# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/blanche-bruce
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:32:47.891Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/blanche-bruce"
name: "Blanche Bruce"
slug: "blanche-bruce"
description: "Blanche Kelso Bruce 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."
tagline: "American politician (1841-1898)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Blanche_Bruce_-_Brady-Handy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1841-03-01"
deathDate: "1898-03-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.79
  momentum:             3.101077666295057
  historical:           13.58716933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Blanche Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بلانش بروس"
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    title: "بلانچی بروس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Blanche Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Bruce"
    title: "Blanche Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بلانچی بروس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Bruce"
    title: "Blanche Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "בלאנש ברוס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Blanche Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Blanche Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Bruce"
    title: "Blanche Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B8%94%EB%9E%9C%EC%B9%98_%EB%B8%8C%EB%A3%A8%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "블랜치 브루스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Blanche Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Blanche Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Bruce"
    title: "Blanche Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q881412"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump