John A. Brooks
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| Born | John Anderson Brooks June 3, 1836 Mason County, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | February 3, 1897 (aged 60) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Political party | Prohibition |
| Spouse | Sue Robertson |
| Children | 4 |
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| Education | Bethany College (BA) |
John Anderson Brooks (June 3, 1836 – February 3, 1897) was a religious scholar and prohibitionist who served as the Prohibition Party's vice presidential nominee during the 1888 presidential election.
Life
John Anderson Brooks was born on June 3, 1836, in Mason County, Kentucky to John Thomas Brooks and Elizabeth Branch Anderson. His ancestors were Virginians and his mother was descended to the Cook and Anderson families, which were part of the political elite of the state.[1] The young Brooks was raised on a farm.[1] He then left village school and completed his education at Bethany College in Virginia in 1856. He also obtained a master's degree from the same school and later served as a president of the Flemingsburg College in Kentucky.[2][3] In 1877, he moved to Mexico where he was a pastor until 1880 when he returned to the United States and became a pastor in Kansas City from 1888 to 1892.
Before the Civil War, in which he served as a Confederate chaplain, he was a member of the Whig Party, but afterwards joined the Democratic Party.[4] He later joined the Prohibition Party and served as its Missouri gubernatorial nominee in 1884 and as its vice presidential nominee in 1888.[5]
In 1892, he moved to Memphis, but in 1894 he moved to London and served as a pastor until he returned to Memphis in 1896. On February 3, 1897, he died in Memphis, Tennessee from heart failure and his body was later moved and buried in Kansas City, Missouri.[6]
References
- ^ a b Henry, William H. F. (1892). The Voice of the People, Or The History of Political Issues in the United States: From the Foundation of the Republic to the Present Time; Giving Historical Data of Political Parties Bearing Upon Each Presidential Administration, with Biographical Sketches, Etc. J.E. Sherrill. p. 808.
- ^ Columbia, James R. (2017). Pioneer Stories from the Buffalo Trace [Vol. I]. Northeastern Kentucky Genealogical Research. ISBN 978-1-387-49613-6.
- ^ "Biography". prohibitionists.org. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
- ^ "Dr. John A. Brooks Biography". Los Angeles Evening Express. 23 June 1888. p. 4. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dr. John A. Brooks is Dead". Mexico Weekly Ledger. 11 February 1897. p. 2. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Passed Away at His Daughter's Home in Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 3". Mexico Weekly Ledger. 11 February 1897. p. 1. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019 – via Newspapers.com.