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Affiliation | Republican |
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Name | Edward W. Brooke III |
Address | Newton, Massachusetts , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
Born |
October 26, 1919
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Died | January 03, 2015
(95 years)
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Contributor | None Entered |
Last Modifed | David Oct 26, 2020 02:00pm |
Tags |
Black - Liberal - Pro-Gay Marriage - Cancer -
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Info | Edward William "Ed" Brooke, III
born in Washington, D.C., October 26, 1919; attended the public schools of Washington, D.C.; graduated from Howard University, Washington, D.C., in 1941; graduated, Boston University Law School 1948; captain, United States Army, infantry, with five years of active service in the European theater of operations; chairman of Finance Commission, city of Boston 1961-1962; elected attorney general of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1962; reelected in 1964; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1966; reelected in 1972 and served from January 3, 1967, to January 3, 1979; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1978; the first black person ever to be elected to the Senate by popular vote; lawyer; is a resident of Warrenton, Va.
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ENDORSEMENTS |
MA US President - R Primary - Mar 04, 1980 |
I |
John B. Anderson |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 |
R |
John Paul Stevens |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 |
D |
Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 |
R |
Harry Blackmun |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 |
R |
Warren E. Burger |
MA US President - R Primary - Apr 30, 1968 |
R |
Nelson A. Rockefeller |
US President - R Primaries - Jun 11, 1968 |
R |
Nelson A. Rockefeller |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 30, 1967 |
D |
Thurgood Marshall |
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