[Grand Old Partisan]

Preston Brooks was a Representative, not a Senator. He did not commit suicide, but died of an inflamation of the throat which choked him.

[4CJ]

Brooks County, Ga. is named for Rep. Preston Smith Brooks. who died in office 27 Jan 1857.

Brooks knew all about dueling, having been wounded in a duel in 1841 with Sen. Louis T. Wigfall. Brooks, seconded by John L. Manning was shot through the hip, Wigfall, seconded by Pierce M. Butler, was shot through both thighs. Interestingly, both Manning & Butler later served as Governor of South Carolina.

[Treebeard]

Thanks for the info, I looked at the political graveyard, but there was no mention of the cause of death. I am not the one, however, who made the asseveration that Preston Brooks took his own life, that was Non-Sequitur.