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This Day in Founder's History

This Day In Founding Fathers History – 22 May

This Day in Founding Fathers History - Where we bring you important dates in the lives and history of the Founding Generation. In 1856 on this day, violence erupted in Congress when Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina entered the Senate chamber and beat Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts with a cane.

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