# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-brooks
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:19:30.414Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-brooks"
name: "Jack Brooks"
slug: "jack-brooks"
description: "Jack Bascom Brooks was an American Democratic Party politician from the state of Texas who served 42 years in the United States House of Representatives, initially representing Texas's 2nd congressional district from 1953 through 1967, and then, after district boundaries were redrawn in 1966, the 9th district from 1967 to 1995. He had strong political ties to other prominent Texas Democrats, including Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn and President Lyndon B. Johnson. For over fifteen years, he was the dean of the Texas congressional delegation."
tagline: "American politician (1922-2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jack_Brooks.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1922-12-18"
deathDate: "2012-12-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.8
  momentum:             5.337423312883434
  historical:           8.565733333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Brooks"
    title: "Jack Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
    title: "جاك بروكس (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "جاك بروكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DA%A9_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B3_(%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "جک بروکس (سیاستچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Brooks_(politik)"
    title: "Jack Brooks (politik)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Bascom_Brooks"
    title: "Jack Bascom Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Brooks_(American_politician)"
    title: "Jack Brooks (American politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DA%A9_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "جک بروکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Brooks"
    title: "Jack Brooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%A7_%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%A1"
    title: "ג'ק ברוקס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1470575"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump