1991 Death Silvio O. Conte, Representative-R-Massachusetts 1959 - 1991, died of prostate cancer 1966 Event Edward Brooke, Representative-R-Massachusetts 1967 - 1979, becomes 1st African American elected to Senate 1921 Birthday Silvio O. Conte, born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Representative-R-Massachusetts 1959 - 1991
