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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). His home, the Blanche K. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Blanche Bruce has received more than 350,787 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Blanche Bruce is the 17,112th most popular politician, the 14,629th most popular biography from United States and the 1,110th most popular American Politician.

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  • 350k

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  • 32.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Blanche Bruce ranks 17,112 out of 15,577. Before him are Seth Moulton, Bob McDonnell, Sergei Aschwanden, Maria Cantwell, Agnes Chow, and Zachariah Chandler. After him are Sheila Jackson Lee, André Boisclair, Jim Doyle, Tessa Jowell, Mark Hatfield, and Akiyo Noguchi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Blanche Bruce ranks 90. Before him are Chrétien Waydelich, Kliment of Tarnovo, James Gordon Bennett Jr., Mary Arthur McElroy, Nelson W. Aldrich, and Charles Sprague Sargent.  Among people deceased in 1898, Blanche Bruce ranks 82. Before him are Benjamin Mountfort, Georg Bühler, Samuel Plimsoll, Frances Willard, Thomas F. Bayard, and George Grey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Blanche Bruce ranks 14,629 out of 18,182. Before him are Hanna R. Hall (1984), Miko Hughes (1986), Zachariah Chandler (1813), Rob McElhenney (1977), Nancy Lynch (1948), and Laura Bailey (1981). After him are Steve Sampson (1957), Sheila Jackson Lee (1950), Barry E. Wilmore (1962), Jason London (1972), Jon M. Chu (1979), and Adam Schlesinger (1967).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Blanche Bruce ranks 1,110. Before him are Scott Brown (1959), Slade Gorton (1928), Seth Moulton (1978), Bob McDonnell (1954), Maria Cantwell (1958), and Zachariah Chandler (1813). After him are Sheila Jackson Lee (1950), Jim Doyle (1945), Mark Hatfield (1922), Phil Bredesen (1943), Penny Pritzker (1959), and Tom Coburn (1948).

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