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Edward Brooke

1919 - 2015

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Edward William Brooke III (October 26, 1919 – January 3, 2015) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1967 to 1979. He was the first African American elected to the United States Senate by popular vote. Prior to serving in the Senate, he served as the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1963 until 1967. Edward Brooke was the first African-American since Reconstruction in 1874 to have been elected to the United States Senate and he was the first African-American since 1881 to have held a United States Senate seat. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Brooke is the 16,967th most popular politician (down from 16,600th in 2024), the 10,822nd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,207th in 2019) and the 825th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Edward Brooke ranks 16,967 out of 19,576. Before him are Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak, Maja Gojković, Natalya Petrusyova, Akwasi Afrifa, Yaël Braun-Pivet, and Martín Vázquez. After him are Vangelis Meimarakis, Keen Johnson, Nancy Faeser, Eadberht III Præn, Stanley Wagner, and John de Jongh Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Edward Brooke ranks 321. Before him are Bill Nicholson, Delfo Cabrera, Aleksandr Volodin, Tennessee Ernie Ford, David Blackwell, and Marga Petersen. After him are Phyllis Thaxter, Dries van der Lof, Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng, Betty Garrett, Walt Hansgen, and Pauline Betz. Among people deceased in 2015, Edward Brooke ranks 447. Before him are Anne-Marie Lizin, Anatoly Logunov, Chris Burden, Abu Anas al-Libi, Andy Fraser, and Steve Strange. After him are Bassel Khartabil, M. H. Abrams, Hitoshi Saito, Alberta Watson, Martin Milner, and Ray Lumpp.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Brooke ranks 10,824 out of 20,380. Before him are Chris Klein (1979), Conn Findlay (1930), James M. Bardeen (1939), Peter Segal (1962), Dick Richards (1936), and Kevin Moore (1967). After him are Jim Nabors (1930), Keen Johnson (1896), Joe Mantell (1915), Jim Pollard (1922), Taylor Momsen (1993), and M. H. Abrams (1912).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Edward Brooke ranks 825. Before him are Neil Abercrombie (1938), John Delaney (1963), Jeremiah Denton (1924), Jonathan Dayton (1760), Mickey Kantor (1939), and Max Baucus (1941). After him are Keen Johnson (1896), Stanley Wagner (1908), Francis Hopkinson (1737), G. William Miller (1925), Charles Colson (1931), and Ted Kaufman (1939).

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