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  1. Edward William Brooke III (October 26, 1919 – January 3, 2015) 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 American elected to the United States Senate by popular vote.

  2. Edward Brooke (born October 26, 1919, Washington, D.C.—died January 3, 2015, Coral Gables, Florida) was an American lawyer and politician who was the first African American popularly elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served two terms (1967–79).

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  3. Jan 3, 2015 · Edward W. Brooke III, who in 1966 became the first African-American elected to the United States Senate by popular vote, winning as a Republican in overwhelmingly Democratic Massachusetts, died...

  4. Jan 4, 2015 · BOSTON (AP) — 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 causes at his Coral Gables, Florida, home, said Ralph Neas, Brooke’s former chief counsel.

  5. Jan 4, 2015 · 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.

  6. Jan 4, 2015 · Edward Brooke, the first black senator to be popularly elected in the US, has died aged 95, Republican Party officials say. Mr Brooke was elected to Congress in 1966 by voters in...

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  8. Jan 4, 2015 · Former U.S. Sen. Edward W. Brooke, a liberal Republican who broke racial barriers in politics, passed away in 2015. He was honored by President Obama and received the Congressional Gold Medal for his civil rights and economic fairness advocacy.