Question

In 1856, the U.S. Representative Preston Brooks, infuriated by an insulting speech directed against his uncle, beat U.S. Senator__________________ with his cane.

Answer 1

Brooks beat US senator SEVERELY with his cain.

Step-by-step explanation:

Preston Brooks of South Carolina severely beat Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the Senate Chamber. Brooks’s violent act was due a speech in which Sumner attacked the institution of slavery and pro-slavery Senators such as Andrew Butler of South Carolina who was Brooks relative. Sumner was badly injured that he had to take leave for 3 years so as to recover from his injuries. After the incident, Brooks was fined for assault by a district court in baltimore. Also, the other senators called for a review of the incident and some house members demanded the removal of Brooks.

Although they could not gather the mandatory votes needed to remove him from the house.