J. Twing Brooks

Joshua Twing Brooks ( born February 27, 1884 in Edgeworth, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, † February 7, 1956 in Sewickley, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1933 and 1937 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Twing Brooks attended the public schools of his home. In 1908, he graduated from Yale University, part of the Sheffield Scientific School. Subsequently, he worked in the steel industry. During World War II he served in the Army Procurement Agency of the U.S. Army in the federal capital, Washington DC, where he was shopping for the armed forces steel products. After the war he returned to Sewickley, where he was still active in the steel industry. Later, he founded his own business, in which he acted alongside steel products with railway commodities. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1932, Brooks was elected in the 30th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of the Republican William R. Coyle on March 4, 1933. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1937 two legislative sessions. During this time most of the New Deal legislation of the Roosevelt administration there have been adopted. 1935, the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were first applied, after which the term of the Congress ends, or begins on January 3.

In 1936, Brooks was not nominated by his party for re-election. Between 1937 and 1939 he was a member of the Alcohol Commission of the State of Pennsylvania; 1940 to 1948 he worked as Assistant Director of Aviation for flight control center in Allegheny County. Between 1949 and 1956 he headed the local airport. Twing Brooks died on February 7, 1956 in Sewickley, where he was also buried.