Thomas Norman Brooks

Thomas Norman Brooks (August 23, 1924 – September 23, 1992) was an American farmer and Democratic politician. He was a member of the Mississippi Legislature almost continuously from 1952 to 1985, when he was convicted and jailed for influence peddling. He also was the president pro tempore of the Mississippi State Senate from 1984 to his incarceration.

Biography Thomas Norman Brooks was born on August 23, 1924, in Walnut Grove, Mississippi. He graduated from Freeny High School and Millsaps College. He represented Leake County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1952 to 1960. However, in 1985, he was convicted for influence peddling, and spent years in a minimum-security prison in Alabama. He died on September 23, 1992, in Freeny, Leake County, Mississippi.