A nearly fatal beating on the U.S. senate floor on this day in 1856 was another step toward a Civil War five years later. But the attacker wasn’t an assassin—he was a fellow elected representative.
South Carolina Rep. Preston Brooks attacks Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner in the U.S. Senate chambers on May 22, 1856, in this illustration. (U.S. Senate) Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner risked ...
A new book says polarization breeds impunity from scandal. But America’s worst injustices emerged when the parties got along too well.
South Carolina Rep. Preston Brooks bludgeoned Sen. Charles Sumner unconscious, and Southern voters cheered the violence. We aren’t back there — yet. senate.gov Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner risked ...
Brooks Running, which developed this Cascadia 12 trail-running shoe, is closing its distribution center in Sumner and moving it to Indiana. Brooks TNS Brooks Running, a sports gear and apparel company ...
John Adams, a founder of the United States and its second president, privately expressed doubts that the republic would survive its own design flaws. Yet the Constitution, its blueprint, has proved ...
You wouldn’t say that Preston Brooks sucker-punched Charles Sumner in the Senate chamber in 1856—but only because he used a cane. Brooks, a South Carolina congressman, began bludgeoning Sumner, the ...
Jerry Yoder (left), Jerry Vandenberg, Natasha Gunia and Ron Haines were some of the Sumner Rotary members who picked up and distributed the $850,000 Brooks Running donation. Ron Haines Courtesy It’s ...
User-Created Clip by Craig McAndrew May 22, 2017 2015-06-21T20:11:10-04:00 https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org ...
GALLATIN, Tenn. (WSMV) - For the first time since a Sumner County cheerleader died over the weekend, students at Liberty Creek High School are back in class. Her family says Aleya Brooks was cleaning ...
Pope John Paul II High junior Ben Brooks is the Sumner County Player of the Year on the All-County Baseball Team It’s hard to argue against Ben Brooks being the backbone of the Pope John Paul II High ...
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