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Edward Brooke

1919 - 2015

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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. Prior to serving in the Senate, he served as the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1963 until 1967. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Brooke has received more than 930,814 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Brooke is the 15,582nd most popular politician (down from 13,765th in 2019), the 10,207th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,916th in 2019) and the 648th most popular American Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edward Brooke ranks 15,582 out of 15,577. Before him are Nirmala Sitharaman, Stefan Sofiyanski, Marianne Thyssen, Shamshi-Adad III, Eric Holder, and Timothy Geithner. After him are Franca Falcucci, Dahir Riyale Kahin, Nick Clegg, Kari Traa, Rukn ud din Firuz, and Ken Dryden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Edward Brooke ranks 294. Before him are Kaifi Azmi, Kurt Wires, Marie Windsor, Phyllis Thaxter, Mary Midgley, and Betty Garrett. After him are Ernie Kovacs, Alexander Courage, Alla Rakha, Kitty Wells, Marga Petersen, and Nellie Connally. Among people deceased in 2015, Edward Brooke ranks 410. Before him are Bobbi Kristina Brown, John Trudell, Donna Douglas, Stein Eriksen, Happy Rockefeller, and Mariem Hassan. After him are Alberto Nisman, Abu Anas al-Libi, Nicolás Fuentes, Olga Knyazeva, Dean Smith, and Howard Kendall.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Brooke ranks 10,207 out of 18,182. Before him are Kevin S. Bright (1954), Walter Rauschenbusch (1861), Eric Holder (1951), Timothy Geithner (1961), Mekhi Phifer (1974), and Lydia Maria Child (1802). After him are Brian Tyler (1972), Monte Blue (1887), Jimmy Van Heusen (1913), Jack Medica (1914), Chris Broderick (1970), and Brian Hallisay (1978).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Edward Brooke ranks 648. Before him are Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (1989), Frank Murkowski (1933), Thomas F. Bayard (1828), Enrique Peñalosa (1954), Eric Holder (1951), and Timothy Geithner (1961). After him are Jen Psaki (1978), Edward James Roye (1815), Elihu B. Washburne (1816), Josiah Bartlett (1729), William Barr (1950), and Katherine Tai (1974).

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