Edward William Brooke
this republican was first black perosn elected to the U.S. senate.
First African American Republican elected to Senate in 1966.
First African American Republican elected to Senate in 1966.
Matt brooks
The first black congresswoman that was elected from the deep south was Barbara Jordan. She was re-elected and she was the first woman that was elected to the Texas Senate.
Shirley Chisolm
Robert L. Planton
Blanche K Bruce the first African American to be elected to a full term in the U.S. Senate.
Edward W Brooke
Ohio Republican, Warren G. Harding, was the first president elected while still serving a term in the United States Senate. Harding, a conservative Republican, signed the first child welfare bill into law, and attempted to get an anti-lynching bill passed to protect African-Americans.
WHO...and that was a man by the name of Robert L. Planton
As of June 2014, Ed Charbonneau, a Republican, represents Valparaiso in the Indiana Senate. He was first elected in 2007.