Bryant Butler Brooks

Politician

Birthday February 5, 1861

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace Massachusetts

DEATH DATE Dec 8, 1944 (83)

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About

American businessman, rancher and politician who was the seventh Governor of Wyoming from 1905 to 1911. He was notably the first Governor to occupy the Wyoming Governor's Mansion.

Before Fame

He moved to Big Muddy, Wyoming at the age of eighteen and began raising livestock.

Trivia

He wrote about his life in "Memoirs of Bryant B. Brooks: Cowboy, Trapper, Lumberman, Stockman, Oilman, Banker, and Governor of Wyoming", which was published in 1939.

Family Life

He married Mary Naomi Brooks and they had five children.

Associated With

He and Mike Enzi both served as governors of Wyoming.