Blanche Bruce

Blanche Bruce
Register of the Treasury
In office December 3, 1897 – March 17, 1898
President	William McKinley
Preceded by	Fount Tillman
Succeeded by	Judson Lyons
In office May 21, 1881 – June 5, 1885
President	James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur Grover Cleveland
Preceded by	Glenni Scofield
Succeeded by	William Rosecrans
United States Senator from Mississippi
In office March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1881
Preceded by	Henry R. Pease
Succeeded by	James Z. George
Personal details
Born	Blanche Kelso Bruce (1841-03-01)March 1, 1841 Farmville, Virginia, U.S.
Died	March 17, 1898(1898-03-17) (aged 57) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place	Woodlawn Cemetery
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Josephine Willson
Children	Roscoe
Education	Oberlin College
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Blanche Kelso Bruce (March 1, 1841 – March 17, 1898) was an American politician who represented Mississippi as a Republican in the United States Senate from 1875 to 1881. Born into slavery in Prince Edward County, Virginia, he went on to become the first elected African-American senator to serve a full term (Hiram R. Revels, also of Mississippi, was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate but did not complete a full term).^[1]

He was appointed as Recorder of Deeds in Washington D.C. during Benjamin Harrison's presidency. His home, the Blanche K. Bruce House, is a National Historic Landmark.