Charles Sumner Is Attacked On The Floor

And in kansas news of the savage beating on the senate floor arrived by telegraph and inflamed passions even more.

Charles sumner is attacked on the floor.

The speech sumner had given of course had been about kansas. Rather than challenge sumner to. Senate during the american civil war during reconstruction he fought to minimize the power of the ex. On this date representative preston brooks of south carolina accompanied by representative laurence keitt of south carolina severely beat senator charles sumner of massachusetts with a cane in the senate chamber.

Charles sumner january 6 1811 march 11 1874 was an american politician and united states senator from massachusetts as an academic lawyer and a powerful orator sumner was the leader of the anti slavery forces in the state and a leader of the radical republicans in the u s. On may 19 massachusetts senator charles sumner an ardent abolitionist began a two day speech on the senate floor in which he decried the crime against kansas and blasted three of his. But the attacker wasn t an assassin he was a fellow elected representative. It is believed that firebrand john brown and his supporters were inspired by the beating of sumner to attack pro enslavement settlers.

On may 22 1856 representative preston brooks attacked senator charles sumner with a metal tipped cane leaving sumner seriously injured. A nearly fatal beating on the u s. Brooks s violent act was in response to a speech in which sumner attacked the institution of slavery and pro slavery senators such as andrew butler of south carolina brooks s. On this day in 1856 preston brooks a congressman from south carolina viciously attacked massachusetts senator charles sumner on the floor of the united states senate.

On this day in 1856 sen. Passions ran high in the years leading up to the civil war. Senate floor on this day in 1856 was another step toward a civil war five years later. Charles sumner r mass a fierce foe of slavery suffered major injuries when he was assaulted on the senate floor by rep.

In one of the most violent events in the history of the senate during this period one of its members was subjected to a severe beating while seated at his desk on the floor of the old senate chamber.