no he was not an senator
Preston Brooks
1975
Preston Brooks
Preston Brooks did attack Senator Sumner with a cane, but it was primarily because of Sumner's derogatory comments about Brooks' relative, Senator Butler, and his support for slavery. Douglas was not directly involved in the incident.
Preston Brooks
Preston Brooks, of South Carolina. Its little understood today that there was a meaning to the method of Brook's assault. Brooks beat Sumner with a cane. If Brooks had considered Sumner to be a "gentleman", he would have challenged Sumner to a duel. By simply attacking and beating him he was saying that Sumner was not a gentleman, and did not deserve the respect one should accord a gentleman.
Senator Charles Sumner
no
Senator Charles Sumner was the Massachusetts representative. He wrote a speech against slavery and was beaten by Senator Preston Brooks when he read it to the other senators.
Preston Brooks was for slavery. He was a staunch defender of the institution and was known for his violent defense of the practice, including his brutal caning of Senator Charles Sumner, an abolitionist, on the Senate floor in 1856.
Senator Charles Sumner gave a speech that Preston Brooks strongly disagreed with. Brooks proceeded to come onto the senate floor and beat Senator Sumner with a cain until he was bloody and unconscious. After an outcry from the North, Brooks resigned is congressional seat, but was re-elected by his district. However, he died of croup before his next term began.
Congressman Preston S. Brooks