serviceyears branch succeeded death_date death_place birth_place jr/sr party term_end preceded battles birth_date term_start spouse birthname rank article_title state
1917-1919 united states marine corps paul douglas 14 january 1957 chicago , illinois west bureau , illinois united states senator republican january 3 , 1949 james m. slattery world war i 8 march 1897 november 22 , 1940 gertrude divorced -rrb- mary e. thomas peavey -lrb- 1946 & ndash ackerly ; 1957 , his death -rrb- -lrb- 1920 & ndash ; 1943 , charles wayland brooks first lieutenant charles w. brooks
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charles w. brooks

charles wayland brooks -lrb- march 8 , 1897 -- january 14 , 1957 -rrb- was a republican u.s. senator from illinois from 1940 to 1949 .
born in west bureau , illinois , brooks served in the marines during world war i as a first lieutenant from 1917 to 1919 ; while in combat he was wounded several times .
brooks ran for governor of illinois in 1936 but was defeated by incumbent democrat henry horner .
he was elected by a very narrow margin in 1940 to fill the senate vacancy caused by the death of j. hamilton lewis .
brooks was reelected in 1942 but was defeated in 1948 by democrat paul douglas .
brooks returned to chicago , illinois , and died in 1957 from a massive heart attack .
