4 Quotes & Sayings By Edward Brooke

Edward Brooke was the first African American to be elected to the United States Senate. He rose to national prominence as an attorney during World War II, serving in the Army Air Force. He was elected Massachusetts Attorney General in 1950 and defeated incumbent Senator Estes Kefauver in his bid for the U.S. Senate in 1954 Read more

He was sworn in as Senator on January 3, 1957. While serving as Senator, he continued his legal career as a senior partner of a Boston law firm, which he had founded with another former chief justice of the state's supreme court, Charles F. Murphy.

 In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him to replace John Marshall Butler as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, making him the first African American to serve on that court. He served until he resigned from the bench on April 28, 1965, to assume a seat on the U.S.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit , where he served until his death from cancer on April 19, 1992 at age 72.

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Intemperance and intolerance serve no one, and hatred guarantees failure. Edward Brooke
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I'm looking for the best person irregardless of political party, of race or religion, or color of their skin. Those things don't matter to me. I want someone who's qualified, who has a qualification to character and the integrity to do the things that have to be done to save this world. Edward Brooke
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The polarization of Congress; the decline of civility; and the rise of attack politics in the 1980s, the 1990s, and the early years of the new century are a blot on our political system and a disservice to the American people. Edward Brooke