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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.

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    Edgar Brooke (19 December 1862 – 3 May 1938) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in two first-class matches for Wellington in 1889/90. See also. List of Wellington representative cricketers; References

  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 3, 2015 · Former U.S. Sen. Edward W. Brooke, a liberal Republican, became the first black in U.S. history to win popular election to the Senate, died Saturday. He was 95.

  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. Brooke died of...

  6. 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.

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  8. Professor Edgar Harry Brookes (4 February 1897 – 22 April 1979) was a British-born South African Liberal senator and South African representative to the League of Nations. He initially supported apartheid but his views changed early in his political and academic career.