Yes. Charles Sumner was a Radical Republican and abolitionist who served as a U.S. Senator during the Civil War.
Charles Sumner was fighting against the Kansas-Nebraska Act and Andrew Butler was one of the authors of this act.
He was against it. Charles Sumner is also best known for being beat unconscious with a cane in the senate by a South Carolina congressman.
Thaddeus stevens and Charles Sumner
He favored the free-soil constitution of Kansas.
Charles Sumner was caning while serving in the senate. He was caned at the Capitol.
The caning of Charles Sumner occurred right here in the United States Congress in 1856. Charles Sumner was beaten nearly to death with a cane by Preston Brooks. Preston Brooks was upset over an anti-slavery speech given by Charles Sumner a few days before.
1856
A southern representative attacked a Northern senator in Congress
The Caning of Charles Sumner showed that the North and the South were deeply divided. Northerners were outraged at the caning and Charles Sumner became a martyr in the North. Preston Brooks became a hero in the South and was praised by southern newspapers. Brooks' assault was also an important part of changing the struggling Republican Party into a major political force.
Charles A. Sumner died in 1903.
Charles A. Sumner was born in 1835.
Charles Sumner was born on January 6, 1811.
Charles Sumner was born on January 6, 1811.
Charles Sumner - bishop - died in 1874.
Charles Sumner - bishop - was born in 1790.
Charles Sumner Frost was born in 1856.