Martha Jenkins

Martha Jenkins is the proud wife of Alabama Congressman, Morris Jackson Brooks Jr.; best known as Mo Brooks.

Martha’s republican husband represents Alabama’s 5th Congressional District and serves on three committees:  Armed Services, Science, Space, and Technology, and Foreign Affairs. He was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2010 and was re-elected in 2016.

Brooks born April 29, 1954; graduated from Duke University with a double major in political science and economics; and subsequently graduated from the University of Alabama Law School. Prior to being elected to the Alabama House of Representatives and becoming one of 11 Republican legislators in 1982 –he worked as a prosecutor in the Tuscaloosa District Attorney’s office.

But before there was Congressman Brooks, there was the man who married Martha Jenkins. Meet her below.

#1 She is his wife of decades

He and wife, Martha Jenkins have been married since 1976. The couple met while attending Duke University. They have been married for over four decades.

#2 She is not from Alabama

Martha Jenkins Brooks is actually an Ohio native. She was born in Toledo, Ohio.

#3 She is a earned a degree

Martha earned her accounting degree from the University of Alabama. She later obtained a math and education major from the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

#4 She is retired

Martha a former certified public accountant –is currently retired. She also worked teaching math at Whitesburg Middle School.

#5 She is a proud mother and grandmother

Jenkins is also the proud mother of the couple’s four adult children. Martha Jenkins gave birth to two sons and two daughters, Jay, Thomas, Rachel and Chelsie.

Daughter Rachel Brooks is married to Walter Olsen, together they have five children. Son, Thomas Brooks studied MS Aerospace Systems Engineering at UAHuntsville –he is also married and is the father of two kids.

She and her husband are also proud grandparents to at least ten grandchildren, according to Brooks’ website.