Jack Brooks (American politician)
Jack Bascom Brooks was an American Democratic Party politician from the state of Texas who served 42 years in the United States House of Representatives, initially representing Texas's 2nd congressional district from 1953 through 1967, and then, after district boundaries were redrawn in 1966, the 9th district from 1967 to 1995. He had strong political ties to other prominent Texas Democrats, including Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn and President Lyndon B. Johnson. For over fifteen years, he was the dean of the Texas congressional delegation.
Lyndon B. Johnson taking the presidential oath of office, November 22, 1963; Brooks is visible at right, behind Jackie Kennedy
Brooks (right), with his wife Charlotte Collins (left) and Speaker Carl Albert.
Texas's 9th congressional district
Texas's 9th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives includes the southwestern portion of the Greater Houston area in Texas. The current Representative for the district, since 2005, is Democrat Al Green.
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