The Brooks and Thomas
- John W. Thomas (1874–1945), delegate to the Republican National Convention 1920 1932 1936 1940 1944, Republican National Committeeman 1924-1933, U.S. Senator from Idaho 1928-1933 1940-1945. Father-in-law of C. Wayland Brooks.
- C. Wayland Brooks (1897–1957), candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois 1934, candidate for Governor of Illinois 1936, Republican National Committeeman 1939-1952, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956, U.S. Senator from Illinois 1940-1949. Son-in-law of John Thomas.
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Famous quotes containing the words brooks and/or thomas:
“The stench; the urine, cabbage, and dead beans,
Dead porridges of assorted dusty grains,
The old smoke, heavy diapers, and, they’re told,
Something called chitterlings.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“I know an Englishman,
Being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.”
—George Chapman c. 1559–1634, British dramatist, poet, translator. repr. In Plays and Poems of George Chapman: The Tragedies, ed. Thomas Marc Parrott (1910)