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'''Blanche Kelso Bruce''' (March 1, 1841 – March 17, 1898) was the first [[African American]] to serve a full term in the [[United States Senate]].
==Life and career==
Bruce was born into [[slavery]] near Farmville, Prince Edward County, [[Virginia]]. He traveled to [[Ohio]] at the start of the [[Civil War]] and attended [[Oberlin College]].
He later became a successful farmer in [[Mississippi]]. He represented Mississippi as a [[Republican]] U.S. Senator from 1875 to 1881. In 1881, Bruce was appointed by President [[James Garfield]] to the office of [[Register of the Treasury]], making Bruce was the first African American to be represented on U.S. currency through his signature.
He then served as recorder of deeds for the [[District of Columbia]] from 1891 to 1893. He was again appointed Register of the Treasury in 1897, a position he held until his death in 1898.
==External links==
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000968 Blanche Bruce] via Congressional Directory of the United States Congress
==Life and career==
Bruce was born into [[slavery]] near Farmville, Prince Edward County, [[Virginia]]. He traveled to [[Ohio]] at the start of the [[Civil War]] and attended [[Oberlin College]].
He later became a successful farmer in [[Mississippi]]. He represented Mississippi as a [[Republican]] U.S. Senator from 1875 to 1881. In 1881, Bruce was appointed by President [[James Garfield]] to the office of [[Register of the Treasury]], making Bruce was the first African American to be represented on U.S. currency through his signature.
He then served as recorder of deeds for the [[District of Columbia]] from 1891 to 1893. He was again appointed Register of the Treasury in 1897, a position he held until his death in 1898.
==External links==
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000968 Blanche Bruce] via Congressional Directory of the United States Congress