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Preston Brooks
South Carolina politician. (1819–1857)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 5 August 1819, 6 August 1819
- Died
- 27 January 1857
- Conflict
- Mexican-American War
- Place of birth
- Edgefield
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C.
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Preston
- Family name
- Brooks
- Occupation
- politician, lawyer
- Citizenship
- United States
- archives at
- Louis Round Wilson Library
- described by source
- Nordisk familjebok, Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
- educated at
- University of South Carolina
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- member of political party
- Democratic Party
- name in native language
- Preston Brooks
- place of burial
- South Carolina, Edgefield
- social classification
- slave owner
- work location
- Washington, D.C.
- writing language
- English
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