Background
Brooks, Preston Smith was born on August 6, 1819 in Edgefield, South Carolina, United States. Son of Whitefield and Mary P. (Carroll) Brooks.
Brooks, Preston Smith was born on August 6, 1819 in Edgefield, South Carolina, United States. Son of Whitefield and Mary P. (Carroll) Brooks.
Graduate South Carolina. College (now United States.C.), 1839.
Admitted to South Carolina. bar, 1843. Elected to South Carolina. Legislature, 1844; member United States House of Representatives from South Carolina., 33d-34th congresses, 1853-1857.
Remembered for his physical attack on Senator Charles Sumner (which left Sumner permanently disabled) in Senate chambers, May 22, 1856.
Member United States House of Representatives from South Carolina., 33d-34th congresses, 1853-1857.
Married Caroline Means, 1841. Married second, Martha Means, 1843.