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Preston Smith Brooks (August 5 1819 – January 27 1857) was a Democratic Representative from South Carolina serving from 1853 until his death in 1857.Brooks was a fervent advocate of slavery. He is primarily remembered for severely beating Senator Charles Sumner (Free Soil-Massachusetts) an abolitionist with a cane on the floor of the United States Senate on May 22 1856.

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active years end date
1856-07-15, 1857-01-27
active years start date
1853-03-04, 1856-08-01
birth date
1819-08-05
birth place
Edgefield County South Carolina
country
United States
death date
1857-01-27
death place
Washington D.C.
military branch
United States Army
military rank
Colonel (United States)
military unit
Antebellum South Carolina
office
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Edgefield District
party
History of the United States Democratic Party
region
South Carolina's 4th congressional district
service end year
1848-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
service start year
1846-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
successor
Milledge Luke Bonham

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