Did a U.S. Congressman Brutally Beat a Senator in the 19th Century?

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After U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped up President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech, one journalist called it the "most classless act ever conducted in Congress." Others disagreed.The claim that in 1856 a congressman (Brooks) viciously attacked a senator (Sumner) with a cane on the floor of the U.S. Senate was accurate and is a matter of historical record.

Here’s how the website of the U.S. Senate describes the infamous attack:

On May 22, 1856, the “world’s greatest deliberative body” became a combat zone. In one of the most dramatic and deeply ominous moments in the Senate’s entire history, a member of the House of Representatives entered the Senate Chamber and savagely beat a senator into unconsciousness.

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