incumbent Democrat Henry Horner. In 1940 Brooks was elected to fill the senate vacancy caused by the death of J. Hamilton Lewis by a very narrow margin. Brooks was reelected in 1942 and ran for reelection in 1948 but was defeated by Democrat Paul Douglas. He died in Chicago, Illinois.
  • Charles Wayland Brooks, född 8 mars 1897 i Bureau County, Illinois, död 14 januari 1957 i Chicago, var en amerikansk republikansk politiker. Han representerade delstaten Illinois i USA:s senat 1940–1949. Brooks studerade vid University of Illinois och Northwestern University. Som officer i USA:s marinkår sårades han flera gånger i första världskriget. Han inledde 1926 sin karriär som advokat i Chicago. Senator J. Hamilton Lewis avled 1939 i ämbetet och James M. Slattery blev utnämnd till senaten fram till fyllnadsvalet 1940. Brooks fyllnadsvaldes till senaten, omvaldes 1942 men besegrades slutligen i senatsvalet 1948 av utmanaren Paul Douglas. Brooks var presbyterian och frimurare. Hans grav finns på Pleasant View Cemetery i Kewanee.
  • Charles Wayland Brooks, (1897 - 1957), fut un homme politique américain et ancien sénateur républicain de l'Illinois au Congrès des États-Unis, de 1940 à 1949. Brooks est né à West Bureau dans l'Illinois et pendant la Première Guerre mondiale il a servi comme premier lieutenant dans la marine américaine de 1917 à 1919; pendant qu'il était au combat, il a été blessé à plusieurs reprises. En 1936, Wayland Brooks remporte l'investiture républicaine pour le poste de Gouverneur de l'Illinois mais il est battu par le démocrate Henry Horner. En 1940, Brooks est élu sur le fil du rasoir pour terminer le mandat du sénateur démocrate James Hamilton Lewis, décédé en cours de mandat. Brooks est réélu en 1942; candidat a sa réélection en 1948 il est battu par le démocrate Paul Douglas. Il s'éteint en 1957 à Chicago.
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  • This article is about the United States Senator, for other uses, 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. http://bioguide. congress. gov/scripts/biodisplay. pl?index=B000874 He was born in West Bureau, Illinois and during World War I Brooks served as a first lieutenant in the United States Marines from 1917 to 1919; while in combat he was wounded several times.
  • Charles Wayland Brooks, född 8 mars 1897 i Bureau County, Illinois, död 14 januari 1957 i Chicago, var en amerikansk republikansk politiker. Han representerade delstaten Illinois i USA:s senat 1940–1949. Brooks studerade vid University of Illinois och Northwestern University. Som officer i USA:s marinkår sårades han flera gånger i första världskriget. Han inledde 1926 sin karriär som advokat i Chicago. Senator J. Hamilton Lewis avled 1939 i ämbetet och James M.
  • Charles Wayland Brooks, (1897 - 1957), fut un homme politique américain et ancien sénateur républicain de l'Illinois au Congrès des États-Unis, de 1940 à 1949. Brooks est né à West Bureau dans l'Illinois et pendant la Première Guerre mondiale il a servi comme premier lieutenant dans la marine américaine de 1917 à 1919; pendant qu'il était au combat, il a été blessé à plusieurs reprises.
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