The first black man to win the popular election for a U.S. senate seat, former Massachusetts Sen. Edward Brooke, died of natural causes at his Coral Gables, Florida home on Saturday surrounded by family. He was 95 years old.
Brooke
served two terms in the Senate after he was elected in 1966. The liberal
Republican was the first African American elected to the senate, but two black
men served before him in the 1870s, when state legislatures chose elected
officials.
Brooke appeared on Time magazine cover of Feb. 17th 1967. Cover credit: Henry Koerner
Lawmakers
are taking to Twitter to voice their thoughts and memories about Brooke.
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