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Blanche Kelso Bruce is best known as the first African American to serve a full term in the US Senate. He was a Republican who represented Mississippi from 1875 to 1881. He also served as Register of the Treasury after his appointment by President James Garfield in 1881.

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He was the only former slave to rule over the U.S. Senate.

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He was the only former slave to serve in the U.S. Senate.

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