Edward W. Brooke

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Republican Party politician United States senator human lawyer politician

Edward W. Brooke was a pioneering American politician and lawyer who became the first African American popularly elected to the U.S. Senate, representing Massachusetts from 1967 to 1979.

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awardReceived Congressional Gold Medal ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1919-10-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2015-01-03 ⓘ
educatedAt Boston University School of Law ⓘ
Howard University ⓘ
endTime 1979-01-03 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
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familyName Brooke ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
notableAchievement first African American popularly elected to the United States Senate ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Washington, D.C. ⓘ
placeOfDeath Coral Gables, Florida ⓘ
positionHeld Attorney General of Massachusetts ⓘ
United States senator ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
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represented Massachusetts ⓘ
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residence Massachusetts ⓘ
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startTime 1967-01-03 ⓘ
workLocation Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ

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Boston University School of Law → hasAlumni → Edward W. Brooke ⓘ
Rockefeller Republican → hasNotableFigure → Edward W. Brooke ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edward Brooke
The English High School of Boston → hasNotableAlumnus → Edward W. Brooke ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edward Brooke
National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders → member → Edward W. Brooke ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edward Brooke
Edward W. Brooke Courthouse → namedAfter → Edward W. Brooke ⓘ