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A Bust of Sumner for the Senate.; Liberal Allowances to Mrs. Stanford. Mr. Childs Passed a Quiet Day. The Steamship Andes Floated.
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Al Green became the 28th House member to be censured. How many were from SC?
Two South Carolina representatives were censured by the House in the 1800s. A third SC representative, Joe Wilson, was ...
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The Pottawatomie Massacre
South Carolina Congressman Preston Brooks took offense. On the floor of the United States Senate, Brooks beat Sumner with the gold head of his heavy cane as Sumner struggled to free himself from ...
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Charles Sumner
Grant. Born in Boston on January 6, 1811, Sumner graduated from Harvard Law School in 1833. Elected to the United States Senate in 1852, he served for more than 20 years. During the pre-war years ...