JFK/U.S. Representative from Texas (1953-1995)/11/22/ 1963, Brooks was in President John F. Kennedy's Dallas, Texas motorcade at time Kennedy was assassinated. Hours later, was present on Air Force One when Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as president
Often referred to as LBJ, was the thirty-sixth President of the United States (1963?1969) and thirty-seventh Vice President of the United States (1961?1963)
Democratic lawmaker from Bonham, Texas, who served as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives for 17 years, the longest tenure in U.S. history