BROOKS, JAMES
\bɹˈʊks], \bɹˈʊks], \b_ɹ_ˈʊ_k_s]\
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(1810-1873), established the New York Express in 1836. He represented New York in the U. S. Congress as a Whig from 1849 to 1853 and as a Democrat from 1865 to 1873. He was associated with the "Credit Mobilier," and was censured by the House.
By John Franklin Jameson
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