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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...
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  • Edward Brooke (1919–2015) was an American politician. Edward Brooke may also refer to: Edward Brooke, 6th Baron Cobham (c. 1415–1464), English peer Edward...
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    The Edward Brooke II Mansion (1887–88), also known as "Brookeholm," is a Queen Anne country house at 301 Washington Street in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania...
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    0°06′08″W / 51.475934°N 0.102288°W / 51.475934; -0.102288 Charles Edward Brooke School was a Church of England secondary school in Camberwell, London...
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    for almost 50 years. Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor was born on 17 July 1940 in Buxton, Derbyshire, son of Edward Brooke-Taylor, a solicitor and games teacher...
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  • Edward Brooke-Hitching is an English[citation needed] author, and a researcher and writer for BBC panel show QI. He is the son of rare book collector...
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    James Buckley with 2%, Edward Brooke and Daniel Evans with 1% each, and Bill Brock with 0% James Buckley with 3%, Edward Brooke with 2%, Daniel Evans with...
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    African-American U.S. Senator and the second from Massachusetts after Edward Brooke. He was one of three African-American U.S. senators in the 113th Congress...
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    somewhat of an aberration in the conservative, heavily Democratic South), Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, John Chafee of Rhode Island and Lowell Weicker of...
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    Cronin. In 1978, he ran for Senate, and defeated incumbent Republican Edward Brooke. In Congress, Tsongas established a reputation as a social liberal and...
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    Edward Brooke Lee (October 23, 1892 – September 21, 1984) was a Maryland politician and a veteran of World War I. Lee was born on October 23, 1892, at...
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    Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke defeated Democratic former Governor of Massachusetts Endicott Peabody in a landslide. Brooke was the first African-American...
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    first Republican elected to the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts since Edward Brooke in 1972. Brown ran for a full Senate term in 2012, but lost to Democratic...
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    Rights Act of 1965 commenced. The next black United States senator, Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, took office in 1967. He was the first African American...
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  • Brooke (poet), English lawyer and author, MP from the City of York Christopher Nugent Lawrence Brooke (1927–2015), British medieval historian Edward Brooke...
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    James Buckley with 2%, Edward Brooke and Daniel Evans with 1% each, and Bill Brock with 0% James Buckley with 3%, Edward Brooke with 2%, Daniel Evans with...
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    Representatives from Maine's 2nd congressional district. Incumbent Republican Edward Brooke, first elected in 1966 as the first African-American elected to the...
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    elections held after the enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Upon Edward Brooke's election in Massachusetts, he became the first African-American U.S...
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    Hanes (1991). The New Bulldog. Howell Book House. ISBN 9780876050699. Edward Brooke-Hitching (2015). Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling and Other Forgotten...
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    Development Act of 1969 (Public Law 91-152) that was sponsored by Senator Edward Brooke III (R-MA), which capped rent in public housing projects at 25% of tenant's...
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    Massachusetts was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican Senator Edward Brooke defeated Democratic nominee John Droney in a landslide. As of 2025,...
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    Republican Senator Edward Brooke being defeated by Democratic Congressman Paul Tsongas. Primary elections nominating Tsongas and Brooke were held on September...
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    reelection in 1966, in part to provide an opportunity for his seat to Edward Brooke, a rising star in Massachusetts Republican circles. He retired to his...
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  • Edward Hugh Brooke (31 December 1916 – 1 November 2002) was a Canadian fencer. He competed in the individual foil and épée events at the 1952 Summer Olympics...
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    Brooke family moved to Cobham Hall in Kent. Edward Brooke, 6th Baron Cobham (died 1464), son of the 5th Baroness by her husband Sir Thomas III Brooke...
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    congressional district and Hayes Gahagan, former Maine State Senator Republican Edward Brooke was defeated by Democratic congressman Paul E. Tsongas. Republican Robert...
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    president, and the first woman awarded Distinguished Service Medal Edward Brooke III (LAW '48), the first African American U.S. Senator and a 2004 Presidential...
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    Rupert Chawner Brooke (3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially...
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    Brooke Lynn Hytes is the stage name of Brock Edward Hayhoe (born March 10, 1986), a Canadian-American drag queen, ballet dancer, and television personality...
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    Gilbert Edward Brooke (28 March 1873 — 15 January 1936) was the Chief Health Officer of Singapore and a poet. Brooke was born in Hyères, France on 28 March...
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