| Edward Brooke  AKA Edward William Brooke III
Born: 26-Oct-1919
Birthplace: Washington, DC
Gender: Male
Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Senator from Massachusetts, 1967-79 Military service: US Army (infantry Captain, WWII) Liberal Republican, made early attempts to run for Massachusetts Secretary of State and legislature, losing all times. He was Chairman of the Finance Commission of Boston, 1961-62. Brooke became the first black popularly elected to Senate since Reconstruction. Defeated by Paul Tsongas. Father: Edward William Brooke, Jr. (attorney)
Mother: Helen Seldon Brooke
Wife: Remigia Ferrari-Scacco (m. 1947, div. 1979, two daughters)
Daughter: Remi Cynthia Brooke
Daughter: Edwina Helene Brooke
Mistress: Barbara Walters ("several years in the 1970s")
Wife: Anne Fleming (m. 1979, one son)
Son: Eric Brooke
University: BS Sociology, Howard University (1941)
Law School: LLD, Boston University Law School (1948)
Law School: LLM, Boston University Law School (1949)
US Senator, Massachusetts (3-Jan-1967 to 3-Jan-1979)
Attorney General of Massachusetts (1963-67)
Massachusetts State Official Chairman, Finance Commission, City of Boston (1961-62)
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Presidential Medal of Freedom 23-Jun-2004
Risk Factors: Breast Cancer
Author of books:
The Challenge of Change: Crisis in Our Two-Party System (1966)
Bridging the Divide: My Life (2007, memoir)
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