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John A. Brooks

Personal details
Born	John Anderson Brooks (1836-06-03)June 3, 1836 Mason County, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	February 3, 1897(1897-02-03) (aged 60) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Political party	Prohibition
Spouse	Sue Robertson
Children	4
Parents	John Thomas Brooks (father) Elizabeth Branch Anderson (mother)
Education	Bethany College (BA)

John Anderson Brooks (June 3, 1836 – February 3, 1897) was a religious scholar and prohibitionist who served as the Prohibition Party's vice presidential nominee during the 1888 presidential election.

Life

John Anderson Brooks was born on June 3, 1836, in Mason County, Kentucky to John Thomas Brooks and Elizabeth Branch Anderson. He graduated from Bethany College in Virginia in 1856. In 1877, he moved to Mexico where he was a pastor until 1880 when he returned to the United States and became a pastor in Kansas City from 1888 to 1892.

Before the Civil War, in which he served as a Confederate chaplain, he was a member of the Whig Party, but afterwards joined the Democratic Party. He later joined the Prohibition Party and served as its Missouri gubernatorial nominee in 1884 and as its vice presidential nominee in 1888.

In 1892, he moved to Memphis, but in 1894 he moved to London and served as a pastor until he returned to Memphis in 1896. On February 3, 1897, he died in Memphis, Tennessee from heart failure and his body was later moved and buried in Kansas City, Missouri.

References

"Dr. John A. Brooks Biography". Los Angeles Evening Express. 23 June 1888. p. 4. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
"Dr. John A. Brooks is Dead". Mexico Weekly Ledger. 11 February 1897. p. 2. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
"Passed Away at His Daughter's Home in Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 3". Mexico Weekly Ledger. 11 February 1897. p. 1. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

Party political offices
Preceded byWilliam Daniel	Prohibition nominee for Vice President of the United States 1888	Succeeded byJames B. Cranfill

v t e Prohibition Party
Chairpersons	1869–1872: John Russell 1872–1876: Simeon B. Chase 1876–1880: James Black 1880–1884: Gideon T. Stewart 1884–1887: John B. Finch 1887–1899: Samuel Dickie 1900–1905: Oliver W. Stewart 1905–1908: Charles R. Jones 1908–1924: Virgil G. Hinshaw 1924–1925: B.E.P. Prugh 1925–1932: D. Leigh Colvin 1932–1947: Edward E. Blake 1947–1950: Virgil C. Finnell 1950–1953: Gerald Overholt 1953–1955: Lowell H. Coate 1955–1971: E. Harold Munn 1971–1979: Charles Wesley Ewing 1979–2003: Earl Dodge 2003–2005: Don Webb 2005–2009: Gene Amondson 2009–2013: Toby Davis 2013–2014: Gregory Seltzer 2014–2019: Rick Knox 2019–2020: Randy McNutt 2020–2023: Phil Collins 2023–Present: Zack Kusnir
Presidential tickets	1872: Black / Russell 1876: Smith / Stewart 1880: Dow / Thompson 1884 St. John / Daniel 1888: Fisk / Brooks 1892: Bidwell / Cranfill 1896: Levering / Johnson - Bentley / Southgate 1900: Woolley / Metcalf 1904: Swallow / Carroll 1908/1912: Chafin / A. Watkins 1916: Hanley / Landrith 1920: A. Watkins / Colvin 1924:Faris / Brehm 1928: Varney / Edgerton 1932: Upshaw / Regan 1936: Colvin / Watson 1940: Babson / Moorman 1944: Watson / Johnson 1948: Watson / Learn 1952: Hamblen / Holtwick 1956: Holtwick / Cooper 1960: Decker / Munn 1964: Munn / Shaw 1968: Munn / Fisher 1972: Munn / Uncapher 1976/1980: Bubar / Dodge 1984: Dodge / Martin 1988/1992: Dodge / Ormsby 1996: Dodge / Bubar Kelly 2000: Dodge / D. Watkins 2004: Amondson / Pletten - Dodge - Lydick 2008: Amondson / Pletten 2012: Fellure / Davis 2016: Hedges / Bayes 2020: Collins / Parker 2024: Wood / Pietrowski
Parties by state and territory	Law Preservation Party (New York)
National Conventions	1872 1876 1880 1884
Related topics	Prohibition in the United States - Anti-Saloon League - Woman's Christian Temperance Union - Alcohol Justice - Temperance movement in the United States

(← 1884) 1888 United States presidential election (1892 →)

Republican Party
(Convention)

Nominees	President: Benjamin Harrison Vice President: Levi P. Morton
Other candidates	John Sherman Russell A. Alger William B. Allison Chauncey Depew John J. Ingalls Jeremiah M. Rusk William W. Phelps Edwin H. Fitler James G. Blaine

Democratic Party
(Convention)

Nominees

President: Grover Cleveland (incumbent)

Vice President: Allen G. Thurman

Third party and independent candidates
Prohibition Party	Nominee: Clinton B. Fisk VP nominee: John A. Brooks
Union Labor Party	Nominee: Alson Streeter VP nominee: Charles E. Cunningham
United Labor Party	Nominee: Robert H. Cowdrey VP nominee: William H. T. Wakefield
American Party	Nominee: James L. Curtis VP nominee: Peter D. Wigginton
National Equal Rights Party	Nominee: Belva Ann Lockwood VP nominee: Alfred H. Love

Other 1888 elections: House
Senate

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