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- Edward_Brooke abstract "Edward William Brooke III (October 26, 1919 – January 3, 2015) was an American Republican politician. In 1966, he became the first African-American popularly elected to the United States Senate. No other senator of African heritage was elected until Democrat Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois in 1993. As of 2014 Brooke was the only African-American Senator to serve multiple terms. He was elected to the Senate as a Republican from Massachusetts, defeating former Massachusetts governor Democrat Endicott Peabody in a landslide. He served for two terms, and was defeated by Paul Tsongas in the 1978 senate election.Brooke was the last Republican Senator elected from Massachusetts until Scott Brown was elected to fill the unexpired term of Brooke's former colleague Ted Kennedy in 2010. He was the oldest living former Senator from July 30, 2013 (after Harry F. Byrd, Jr.'s death) until January 3, 2015, when he died. At the time he was one of eleven living ex-Senators that were at least ninety years old and was one of only thirty ever to have reached ninety-five years of age.In 1967, he was awarded the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP.".
- Edward_Brooke activeYearsEndDate "1967-01-03".
- Edward_Brooke activeYearsEndDate "1979-01-03".
- Edward_Brooke activeYearsStartDate "1963-01-03".
- Edward_Brooke activeYearsStartDate "1967-01-03".
- Edward_Brooke almaMater Boston_University_School_of_Law.
- Edward_Brooke almaMater Howard_University.
- Edward_Brooke battle World_War_II.
- Edward_Brooke birthDate "1919-10-26".
- Edward_Brooke birthPlace United_States.
- Edward_Brooke birthPlace Washington,_D.C..
- Edward_Brooke birthYear "1919".
- Edward_Brooke country United_States.
- Edward_Brooke deathDate "2015-01-03".
- Edward_Brooke deathPlace Coral_Gables,_Florida.
- Edward_Brooke deathPlace Florida.
- Edward_Brooke deathPlace United_States.
- Edward_Brooke deathYear "2015".
- Edward_Brooke governor Endicott_Peabody.
- Edward_Brooke governor John_A._Volpe.
- Edward_Brooke lccnId "n/80/70493".
- Edward_Brooke militaryRank Captain_(United_States).
- Edward_Brooke militaryUnit 366th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States).
- Edward_Brooke office "Attorney General of Massachusetts".
- Edward_Brooke party Republican_Party_(United_States).
- Edward_Brooke serviceEndYear "1946".
- Edward_Brooke serviceStartYear "1941".
- Edward_Brooke successor Edward_T._Martin.
- Edward_Brooke successor Paul_Tsongas.
- Edward_Brooke termPeriod Edward_Brooke__1.
- Edward_Brooke termPeriod Edward_Brooke__2.
- Edward_Brooke thumbnail Edward_brooke_senator.jpg?width=300.
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- Edward_Brooke wikiPageExternalLink story.html.
- Edward_Brooke wikiPageExternalLink Thurber.pdf.
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- Edward_Brooke almaMater Boston_University_School_of_Law.
- Edward_Brooke almaMater Howard_University.
- Edward_Brooke alongside Ted_Kennedy.
- Edward_Brooke battles World_War_II.
- Edward_Brooke birthName "Edward William Brooke III".
- Edward_Brooke birthPlace United_States.
- Edward_Brooke birthPlace Washington,_D.C..
- Edward_Brooke children "Edward".
- Edward_Brooke children "Remi and Edwina".
- Edward_Brooke dateOfBirth "1919-10-26".
- Edward_Brooke dateOfDeath "2015-01-03".
- Edward_Brooke deathDate "2015-01-03".
- Edward_Brooke deathPlace Coral_Gables,_Florida.
- Edward_Brooke deathPlace Florida.
- Edward_Brooke deathPlace United_States.
- Edward_Brooke governor Endicott_Peabody.
- Edward_Brooke governor John_A._Volpe.
- Edward_Brooke hasPhotoCollection Edward_Brooke.
- Edward_Brooke sr "United States Senator".
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- Edward_Brooke name "Edward Brooke".
- Edward_Brooke name "III, Edward William Brooke".
- Edward_Brooke office Massachusetts_Attorney_General.
- Edward_Brooke party Republican_Party_(United_States).
- Edward_Brooke placeOfBirth "Washington, D.C., USA".
- Edward_Brooke placeOfDeath "Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.".
- Edward_Brooke predecessor Edward_J._McCormack,_Jr..
- Edward_Brooke predecessor Leverett_Saltonstall.
- Edward_Brooke rank "15".
- Edward_Brooke serviceyears "1941".
- Edward_Brooke shortDescription "United States politician, lawyer".
- Edward_Brooke spouse "Anne Brooke".
- Edward_Brooke spouse "Remigia Ferrari-Scacco".
- Edward_Brooke state Massachusetts.
- Edward_Brooke successor Paul_Tsongas.
- Edward_Brooke successor "Edward Martin".
- Edward_Brooke termEnd "1967-01-03".
- Edward_Brooke termEnd "1979-01-03".
- Edward_Brooke termStart "1963-01-03".
- Edward_Brooke termStart "1967-01-03".
- Edward_Brooke title List_of_United_States_Senators_from_Massachusetts.
- Edward_Brooke title List_of_longest-living_United_States_Senators.
- Edward_Brooke title Massachusetts_Attorney_General.
- Edward_Brooke title "Republican nominee for Senator from Massachusetts".
- Edward_Brooke unit "15".
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- Edward_Brooke wordnet_type synset-incumbent-noun-1.
- Edward_Brooke wordnet_type synset-senator-noun-1.
- Edward_Brooke years "1963".
- Edward_Brooke years "196619721978".
- Edward_Brooke years "1967".
- Edward_Brooke years "2013".
- Edward_Brooke description "United States politician, lawyer".
- Edward_Brooke description "United States politician, lawyer".
- Edward_Brooke subject Category:1919_births.
- Edward_Brooke subject Category:2015_deaths.
- Edward_Brooke subject Category:African-American_United_States_Senators.
- Edward_Brooke subject Category:African-American_military_personnel.
- Edward_Brooke subject Category:African-American_politicians.
- Edward_Brooke subject Category:American_Episcopalians.
- Edward_Brooke subject Category:American_military_personnel_of_World_War_II.