John A. Brooks

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.[1]

John A. Brooks
Personal details
Born
John Anderson Brooks

(1836-06-03)June 3, 1836
Mason County, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedFebruary 3, 1897(1897-02-03) (aged 60)
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Political partyProhibition
Spouse(s)Sue Robertson
Children4
MotherElizabeth Branch Anderson
FatherJohn Thomas Brooks
EducationBethany College (BA)

Life

John Anderson Brooks was born on June 3, 1836, in Mason County, Kentucky to John Thomas Brooks and Elizabeth Branch Anderson. He graduated from Bethany College in Virginia in 1856. 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.[2] He later joined the Prohibition Party and served as its Missouri gubernatorial nominee in 1884 and as its vice presidential nominee in 1888.[3]

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.[4]

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References
  1. John A. Brooks at Find a Grave
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
Party political offices
Preceded by
William Daniel		 Prohibition nominee for Vice President of the United States
1888		 Succeeded by
James B. Cranfill
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