Joseph Brooks (November 1, 1821 – April 30, 1877) was a Methodist minister, newspaper editor, and politician who served as the 19th postmaster of Little Rock, Arkansas, from 1875 to 1877.

Joseph Brooks was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and worked as a minister, preacher, and Methodist church official in Illinois and Missouri from 1840 to 1862.

[2] Brooks leased a cotton plantation near Helena, Arkansas, after the American Civil War.

During Reconstruction, Joseph Brooks was the leader of the "Brindle Tails" faction of the state's Republican Party.

Federal troops were stationed between the two forces, After an armed conflict and intervention from U.S. president Ulysses S. Grant, Brooks was removed from office.