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James Brooks | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York | |
| In office March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1853 | |
| Preceded by | Horace Greeley |
| Succeeded by | John Wheeler |
| Constituency | 6th district |
| In office March 4, 1863 – April 7, 1866 | |
| Preceded by | Isaac C. Delaplaine |
| Succeeded by | William E. Dodge |
| Constituency | 8th district |
| In office March 4, 1867 – April 30, 1873 | |
| Preceded by | William E. Dodge |
| Succeeded by | Samuel S. Cox |
| Constituency | 8th district (1867–1873) 6th district (1873) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 10, 1807 Portland, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | April 30, 1873 (aged 65) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Green-Wood Cemetery |
| Political party | Whig (before 1856) Constitutional Union (1860) Democratic (1860–1873) |
| Education | Colby College (BA) |
James Brooks (November 10, 1807 – April 30, 1873) was an American educator, lawyer, and politician who represented New York City in the United States House of Representatives for seven nonconsecutive terms between 1849 and his death in 1873. Though initially a member of the Whig Party, he later joined the Democratic Party and, as a critic of the Abraham Lincoln administration, rose to become its leader in the House at the end of the American Civil War. He died in office in 1873 while under scrutiny and formal censure for attempted bribery in connection to the Credit Mobilier scandal.