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    Charles Wayland Brooks (March 8, 1897 – January 14, 1957) was a Republican U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1940 to 1949. Born in West Bureau, Illinois...
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    1934 U.S. congress candidate and 1935 Chicago mayoral candidate C. Wayland Brooks Oscar E. Carlstrom, former Illinois attorney general George W. Dowell...
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    against Democratic incumbent Henry Horner and Republican nominee C. Wayland Brooks. He received only three percent of the vote. In 1939, Thompson ran...
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  • "Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present". via Senate.gov. Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy (ed.). The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical...
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    Senator Replaced by Delaware C. Douglass Buck J. Allen Frear Jr. Idaho Henry Dworshak Bert H. Miller Illinois C. Wayland Brooks Paul Douglas Iowa George A...
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    legislators included Barkley, Ed Izac, John M. Vorys, Dewey Short, C. Wayland Brooks, and Kenneth S. Wherry, along with General Omar Bradley and journalists...
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    on to lose in the general election to incumbent Republican senator C. Wayland Brooks. As alderman, Douglas had worked with Chicago Daily News publisher...
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    1934 U.S. congress candidate and 1935 Chicago mayoral candidate C. Wayland Brooks Oscar E. Carlstrom, former Illinois attorney general George W. Dowell...
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    John G. Townsend Jr. James M. Tunnell Illinois James M. Slattery C. Wayland Brooks Indiana Sherman Minton Raymond E. Willis Nebraska Edward R. Burke...
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    United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration (category 1867 establishments in Washington, D.C.)
    1941–1947 C. Wayland Brooks (R-IL) 1947–1949 Carl Hayden (D-AZ) 1949–1953 William E. Jenner (R-IN) 1953–1955 Theodore F. Green (D-RI) 1955–1957 Thomas C. Hennings...
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  • (1987–88) Bass Fishing: 2nd place (2012–13); 3rd place (2022–23) C. Wayland Brooks (class of 1916), U.S. senator (1940–49) Harold "Red" Grange (class...
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    Hayden's family took several trips, including journeys to Washington, D.C., and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. To these, Hayden added several solo trips...
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  • S. Senator from Idaho 1928–33 1940–45. Father-in-law of C. Wayland Brooks. C. Wayland Brooks (1897–1957), candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois...
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    along with Alben W. Barkley, Ed Izac, John M. Vorys, Dewey Short, C. Wayland Brooks, General Omar N. Bradley, and journalists Joseph Pulitzer, Norman...
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    the Senate Chamber (Special) Rules and Administration (Chairman: C. Wayland Brooks; Ranking Member: Carl Hayden) Small Business Enterprises (Special)...
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  • McCormick (1919–25) William B. McKinley (1921–26) Otis F. Glenn (1928–33) C. Wayland Brooks (1940–49) Everett Dirksen (1951–69) Charles H. Percy (1967–85) Ralph...
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    interim Senator and former chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission C. Wayland Brooks, nominee for Governor in 1936 Ralph E. Church, U.S. Representative...
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  • case to the Senate Rules Committee, whose chairman, Illinois Senator C. Wayland Brooks, ordered the gallery to admit him. He became a member of the White...
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  • electoral votes for President while John Quincy Adams received one. John C. Calhoun won all three electoral votes for Vice President. Resigned following...
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  • (1937–1939) 76th (1939–1941) Scott W. Lucas (D) James M. Slattery (D) C. Wayland Brooks (R) 77th (1941–1943) 78th (1943–1945) 79th (1945–1947) 80th (1947–1949)...
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    Taylor (Democratic) 48.5% Illinois C. Wayland Brooks Republican 1940 (special) Incumbent re-elected. ▌Y C. Wayland Brooks (Republican) 53.2% ▌Raymond S. McKeough...
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  • Wayland Parrott Flowers Jr. (November 26, 1939 – October 11, 1988) was an American actor, comedian and puppeteer. Flowers was best known for the comedy...
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    Illinois took place on November 2, 1948. Incumbent Republican Charles W. Brooks lost reelection in the landslide to Democrat Paul Douglas. The primaries...
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    visited included Alben W. Barkley, Ed Izac, John M. Vorys, Dewey Short, C. Wayland Brooks, and Kenneth S. Wherry along with General Omar N. Bradley and journalists...
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    Igoe (Democratic) 28.2% ▌Y Martin A. Brennan (Democratic) 27.3% ▌C. Wayland Brooks (Republican) 22.4% ▌Milton E. Jones (Republican) 20.8% ▌Walter Nesbit...
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    her young family to Washington, D.C. after her mother's death in 1943. Three years later, she married C. Wayland Brooks, a U.S. Senator from Illinois who...
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  • (Arizona), and the Republicans Charles W. Tobey (New Hampshire) and C. Wayland Brooks (Illinois). All except McFarland had declared their support for isolationism...
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  • ±% Democratic Henry Horner (Incumbent) 2,067,861 53.16 Republican C. Wayland Brooks 1,680,685 43.21 Independent William Hale Thompson 128,962 3.32 Prohibition...
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  • 1941 - Aug 2, 1946) Theodore G. Bilbo (Jan 3, 1939 - Aug 2, 1946) C. Wayland Brooks (Jan 3, 1941 - Dec 21, 1943) Elbert D. Thomas (Mar 4, 1933 - Aug 2...
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  • Ball (R-MN) October 14, 1940 C. Wayland Brooks (R-IL) November 22, 1940 Berkeley L. Bunker (D-NV) November 27, 1940 Monrad C. Wallgren (D-WA) December 19...
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