Illinois For Brooks

Illinois For Brooks Political Button Museum
Category
Political
Additional Images
Illinois For Brooks button back Political Button Museum
Sub Categories
Congress
Illustrations
Litho
Text on Button ILLINOIS - BROOKS
Image Description

Bold white text with a black outline is printed over a red illustration of the state of Illinois, on a black background.
Back Paper / Back Info

Geraghty & Company.  Union bugs.  3035-3037 W Lake St., Chicago, USA
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
3/4 inch
Year / Decade Made
1940s
The Manufacturer
Geraghty & Co
Additional Information

Charles Wayland Brooks (1897-1957) was a United States senator from Illinois. Brooks was elected in 1940 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, and was re-elected in 1942. After an unsuccessful bid for re-election in 1948, he practiced law until his death. Brooks also served as a first lieutenant in the Marines during World War I.
Catalog ID PO0065