Edward Brooke (Carpe Diem)

Edward William Brooke III (October 26, 1919 – January 3, 2015) was an American Republican politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1967 until 2009. In 1966, he became the first African American popularly elected to the United States Senate. He was elected to the Senate as a Republican from Massachusetts, defeating former Massachusetts governor Democrat Endicott Peabody in a landslide.