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Benjamin Phil Brooks Full Name: Benjamin Phil Brooks Date of birth: March 28, 1916 Date of death: February 5, 1982 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 3 Jan 13, 1953 - Aug 2, 1953 53rd (1)   Democrat Bagwell / Red River   Camp, Red River, Titus H 36 Jan 9, 1951 - Jan 13, 1953 52nd   Democrat Bagwell / Red River   Red River H 36 Jan 11, 1949 - Jan 9, 1951 51st   Democrat Bagwell / Red River   Red River (1) George D. Ford, in special election 3/6/1954, sworn 3/15/1954, succeeded Phil Brooks, resigned 8/2/1953. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Military Service Notes United States Army, Major, World War II. Military grave marker, Benjamin P. Brooks (1916-1982), burial in Forbes Cemetery, Bagwell, Red River County. Find a Grave. Other Resources Benjamin Phil Brooks, death date 2/5/1982 in Red River County. FamilySearch Texas Death Index, 1964-1998. Benjamin Brooks, birth date 3/28/1916, death February 1982, residence in Bagwell, Red River County. FamilySearch United States Social Security Death Index. Obituary, Phil Brooks, 2/5/1982, p. 4. Former member of the Texas House of Representatives and former Red River County game warden. Paris News. Photographs Photograph. Phil Brooks, 53rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Phil Brooks, 52nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Phil Brooks, 51st Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 51st session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. 52nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. 53rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 53rd R.S. - 1953 Common Carriers   Game and Fisheries   Military and Veteran's Affairs (Chair)  Motor Traffic   Municipal and Private Corporations   52nd R.S. - 1951 Common Carriers   Game and Fisheries (Chair)  Motor Traffic   Municipal and Private Corporations   Representation Before the Legislature   51st R.S. - 1949 Claims and Accounts   Common Carriers   Congressional and Legislative Districts   Game and Fisheries   Highways and Roads

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