Former Senator Edward Brooke was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by President Obama on Wednesday. Leaders from both parties praised the nation's first popularly elected black U.S. senator — a ...

The late Edward Brooke was the first Black elected U.S. senator and state attorney general. (Courtesy Photo) The late Edward Brooke, who served as the first popularly-elected Black in the U.S. Senate, ...

BOSTON - Former Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Edward Brooke, the first black to win popular election to the Senate, has died. He was 95. Ralph Neas, a former aide, says Brooke died Saturday of natural ...

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WASHINGTON (CNN) — Edward Brooke — the first African-American to be popularly elected to the U.S. Senate — passed away Saturday, according to family spokesman Ralph Neas and the Massachusetts ...

Former Sen. Edward W. Brooke, the first black U.S. senator elected by popular vote, was remembered at his funeral as an inspiration to thousands of young Americans and a moral compass for fellow ...

Edward William Brooke III was an American lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1967 to 1979. A member of the Republican Party, he was the first African ...

“Michelle and I were saddened to learn of the passing of former Senator Edward Brooke,” the president said in a statement. “Senator Brooke led an extraordinary life of public service, including his ...

On Jan. 3, former U.S. Sen. Edward Brooke died in Coral Gables , Florida, at the age of 95. The first time I voted in a state-wide election was in 1962. That year the Massachusetts Democratic Party ...

BOSTON — Former U.S. Sen. Edward W. Brooke, a liberal Republican who became the first black in U.S. history to win popular election to the Senate, died Saturday. He was 95. Brooke died of natural ...

As Attorney General of Massachusetts, Mr. Brooke, forty-six, fills the highest elective post held by a Negro in the United States. If he wins the Senate seat being vacated by Leverett Saltonstall, he ...