Morris Brooke

Candidate Biography:

Born: March 16, 1872 in Diamond Spring, CA
Married: Mary E. (d. 1927)
Child: Marshall
Died: March 4, 1932 in Sacramento, CA

1901-1906: Member, Sacramento County Board of Supervisors

• SUICIDE: Shot himself at his brother's house.
• LEGISLATION: Authored the Constitutional Amendment authorizing the state to provide free text books in public schools.

Source: "A History of the New California: Its Resources and People, Vol. I" by Leigh Hadley Irvine (Lewis Publishing Co., 1903)