[Harmless Teddy Bear]

You are aware that in 1798 Congressmen Matthew Lyon and Roger Griswold fought on the House floor?

[NativeNewYorker]

Yes, in our culture, over the centuries, there have been occasional fisticuffs in the legislature.

[coladirienzi]

Before the Civil War, South Carolina Congressman, Preston Brooks, stormed into the Senate Chamber, and just about beat abolitionist New York Senator Charles Sumner to death with a walking stick.