James B. Brennan, a Democratic State Senator from Milwaukee (1959-1960), was born in Milwaukee in 1926. He served in the Navy during World War II, graduated from Notre Dame University in 1949, and received a law degree from Marquette University in 1952. Prior to his election to the State Senate he practiced law. In 1961 he resigned his Senate seat to accept an appointment by President John F. Kennedy as United States District Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
