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Title: Annotated statement, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-001808
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Elections
Dates: 1965
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A statement, annotated by Jack Brooks, discussing the problems associated with two year terms for Representatives in Congress. It proposes a four year term instead. Due to congressional redistricting caused by the 1965 Martin v. Bush Supreme Court ruling, Brooks went from representing 416,000 people in the 2nd district to representing 457,000 people in the 9th district. He explicitly references this change in an annotation next to a paragraph regarding the increased responsibilities of Representatives due to population growth.

Title: C.D. 9 - 1994 General Returns, July 1, 1997
Identifier: camh-dob-002374
Topic: Elections
Dates: 1997-07-01
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Results for the 1994 election broken down by county and precinct for the ninth congressional district of Texas, which was Jack Brooks's district until his loss in this election to Steve Stockman. The document was printed in 1997, but likely compiled earlier.

Title: Certificate of Election, State of Texas, November 19, 1954
Identifier: camh-dob-002074
Topic: Elections
Dates: 1954-11-19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Certificate of Jack Brooks's second election to the House of Representatives.

Title: Handwritten note, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-001809
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Elections
Dates: 1965
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A note in Jack Brooks's handwriting discussing legislative details in a proposal to change Congressional terms from two years to four years.

Title: Letter from a supporter to Jack Brooks, May 10, 1995
Identifier: camh-dob-002373
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, Elections
Dates: 1995-05-10
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Richard J. Phelps of Quincy, MA lamenting Jack Brooks's loss in the 1994 election and disappointment with Steve Stockman who won the seat.

Title: Letter from a supporter to Jack Brooks, November 9, 1994
Identifier: camh-dob-002439
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Elections
Dates: 1994-11-09
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Carl Pinkele of Delaware, Ohio expressing his condolences over Brooks's electoral loss.

Title: Letter from Charles Rangel to Jack Brooks, November 9, 1994
Identifier: camh-dob-002438
Creator: Rangel, Charles B.
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Elections
Dates: 1994-11-09
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Congressman Charles Rangel to Jack Brooks expressing his condolences over Brooks's electoral loss. The letter is typed with a handwritten note at the bottom.

Title: Letter from Charles Robb to Jack Brooks, November 10, 1994
Identifier: camh-dob-002437
Creator: Robb, Charles S.
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Elections
Dates: 1994-11-10
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Senator Charles Robb of Virginia to Jack Brooks expressing his condolences over Brooks's electoral defeat. Robb, the former Governor of Virginia, is the husband of Lynda Bird Johnson, the daughter of President B. Lyndon Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson.

Title: Letter from Ed Edmondson to Jack Brooks, July 10, 1962.
Identifier: camh-dob-001086
Creator: Edmondson, Edmond Augustus, 1919-1990
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, Elections
Dates: 1962-07-10
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Form letter from Ed Edmondson soliciting responses from congressmembers to notify the committee of their availability for campaign appearances and speeches.

Title: Letter from Elmer Staats to Jack Brooks, December 2, 1994
Identifier: camh-dob-002442
Creator: Staats, Elmer B., 1914-2011
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Elections
Dates: 1994-12-02
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Elmer Staats, former Comptroller General of the United States, expressing his condolences over Jack Brooks's electoral defeat and highlighting the work they accomplished together.

Title: Letter from Hubert Humphrey to Jack Brooks, January 5, 1972
Identifier: camh-dob-001265
Creator: Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, Elections
Dates: 1972-01-05
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter announcing former Vice President Hubert Humphrey's candidacy for President. Humphrey asks Jack Brooks for advice and support.

Title: Letter from Hubert Humphrey to Jack Brooks, November 25, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-001607
Creator: Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, Elections
Dates: 1968-11-25
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Vice President Hubert Humphrey thanks Jack Brooks for all of his work campaigning for Humphrey in his district during the 1968 presidential election, lamenting his loss of the election.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a constituent, April 17, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001077
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Elections, Political Campaigns
Dates: 1961-04-17
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Jack Brooks's office replying to constituent Harriett Becker. Brooks thanks Becker for her support and expounds on the life of a Congressman and the many people who believe their support of him entitles them to special treatment. He discusses the upcoming election and the opposition he feels he is facing from people who feel he did not provide them with the special treatment they desired. Similar letter sent to other constituent correspondents.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to a supporter, May 24, 1995
Identifier: camh-dob-002372
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, Elections
Dates: 1995-05-24
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a letter sent by Jack Brooks in reply to Richard J. Phelps of Quincy, MA regarding his loss in the 1994 election and the impact of the media on the race.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to Ed Edmondson, July 17, 1962.
Identifier: camh-dob-001085
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Contributor: Edmondson, Edmond Augustus, 1919-1990
Topic: Political Campaigns, Elections
Dates: 1962-07-17
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Reply from Brooks to fellow congressman Ed Edmondson regarding the 1962 midterm election and his campaigning for candidates up and down the ticket in his district.

Title: Letter from Jack Brooks to the NAACP southwest regional office, February 18, 1964
Identifier: camh-dob-001824
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: African Americans--Civil Rights, Elections
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter written by Jack Brooks thanking Clarence A. Laws, the field director of the Southwest Regional Office of the NAACP in Dallas, for his telegram. Reminding Laws about the dissolution of the poll tax, Brooks asks Laws and the NAACP to organize citizens in the second congressional district to register to vote and participate in elections.

Title: Letter from Jim Wright to Jack Brooks, November 10, 1994
Identifier: camh-dob-002436
Creator: Wright, Jim, 1922-2015
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Elections, Friendship
Dates: 1994-11-10
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Jim Wright to Jack Brooks commiserating on his electoral defeat and offering advice on life after Congressional service. Wright represented the 12th congressional district of Texas from 1955-1989 when he resigned his Speakership.

Title: Letter from Larry L. King to Jack Brooks, November 9, 1994
Identifier: camh-dob-002440
Creator: King, Larry L.
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Elections
Dates: 1994-11-09
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Larry L. King, playwright and former congressional staffer to J.T. Rutherford and Jim Wright, expressing his condolences for Jack Brooks's electoral defeat.

Title: Letter from Ralph Yarborough to Jack Brooks, November 8, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-001604
Creator: Yarborough, Ralph Webster, 1903-1996
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, Elections
Dates: 1968-11-08
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Senator Ralph Yarborough congratulates Jack Brooks on his congressional victory, as well as for his success campaigning locally for Hubert Humphrey and Edward Muskie in the presidential election. In a handwritten postscript, he states that Brooks's leadership aided the entire Democratic ticket in the election. Humphrey and Muskie lost the presidential election to Richard Nixon by 0.7 percentage points, one of the smallest margins in United States history.

Title: Letter from Yvonne B. Burke to Congressional colleagues, August 3, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001978
Creator: Burke, Yvonne Braithwaite
Topic: Elections, Legislation
Dates: 1976-08-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from the Congressional Black Caucus, sent by Chairperson Yvonne B. Burke, regarding the Voter Registration Act.

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