Franklin Eli Brooks was a U.S. Representative

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 from Colorado

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Born in Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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, Brooks attended the public schools.
He was graduated from Southbridge High School in 1879 and from Brown University

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, Providence, Rhode Island

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, in 1883.
He taught school for several years.
He attended the law school of Boston University

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 in 1887 and 1888.
He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1888 and commenced practice in Boston, Massachusetts.
He moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado

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, in 1891, where he continued the practice of law.
He served as delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1900 and 1907, serving as chairman the latter year.

Brooks was elected as a Republican

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 to the Fifty-eighth

58th United States Congress

- House of Representatives :* Republican : 209 * Democratic : 176* Silver Republican : 1TOTAL members: 386-Senate:* President: Vacant* President pro tempore: William P. Frye -Members:...

 and Fifty-ninth

59th United States Congress

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 Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1907).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906 to the Sixtieth

60th United States Congress

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 Congress.
He resumed the practice of law in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado Springs, Colorado

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, but devoted himself principally to land development, being president of the Costilla Estates Development Company.
He was appointed a member of the State board of agriculture and trustee of the State agricultural college, Fort Collins, Colorado

Fort Collins, Colorado

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, in 1907.
He the served as trustee of Brown University

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.
He died February 7, 1916, in St. Augustine, Florida

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, and was interred in Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colorado.