Background
Hays, Brooks was born on August 9, 1898 in Russellville, Arkansas, United States. Son of Adelbert Steele and Sallie (Butler) Hays.
Hays, Brooks was born on August 9, 1898 in Russellville, Arkansas, United States. Son of Adelbert Steele and Sallie (Butler) Hays.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Arkansas, 1919. Juris Doctor, George Washington University, 1922. Doctor of Laws, University Arkansas, College of Ozarks, Clarksville, Arkansas, Salem (West Virginia) College.
Doctor of Laws honorary degrees, Mercer U., William Jewell College, University of Pacific, Stetson U., Belmont Abbey College, also others.
Smith, Arkansas Assistant Attorney General, Arkansas, 1925-1926. Referee in Probate, Pulaski Company, 1929. Candidate Democrat nomination for Governor., 1930.
Member Hays, Priddy & Hays, Russellville, 1922-1925, assistant attorney general, Arkansas, 1925-1927. Member Democratic National Committee, 1932-1939. Member 78th-85th congresses from 5th District Arkansas.
Member American Bar Association, Former Mems. of Congress (co-founder 1970), American Legion, Council Foreign Relations, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Chi, Phi Alpha Delta, Tau Kappa Alpha, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Marian Prather, February 2, 1922. Children: Betty Brooks (Mistress William E. Bell), Marion Steele.