Blanche Bruce
Blanche Bruce | |
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Portrait by Mathew Brady c. 1875–80 | |
| 6th and 9th Register of the Treasury | |
| In office December 3, 1897 – March 17, 1898 | |
| President | William McKinley |
| Preceded by | Fount Tillman |
| Succeeded by | Judson Lyons |
| In office May 21, 1881 – June 5, 1885 | |
| President | James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur Grover Cleveland |
| Preceded by | Glenni Scofield |
| Succeeded by | William Rosecrans |
| United States Senator from Mississippi | |
| In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881 | |
| Preceded by | Henry R. Pease |
| Succeeded by | James Z. George |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Blanche Kelso Bruce March 1, 1841 Farmville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | March 17, 1898 (aged 57) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Woodlawn Cemetery |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Josephine Willson |
| Children | Roscoe |
| Education | Oberlin College |
| Signature | |
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Blanche Kelso Bruce (March 1, 1841 – March 17, 1898) was an American politician who represented Mississippi as a Republican in the United States Senate from 1875 to 1881. Born into slavery in Prince Edward County, Virginia, he went on to become the first elected African American senator to serve a full term (Hiram R. Revels, also of Mississippi, was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate but did not complete a full term).
He was appointed as Recorder of Deeds in Washington D.C. during Benjamin Harrison's presidency. His home, the Blanche K. Bruce House, is a National Historic Landmark.