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George M. Brooks

American politician

Field	Value
name	George Merrick Brooks
image	George Merrick Brooks (Massachusetts Congressman).jpg
state	Massachusetts
district	7th
term_start	November 2, 1869
term_end	May 13, 1872
preceded	George S. Boutwell
succeeded	Constantine C. Esty
office2	Chairman of the Concord, Massachusetts Board of Selecmen
office3	Member of the Concord, Massachusetts Board of Selecmen
term_start3	1858
term_end3	1858
office4	Member of the Massachusetts Senate Fourth Middlesex District
term_start4	1859
term_end4	1859
office5	Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
term_start5	1858
term_end5	1858
birth_date	July 26, 1824
birth_place	Concord, Massachusetts
death_date	September 22, 1893 (aged 69)
death_place	Concord, Massachusetts
party	Republican

Life and career

Brooks was born in Concord, Massachusetts, to parents Nathan Brooks and Mary Merrick Brooks, a leader in the Concord Female Anti-Slavery Society. Brooks attended an academy in Concord and a boarding school at Waltham. He graduated from Harvard University in 1844. He studied law, gained admission to the bar in 1847, and commenced practice in Concord. He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1858 and in the Massachusetts Senate in 1859. He also served on the Concord select board and on the board of the Concord Free Public Library.

Brooks was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George S. Boutwell. He was reelected to the Forty-second Congress and served from November 2, 1869, to May 13, 1872, when he resigned, having been appointed to a judicial position. He served as judge of probate for Middlesex County until his death in Concord, Massachusetts, September 22, 1893. He was interred in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

He was the brother-in-law of US Attorney General Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, through the marriage of his sister Caroline Downes Brooks Hoar.

References

(2013). "Antislavery in Concord {{!}} Essay 03a {{!}} Some Key Concord Abolitionists".

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