Preston Brooks

"Oh I have a rebuttal, alright. Yeah here's a rebuttal for ya!"

- Preston Brooks, The American Civil War Preston Brooks, was a pro-slavery Democrat from South Carolina, who used a walking cane to attack Charles Sumner. It was in retaliation for a speech given by Sumner two days earlier in which he criticized slaveholders, including a relative of Brooks. Brooks died a year after the caning incident in 1857, age 37, due to croup (a respiratory infection).

Appearances

 * The American Civil War (Part 1).