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Blanche Bruce

1841 - 1898

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Blanche Kelso Bruce (March 1, 1841 – March 17, 1898) was an American politician who represented Mississippi as a Republican in the United States Senate from 1875 to 1881. Born into slavery in Prince Edward County, Virginia, he went on to become the first elected African-American senator to serve a full term (Hiram R. Revels, also of Mississippi, was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate but did not complete a full term). He was appointed as Recorder of Deeds in Washington D.C. during Benjamin Harrison's presidency. His home, the Blanche K. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Blanche Bruce has received more than 378,259 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Blanche Bruce is the 18,714th most popular politician (down from 17,051st in 2019), the 16,111th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,590th in 2019) and the 1,253rd most popular American Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Blanche Bruce ranks 18,714 out of 19,576. Before him are Tim Walz, Julio Borges, Aden Madobe, Kit Bond, Helge Braun, and Tom Corbett. After him are Norbert Rózsa, Dixie Bibb Graves, Alma Zadić, Samppa Lajunen, Mark Hatfield, and Lodewijk Asscher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Blanche Bruce ranks 100. Before him are Kliment of Tarnovo, Chrétien Waydelich, Mary Arthur McElroy, Andrew Ainslie Common, Julio Herrera y Obes, and Charles Sprague Sargent.  Among people deceased in 1898, Blanche Bruce ranks 85. Before him are Luiza Pesjak, Georg Bühler, Samuel Plimsoll, George Grey, Benjamin Mountfort, and Frances Willard.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Blanche Bruce ranks 16,111 out of 20,380. Before him are Kit Bond (1939), George Stults (1975), Julie Caitlin Brown (1961), Christy Mack (1991), Brandon Roy (1984), and Tom Corbett (1949). After him are Olivia (1981), James Roday (1976), Monty Williams (1971), Trisha Yearwood (1964), Dixie Bibb Graves (1882), and Rob Dyrdek (1974).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Blanche Bruce ranks 1,253. Before him are Elizabeth May (1954), Slade Gorton (1928), Edwin Edwards (1927), Tim Walz (1964), Kit Bond (1939), and Tom Corbett (1949). After him are Dixie Bibb Graves (1882), Mark Hatfield (1922), Rose Mofford (1922), Josh Green (1970), Scott Brown (1959), and Alex Padilla (1973).

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