# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/overton-brooks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:48:53.042Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/overton-brooks"
name: "Overton Brooks"
slug: "overton-brooks"
description: "Thomas Overton Brooks was a Democratic U.S. representative from the Shreveport-based fourth congressional district of northwestern Louisiana, serving for nearly a quarter century, beginning on January 3, 1937 until his death in office on September 16, 1961. Originally a supporter of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal, he became part of the conservative wing of the Democratic Party."
tagline: "American politician (1897–1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Overton_Brooks.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1897-12-21"
deathDate: "1961-09-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10
  historical:           7.217604
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Overton Brooks"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump