CREATE TABLE table_72379 ("District" TEXT, "Incumbent" TEXT, "Party" TEXT, "First elected" FLOAT, "Result" TEXT, "Candidates" TEXT)

Name the party for jack thomas brinkley
SELECT "Party" FROM table_72379 WHERE "Incumbent" = 'Jack Thomas Brinkley'
SELECT "Party" FROM "table_72379" WHERE "Incumbent" = 'Jack Thomas Brinkley'