Preston Brooks
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Preston Brooks
Preston Smith Brooks (
August 5
,
1819
–
January 27
,
1857
) was a
Congressman
from
South Carolina
, notorious for brutally
assaulting
senator
Charles Sumner
on the floor of the
United States Senate
. His first cousin,
Matthew Butler
, was a
Confederate
general.
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