{"id":3303,"date":"2020-11-12T11:07:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T17:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=3303"},"modified":"2026-05-21T10:01:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:01:27","slug":"blanche-kelso-bruce","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/blanche-kelso-bruce\/","title":{"rendered":"Blanche Kelso Bruce"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/h2>\n

Blanche Kelso Bruce<\/h2>\n

United States Senate<\/b>: 1875-1881<\/p>\n

Born:<\/strong> March 1, 1841 in Farmville, VA
\nDied:<\/strong> March 17, 1898 in Washington, DC<\/p>\n

Because Blanche K. Bruce is already well-researched and well-documented, I refer visitors to the many other sources on him.<\/p>\n

“We simply demand the practical recognition of the rights given us in the Constitution and laws, and ask from our white fellow-citizens only the consideration and fairness that we so willingly extend to them.”<\/em>
\n(B. K. Bruce, from the speech “Voting Practices in the State of Mississippi,” quoted in Annjennette Sophie McFarlin,\u00a0Black Congressional Reconstruction Orators and Their Orations, 1869-1879<\/em>, 1976)<\/p>\n

Links:<\/strong>
\nWikipedia: Blanche Bruce<\/a>
\nUS Senate Featured Biography<\/a>
\nMemorial on Find A Grave<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Signature
Signature of Blanche K. Bruce from an 1874 letter to Governor Ames<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Petition<\/a>
Petition supporting B. K. Bruce, May 13, 1871<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Petition<\/a>
Petition to Governor Ames, Feb 12, 1874<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Owensboro<\/a>
Owensboro Monitor, March 31, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
People’s Advocate, August 16, 1879<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
State Ledger, April 25, 1884<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Weekly Commercial Herald, Sep 25, 1885\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kansas<\/a>
Kansas City Times, October 17, 1886<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blanche Kelso Bruce United States Senate: 1875-1881 Born: March 1, 1841 in Farmville, VA Died: March 17, 1898 in Washington, DC Because Blanche K. Bruce is already well-researched and well-documented, I refer visitors to the many other sources on him. “We simply demand the practical recognition of the rights given us in the Constitution and … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “Blanche Kelso Bruce”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3303","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3303"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7087,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3303\/revisions\/7087"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}