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January 3, 2015 (95 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Scorpio
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Edward Brooke
Edward William Brooke III is an American Republican politician. In 1966, he became the first African-American elected to the US Senate. He represented Massachusetts in the Senate from 1967 to 1979. Born and raised in Washington, DC, Brooke graduated from Boston University Law School after serving in the US Army during World War II. After serving as chairman of the Boston Financial Commission, Brooke won the Massachusetts attorney general election in 1962. In 1966, he defeated Democratic Governor Endicott Peabody in a long war. landslides to win the Senate elections. In the Senate, Brooke affiliated with the Liberals of the Republican Party. He co-wrote the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which prohibits discrimination in housing. Brooke became a prominent critic of President Richard Nixon and was the first Republican in the Senate to call on Nixon to step down in the wake of the Watergate scandal.
BornEdward William Brooke III, October 26, 1919, Washington, D.C, U.S.
DiedJanuary 3, 2015, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Children3
EducationHoward University (BA), Boston University (LLB)
Preceded byLeverett Saltonstall
Succeeded byPaul Tsongas

About Edward Brooke

Politician Edward Brooke was born on October 26, 1919 in Washington, DC, United States (He dies at the age of 95, on January 3, 2015).

This Republican Party politician spent two terms in the United States Senate after serving as Attorney General of Massachusetts in the mid-1960s. He was the first popularly elected African-American to serve in the US Senate. The Fair Housing Act of 1968 was co-authored by him and Democrat Vice President Walter Mondale.

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Edward Brooke before becoming famous

Edward Brooke was born in the Zodiac sign Scorpio (The Scorpion), and 1919 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Goat (羊).

He earned his law degree from Boston University School of Law and his bachelor's degree from Howard University. He served in the United States Army during World War II after completing his studies at the former university.

Achievement of Edward Brooke

Journalist Barbara Walters, a broadcast journalist, alleged in her 2008 autobiography that she had an affair with Brooke in the 1970s.

Edward Brooke's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Remigia Ferrari-Scacco was his wife, and they had two daughters named Remi and Edwina. He had a son named Edward with his second wife, Anne.

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He was the first African-American senator elected by the people; Democrat Politician Carol Moseley Braun was the second.

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Edward Brooke Income & Net worth

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