Joseph Brooks

Joseph Brooks, whose protest of the results of the 1872 governor’s race led to the famous Brooks-Baxter War; circa 1874.

White man with curly hair and beard in suit and vest

From The Daily Graphic, courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System

Media

Time Period

Civil War through Reconstruction (1861 - 1874)

Type

Person

Race & Ethnicity

White

Gender

Male

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