Edward Brooke was born on 26 October 1919 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was married to Anne Lee Fleming and Remigia Ferrari-Scacco. He died on 3 January 2015 in Coral Gables, Florida, USA.
He was the first person of African American heritage to be elected to the position of state Attorney General of any state when he was elected in 1962 to be Attorney General of Massachusetts, and served in that position for four years before being elected from Massachusetts to the United States Senate.