[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.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Yep. And that was unfair. You should always give a man a chance to defend himself.

[Steely Tom]

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.

Did he tell the police he was heading for a vote?

[Billthedrill]

Yep - that was the one I was trying to remember. Then there was that thing between Burr and Hamilton...