Blanche K. Bruce
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Blanche K. Bruce was a prominent African American politician from Mississippi who became the first Black person to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate during the Reconstruction era.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American officeholder
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United States senator → human → politician → |
| appointedBy |
Benjamin Harrison
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James A. Garfield → Rutherford B. Hayes → |
| birthDate | 1841-03-01 → |
| birthPlace | Prince Edward County, Virginia → |
| burialPlace | Woodlawn Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) → |
| child | Roscoe Conkling Bruce → |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America → |
| deathDate | 1898-03-17 → |
| deathPlace | Washington, D.C. → |
| era | Reconstruction era → |
| ethnicGroup | African American → |
| familyName | Bruce → |
| freedFromSlavery |
American Civil War
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surface form:
American Civil War era
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| givenName | Blanche → |
| hasRole | Reconstruction-era leader → |
| honoredIn | African American history → |
| languageSpoken | English → |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Republican Party
→
surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
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| middleName | Kelso → |
| notableFor |
African American political leadership during Reconstruction
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first African American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate → first Black person to preside over the U.S. Senate → |
| notableWork |
advocacy for civil rights for African Americans
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support for education for freedpeople → |
| occupation |
politician
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public servant → |
| partOf |
Reconstruction era
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surface form:
African American officeholding during Reconstruction
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| positionHeld |
Register of the Treasury
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surface form:
Register of the Treasury of the United States
United States senator → |
| race | Black → |
| represented | Mississippi → |
| representedIn | United States Senate → |
| residence |
Mississippi
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Washington, D.C. → |
| servedInLegislature | United States Congress → |
| sexOrGender | male → |
| socialClassAtBirth | enslaved person → |
| spouse | Josephine Beall Willson Bruce → |
| stateRepresentedInSenate | Mississippi → |
| termEnd | 1881-03-03 → |
| termStart | 1875-03-04 → |
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