Question: Facts: - death place: little rock , arkansas , us - death date: 30 april 1877 - term end: may 15 , 1874 - birth date: 1 november 1812 - term start: april 15 , 1874 - name: joseph brooks - image: joseph brooks.jpg - birth place: cincinnati , ohio , us Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of joseph brooks -lrb- politician -rrb- .
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joseph brooks -lrb- november 1 , 1812april 30 , 1877 -rrb- was a republican politician in arkansas after the civil war .he is mainly remembered for losing the 1872 gubernatorial race in arkansas and then leading a coup d'etat , now referred to as the brooks -- baxter war , in 1874 .