Joshua Twing Brooks (February 27, 1884 – February 7, 1956) was a Democratic member of the

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from

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Biography

Brooks was born in

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(now Sewickley),

. He graduated from the

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in 1908. He was engaged in the steel industry after graduation. During the

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, Brooks served in the Quartermaster Division in

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, purchasing steel products for the Army. After the war he returned to Sewickley, and continued in the steel industry. He later established his own business as a distributor of railway supplies and steel products. Signing Of The Social Security Act

Brooks was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1936. After his time in Congress, he served as a member of the

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, from 1937 to 1939. He served as assistant director of aviation for

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, from 1940 to 1948, and as manager of

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from 1949 to 1956. He died in Sewickley, aged 71, and is buried in Sewickley Cemetery.

Sources

The Political Graveyard
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brooks, J. Twing 1884 births 1956 deaths People from Edgeworth, Pennsylvania People from Sewickley, Pennsylvania Politicians from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives