Former Massachusetts U.S. senator Edward Brooke, the first African American to be elected to the Senate by popular vote, has died at age 95. Ralph Neas, a former aide, said Brooke died Saturday of ...

Edward William Brooke III was born Oct. 26, 1919, and reared in Washington, D.C. His mother fed her son’s love of opera by taking him to hear performances in New York.

Shaquan Shields, 29, punched Edward Brooks, 42, of Newark, Del., several times, and left him for dead in a cell at the Camden County Correctional Facility, authorities said.

Edward Brooke was a self-made senator,” Norton said. Brooke's flag-draped casket was carried by members of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, of which Brooke was a member.

Edward Brooke, the first black US Senator ever elected by a popular vote, has died. Mr Brooke, who was 95, passed away of natural causes on Saturday at his home in Florida.

Former Sen. Edward Brooke (R-MA) made history in 1966 by becoming the first African-American elected to the U.S. Senate since Reconstruction. The Massachusetts senator talks to Tony Cox about his ...

Edward Brooke was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor Wednesday. Mr. Brooke was the first African-American elected to the US Senate by popular vote.

Edward Brooke celebrates winning the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts in September 1966. (Frank C. Curtin / Associated Press) By Johanna Neuman . Jan. 3, 2015 2:58 PM PT .