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Title: Amendment to H.R. 6219, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002395
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Elections
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks enclosed the proposed amendment with a letter he wrote to Peter Rodino. The amendment was intended to avoid penalizing states like Texas that had already ratified bilingual ballots.

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: Draft of wire from Jack Brooks to local newspapers in his former district, June 1, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-001396
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Elections, Legislation
Dates: 1965-06-01
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks laments the loss of his former constituents, promising to continue to serve them as well as possible for the next year and a half.

Title: Fax from Mark White to Jack Brooks and Richard Crawford White, August 3, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001972
Creator: White, Mark, 1940-2017
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012, White, Richard Crawford, 1923-1998
Topic: Elections, Legislation
Dates: 1976-08-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The fax was sent from Texas Secretary of State Mark White to Representatives Richard Crawford White and Jack Brooks. It comments on the success of voter registration by mail in Texas. White proposed an amendment to the Voter Registration Act that would make Texas exempt from the Act, while receiving federal funds for their own program. The Act was intended to create a federally mandated system that would allow voters to register by mail. Texas already had a similiar program in place at the time.

Title: Fax from Mark White to Jack Brooks, August 3, 1976
Identifier: camh-dob-001974
Creator: White, Mark, 1940-2017
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Elections, Legislation
Dates: 1976-08-03
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Texas Secretary of State Mark White provides a draft of the wording of the amendments he proposes regarding the Voter Registration Act. White wished to exempt states that already had systems in place to allow voters to register by mail, while receiving federal funds for their own program. The Act was intended to create a federally mandated system that would allow voters to register by mail.

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: Jack Brooks, M.C., Ninth Congressional District map, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001198
Topic: Elections
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The new map for Jack Brooks's district after redistricting took place in Texas as a result of the Bush v Martin Supreme Court decision. Brooks had previously represented the 2nd congressional district and represented the 9th district for the rest of his career.

Title: Letter from a Beaumont lawyer to Jack Brooks, January 29, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-001071
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Political Campaigns, Elections
Dates: 1960-01-29
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Beaumont lawyer and local political operative George Camp outlining efforts to support Lyndon Johnson's bid for the Presidency as well as political information and gossip in Brooks's district.

Title: Letter from a constituent to Jack Brooks, June 8, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-001400
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Elections, Legislation
Dates: 1965-06-08
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Melvin Combs, a constituent of Jack Brooks, writes to him about the Congressional redistricting, which he conflates with gerrymandering.

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 a Texas legislator to Jack Brooks, February 8, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-001401
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Elections, Legislation
Dates: 1965-02-08
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Gus F. Mustcher, a Texas State Representative who presided over the committee in charge of redistricting, writes a letter encouraging Jack Brooks to share any suggestions or concerns he has about the 1965 congressional redistricting.

Title: Letter from a Texas state legislator, June 16, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-001067
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Elections
Dates: 1960-06-16
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Texas state legislator John Allen regarding proposed redistricting in H.R. 73.

Title: Letter from a Texas state legislator to Jack Brooks, August 2, 1961
Identifier: camh-dob-001338
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Elections, Legislation
Dates: 1961-08-02
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A letter from Texas state legislator Robert J. Corbett regarding Corbett's redistricting bill and asking Brooks for his support.

Title: Letter from Ben Ramsey to Jack Brooks, October 4, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-002271
Creator: Ramsey, Benjamin Turner
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Elections
Dates: 1965-10-04
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from Ben Ramsey, Chairman, Texas Railroad Commission, requesting a copy of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and lamenting that Jack Brooks is no longer his congressman.

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 constituent to Jack Brooks, August 9, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-001397
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Elections, Legislation
Dates: 1965-08-09
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Letter from constituent V.T. Mason of Jasper County, which was cut out of Jack Brooks's district in redistricting legislation in 1965. Mason thanks Brooks for all his work as Congressman and laments that Brooks will no longer represent their county. Brooks's family farm was in Jasper County.

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