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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. Brooke was also the last Black Republican to serve in the United States Senate until the 2012 appointment of Tim Scott in South Carolina.

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rdfs:comment	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. Brooke was also the last Black Republican to serve in the United States Senate until the 2012 appointment of Tim Scott in South Carolina.
foaf:name	Edward Brooke III, Edward William Brooke
foaf:depiction
dc:description	United States politician, lawyer
alma mater	Howard University Boston University School of Law
battle	World War II
birth date	1919-10-26(xsd:dateTime)
birth place	United States District of Columbia
birth year	1919-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
country	United States
death date	2015-01-03(xsd:dateTime)
death place	United States City of Coral Gables State of Florida
death year	2015-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
governor	Endicott Peabody John A. Volpe
military rank	dbpedia:Captain_(United_States)
military unit	366th Infantry Regiment
office	Attorney General of Massachusetts
party	Republican Party
predecessor	Edward J. McCormack, Jr. Saltonstall, Leverett
service end year	1946-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
service start year	1941-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
successor	Tsongas, Paul Edward T. Martin
term period	dbpedia:Edward_Brooke__1 dbpedia:Edward_Brooke__2
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_brooke_senator.jpg?width=300
is predecessor of	Edward T. Martin
is successor of	Edward J. McCormack, Jr.

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