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Born 1897 died 1957 Charles Wayland BROOKS was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of ILLINOIS in 1936, he was then elected United States Senator in 1940 to fill a seat vacated by Senator Lewis and was reelected in 1942, serving until 1949. (He was not re-elected in 1948.)