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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 Republican Party politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1967 to 1979. 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 1,021,718 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 33 in 2019). Edward Brooke is the 16,612th most popular politician (down from 15,524th in 2019), the 10,211th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,184th in 2019) and the 666th most popular American Politician.

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  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.72

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  • 5.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edward Brooke ranks 16,612 out of 19,576. Before him are Suthep Thaugsuban, Caesar Augustus Rodney, Ilya Ponomarev, Sin-Iqisham, Jacques-Édouard Alexis, and Alberto Héber Usher. After him are George Ariyoshi, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, Jo Jorgensen, Eric Holder, Henry Cabot Lodge, and Marjatta Kajosmaa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Edward Brooke ranks 316. Before him are André Guelfi, John Houbolt, Clifford Truesdell, Betty Garrett, Cecil Green, and Folke Alnevik. After him are Karel Senecký, Aleksandr Volodin, Tommy Lawton, Alla Rakha, Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng, and Shirley Clarke. Among people deceased in 2015, Edward Brooke ranks 426. Before him are René Vautier, Eevi Huttunen, Jeanna Friske, Peder Pedersen, Ivan Šantek, and Manorama. After him are Rico Rodriguez, Jimmy Murray, Mariem Hassan, Olga Knyazeva, Mark Murphy, and Isa Munayev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Brooke ranks 10,211 out of 20,380. Before him are Bruce Hornsby (1954), Julee Cruise (1956), Sidney Darlington (1906), John La Farge (1835), Lillian Wald (1867), and Aline MacMahon (1899). After him are George Ariyoshi (1926), William C. McCool (1961), Norman Granz (1918), Rachael Leigh Cook (1979), Jo Jorgensen (1957), and Jodi Benson (1961).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Edward Brooke ranks 666. Before him are Bob Kerrey (1943), John Bell (1796), Jack Lew (1955), Elizabeth Dole (1936), Benjamin Franklin Butler (1795), and Caesar Augustus Rodney (1772). After him are George Ariyoshi (1926), Jo Jorgensen (1957), Eric Holder (1951), Henry Cabot Lodge (1850), Robert J. Bentley (1943), and John O. Brennan (1955).

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