B. K. Bruce, 1887. Politician Blanche Kelso Bruce was the first elected African-American senator to serve a full term. Born into slavery, his father/owner was a white Virginia planter. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J. Simmons.

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