March 25, 2021

Obama, Congressional Leaders Honor Former Senator Edward William Brooke

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: US President Barack Obama (2nd L) joins House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (FROM L), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), former Senator Edward William Brooke (R-MA) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in honoring Brooke with the Congressional Gold Medal in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Brooke, a two-term Republican senator from 1967-1979, was the first African-American elected to the senate by popular vote. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON – OCTOBER 28: US President Barack Obama (2nd L) joins House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (FROM L), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), former Senator Edward William Brooke (R-MA) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in honoring Brooke with the Congressional Gold Medal in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Brooke, a two-term Republican senator from 1967-1979, was the first African-American elected to the senate by popular vote. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Getty Images)

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