[DOC] [TLE] Blanche Bruce - Wikipedia [PAR]  [DOC] [TLE] Blanche Bruce - Wikipedia [PAR] Blanche Kelso Bruce (March 1, 1841  March 17, 1898) was a U.S. politician who represented Mississippi as a Republican in the U.S. Senate from 1875 to 1881; of mixed race, he was the first elected black senator to serve a full term. [DOC] [TLE] Blanche K. Bruce - U.S. Representative - Biography.com [PAR] Apr 2, 2014 ... Blanche K. Bruce was born March 1, 1841 in Farmville, Virginia. In 1864, after fleeing his master, he opened a school for black children. In 1870, the Mississippi Senate elected him its sergeant-at-arms. He served as a Republican U.S. Senator for Mississippi from 1875 to 1881. [DOC] [TLE] U.S. Senate: Breaking New Ground -- African American Senators [PAR] To date, nine African Americans have served in the United States Senate. In 
1870, Hiram Revels of Mississippi became the first African American senator. 
Five years later, Blanche K. Bruce of Mississippi took the oath of office. It would 
be nearly another ... a Southern state in the Senate. He was elected to a full term 
in 2014. [DOC] [TLE] BRUCE, Blanche Kelso | US House of Representatives: History, Art ... [PAR] Bruce's first name was originally Branch, but he changed it to Blanche as a ... 
the state legislature met to nominate a U.S. Senator to fill Ames's unexpired term, 
and ... Unlike Senator Hiram Revels before him, Bruce was selected to serve the 
full ... black Republican colleagues, taking 52 of the 84 votes in the second ballot
... [DOC] [TLE] Bruce, Blanche Kelso (1841-1898) | The Black Past: Remembered ... [PAR] Bruce was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1875 and 
served to 1881. Although he was the second black Senator, after fellow 
Mississippian Hiram Revels, he was the first to serve a full term. ... 191-217; and 
Samuel Shapiro, A Black Senator from Mississippi: Blanche K. Bruce (1841-
1898). [DOC] [TLE] Blanche K. Bruce in Reconstruction - Shmoop [PAR] Blanche K. Bruce (1841-1898) was a black senator representing Mississippi 
during ... politician ever to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate (1875-1881). ... The 
Republican-controlled state legislature elected Bruce to the Senate in 1874. ... 
later, when Edward William Brooke III (R-MA) finished his first term in the Senate. [DOC] [TLE] Blanche K. Bruce | United States senator | Britannica.com [PAR] African American senator from Mississippi during the Reconstruction era. ... 
Blanche K. Bruce, in full Blanche Kelso Bruce (born March 1, 1841, Prince 
Edward ... After serving as sergeant at arms in the state senate, he held the posts 
of county ... He remained in Washington when, at the conclusion of his Senate 
term, he was... [DOC] [TLE] Annual Black History Month Lecture: Blanche Bruce, Senator from ... [PAR] US Capitol Historical Society sponsors annual black history month lecture on 
Senator Blanche K. Bruce. Senate History Office & Illinois State Society co-
sponsor. ... Simmie Knox's 2001 portrait of Blanche K. Bruce (Collection of the 
U.S. Senate) ... second black Member of the Senate and the first to be elected to 
a full term;... [DOC] [TLE] African Americans - Pinterest [PAR] African American woman wearing beaded dress, with hat Portraits of African .... (
wife of Senator Blanche K. Bruce, first African-American senator to serve a full 
term .... Second Empire style The Blanche K. Bruce House is a historic house in 
Washington, ... federal Indian policy and the desegregation of the United States 
Army. [DOC] [TLE] Blanche Bruce facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Blanche Kelso Bruce, a Republican senator from Mississippi, was the first African 
American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate. ... When the fugitive slave 
returned to Missouri in 1864, the state was forced to recognize him as a free ... 
was elected, becoming the second black man from Mississippi to serve in that 
position. [DOC] [TLE] Origins of the CBC > 19th

Question: This state's 2nd black U.S. senator, Blanche K. Bruce was the first black senator to serve a full term, 1875-1881
Answer: Mississippi