A time to reflect on a Massachusetts senator
By adamg - Thu, 05/22/2008 - 1:50pm.
On this day in 1856, Sen. Charles Sumner was beaten with a gutta-percha stick on the floor of the Senate by a South Carolina congressman. Sumner had been delivering a speech against slavery at the time.
Via W. David Stephenson.
- Add new comment |
- Send to a friend |
| 
| 
1856?
i wonder who senator byrd cried for that day?
Probably the guy with the
Probably the guy with the stick, a Democrat.
Those were the good old
Those were the good old days.
That Gaffin: always a stickler for historical accuracy
Adam: ya got me. Forgot critical detail that it was a gutta-percha stick.
David