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Preston Brooks

  1. SCHLOSSBERG: Race to the bottom in South Carolina
    Yale News logo Yale News 2 weeks ago

    How about South Carolina Representative Joe Wilson, who infamously shouted, “You lie!” Wilson showed perhaps the most disrespectful and egregious display in the House chamber since Preston Brooks, another South Carolinian representative, beat Sen....

  2. History shows Senate will give Kirk ample time to recover
    Morris Daily Herald 2 weeks ago

    Ritchie said serious injuries needn’t be a career-ender. There’s the case of Sen. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, who was attacked on the Senate floor by Rep. Preston Brooks of South Carolina in May 1856. According to the Biographical Directory of the...

  3. The Carolina Conundrum
    The American Prospect 3 weeks ago

    Put another way, a politician who casually refers to the Civil War as “the War Between the States”—which he did at the aforementioned rally—is the kind of politician who is well-suited to the home of John C. Calhoun and Preston Brooks. The flip side of...

  4. Of Preston Brooks and toughness: The real reason Newt Gingrich caned Mitt Romney in South Carolina
    Naked Politics logo Naked Politics 3 weeks ago
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    Remember the guy who shouted "you lie!" That was South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson, R-Springdale. Then there's the spirit of the Civil War.... er.... War of Northern Aggression. Before South Carolina bombed For Sumter, homestate Senator Preston Brooks...

  5. South Carolina’s Dirty Trick Tradition
    The Daily Beast logo The Daily Beast 3 weeks ago

    Considering that South Carolina’s elected officials have on several occasions in the past participated in violent fights on the floor of Congress, negative campaigns have been a step forward in its political culture. In 1856, Congressman Preston Brooks...

  6. Preston Brooks Carrollton Football
    YouTube Logo YouTube Videos 25 months ago
  7. Alexandra Petri: South Carolina, Santorum, and the penguin show
    The Washington Post logo The Washington Post 3 weeks ago

    Everyone is so polite that I am in the dark. Much has been made of South Carolina’s ability to pick winners. In Iowa, if people liked you they would tell you. Here? I have no idea. They can’t help being a little rude to Mitt Romney. Well, not rude. ...

  8. Boys basketball: Columbia River 55, Prairie 48
    The Columbian logo The Columbian 3 weeks ago

    River 55, Prairie 48 — Isaiah Smith led the Chieftains on a 10-2 run over the final three minutes for the win. Columbia River led 43-35 entering the final quarter, but Prairie closed the gap and took a 46-45 lead as Preston Brooks made back-to-back...

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About Preston Brooks

Wikipedia

Preston Smith Brooks (August 5, 1819 – January 27, 1857) was a Congressman from South Carolina, notorious for brutally assaulting senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the United States Senate. His first cousin, Matthew Butler, was a Confederate general. Full Article

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  1. Charles Sumner
  2. U.S. Senate U.S. Senate
  3. Andrew Butler Andrew Butler
  4. U.S. House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives
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