Clifford Cleveland Brooks
| Clifford Cleveland Brooks | |
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| Louisiana State Senator for Tensas, Concordia, Madison, and East Carroll parishes | |
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In office 1924–1932 |
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| Preceded by | George Henry Clinton |
| Succeeded by |
Daniel B. Fleming |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 19, 1886 Lexington Oglethorpe County Georgia, USA |
| Died | October 16, 1944 (aged 58) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Linda Mae Sibley (married 1915-1944, his death) |
| Children | No children |
| Parents |
George Washington Brooks |
| Residence |
St. Joseph, Tensas Parish Louisiana |
| Occupation | Cotton planter |
Daniel B. Fleming
George Washington Brooks
Clifford Cleveland Brooks, also known as C. C. Brooks (September 19, 1886 – October 16, 1944), was a Georgia native who served as a Democrat from 1924 to 1932 in the Louisiana State Senate. Brooks represented the delta parishes: Tensas, Madison, East Carroll, and Concordia, a rich farming region along the Mississippi River in eastern Louisiana ranging from Vidalia to Tallulah to Lake Providence. At the time, two state senators served from the four-parish district.
Brooks was born in Lexington in Oglethrope County in northeastern Georgia, to George Washington Brooks and the former Ida Stokes Briscoe. Brooks was given his middle name to honor U.S. President Grover Cleveland. Brooks graduated in 1908 from the University of Georgia at Athens, where he was active in athletic and fraternal activities. He had planned to study medicine but instead moved west for health reasons and sold real estate in Pauls Valley in Garvin County in southern Oklahoma. Thereafter, he was a cotton broker in Shreveport in far northwestern Louisiana.
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