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Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, January 24, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-001602
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: African Americans--Civil Rights, Legislation
Dates: 1968-01-24
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Frank M. Genstch, a former constituent, expresses his disdain for the Democratic Party's policies, specifically those of President Lyndon B. Johnson and Vice President Hubert Humphrey. He explains he is no longer a Democrat as a result and will support Nelson Rockefeller in the 1968 presidential election. Offensive language and racial slurs are used in the letter.

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, May 24, 1968
Identifier: camh-dob-001606
Creator: Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Democratic party (U.S.), Political Campaigns
Dates: 1968-05-24
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Vice President Hubert Humphrey thanks Jack Brooks for campaigning for him at the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union Meeting, describing him as the "best salesman" he has. Humphrey was running for president in the Democratic presidential primary.

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 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.