Representative Howard E. Brookings View All Years

Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 5/12/1977
Birth Place: Tekamah, Nebraska
Party Affiliation: Republican
Assemblies Served:
House: 53 (1949) - 54 (1951)
Home County: Pottawattamie
Howard E. Brookings
Pottawattamie County
Oakland Pottawattamie County Republican Born January 24, 1902, Tekamah, Nebr., son of Willard E. and Lotta J. Brookings. Received education in Tekamah public schools, graduating from high school in 1919. Received B.Sc. degree in Business Administration from the University of Nebraska in 1924. Married Gretna M. Charles of Tekamah, Nebraska, in 1923. Father of one daughter, Jo Ann, 18, attending college at Grinnell. Owner and operator of motion picture theatres since 1927. Member of Board of Directors of Allied Independent Theatre Owners of Iowa and Nebraska and served two terms as president. Former board member of Motion Picture Theatre Owners of Nebraska and Western Iowa for seven years. Member of the Congregational Church. Past officer of Lions and Kiwanis clubs. Member of Masonic lodge, Eastern Star, Nebraska Consistory, Tangier Shrine, Eagles and Chamber of Commerce. Serving first term.