FRANKLIN ELI BROOKS
Brooks,
Franklin Eli (1860-1916), a Representative from Colorado; born in Sturbridge, Worcester County, Mass., November 19,
1860; attended the public schools; was graduated from Southbridge High School in 1879 and from Brown University,
Providence, R.I., in 1883; taught school for several years; attended the law school of Boston University in 1887 and
1888; was admitted to the bar in 1888 and commenced practice in Boston, Mass.; moved to Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., in 1891, where he continued the practice of law; delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1900
and 1907, serving as chairman the latter year; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth
Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1907); was not a candidate for renomination in 1906 to the Sixtieth Congress;
resumed the practice of law in Colorado Springs, Colo., but devoted himself principally to land development, being
president of the Costilla Estates Development Company; appointed a member of the State board of agriculture and
trustee of the State agricultural college, Fort Collins, Colo., in 1907; trustee of Brown University; died February
7, 1916, in St. Augustine, Fla.; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Spouse: Sara C [Brooks] b. abt 1866 Massachusetts
Marriage: abt 1892
Children:
Elizabeth Brooks b. abt 1895 Colorado
Franklin C Brooks b. abt 1897 Colorado
Catherine Brooks b. abt 1899 Colorado
Philip Brooks b. abt 1906 Washington, D.C.
Sources:
U.S. Federal Census The Political Graveyard
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