Edward William Brooke III (October 26, 1919 – January 3, 2015) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States...
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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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Edward Brooke-Hitching is an English author, and a writer and researcher for the BBC panel show QI, as a member of the team known as the "QI Elves". He...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Massachusetts was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican Senator Edward Brooke defeated Democratic nominee John Droney in a landslide. As of 2024,...
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vacated his Senate seat to become U.S. secretary of state. Senator Edward Brooke, a Republican who represented Massachusetts in the 1960s and 1970s,...
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Brooke Mackenzie Ellison (October 20, 1978 – February 4, 2024) was an American academic, disability advocate, and the first quadriplegic to graduate from...
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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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capital city denied representation in their national legislature." Edward Brooke of Massachusetts brought up his Washington upbringing in expressing...
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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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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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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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Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court justice, and Edward W. Brooke III who became the first African-American elected to the US Senate...
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Christopher Nugent Lawrence Brooke (1927–2015), British medieval historian Edward Brooke (1919–2015), American politician Eileen Brooke (1905–1989), British...
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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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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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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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Brooke-Hitching is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Thomas Brooke-Hitching (1858–1926), British businessman and politician Edward Brooke-Hitching...
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Kentucky, killing 58. 1966 – Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate...
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restored it for use as a modern family home. The house was built for Edward Brooke, who was born in Manchester in 1832. He married Jane Emily Alston in...
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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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