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Who is Blanch K. Bruce????

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Blanche Kelso Bruce was an African-American politician who represented Mississippi as a Republican in the United States Senate from 1875 to 1881; he was the first elected black senator to serve a full term.


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Senator to represent Mississippi.

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Blanch K. Bruce was born in 1841 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He became the second elected African-American senator to represent Mississippi. Bruce became the first to serve his full term. His father was a white planter and master of his mother who treated Bruce well and educated him.

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