Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner on the Senate floor with a cane in 1856 after Sumner gave a speech criticizing Brooks' cousin; Brooks continued beating Sumner even after he collapsed to the ground and broke his cane, nearly killing Sumner and leaving him with injuries that took 3 years to recover from; though Brooks resigned, he was re-elected by his constituents who viewed him as a hero for the assault.

1. Sumner-brooks affair

2. Brooks cousin was humiliated by
sumner
On the 22 of May, 1856, Congressmen
Preston Brooks attacked the antislavery
Senator Charles Sumner.
Attack happened on the floor of the
senate.
Brooks rushed toward Sumner without
warning and started beating him with a
gold tip, wooden cane.

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Even after Sumner was
on the ground Brooks
continued beating him,
until his cane broke
into pieces.
Brooks walked out of
the chamber calmly,
leaving Sumner’s body.
Sumner almost died
that day.

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Sumner returned to the Senate
after 3 years of recovering from
his injures.
He suffered the rest of his life
with what we call now post
dramatic stress disorder.
Brooks resigned from the
House, but almost immediately
returned to office by his South
Carolina constituents, who
thought he was a hero.