[DOC] [TLE] 1851: Caning of Senator Charles Sumner -- May 22, 1856 [PAR] Representative Preston Brooks was Butler's South Carolina kinsman. If he had 
believed Sumner to be a gentleman, he might have challenged him to a duel. [DOC] [TLE] The Caning of Senator Charles Sumner, 1856 [PAR] The Senate was not in session when South Carolina Representative Preston S. 
... that Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner had levelled at Brooks' cousin, ... 
the bolts holding it to the floor in his effort to escape, was rendered unconscious. [DOC] [TLE] Caning of Charles Sumner - Wikipedia [PAR] On May 22, 1856, in the United States Congress, Representative Preston Brooks 
(D-SC) attacked Senator Charles Sumner (R-MA), an ... As Sumner began to 
stand up, Brooks beat Sumner severely on the head before he could ... Several 
other Senators and Representatives attempted to help Sumner, but were blocked 
by... [DOC] [TLE] Preston Brooks - Wikipedia [PAR] Preston Smith Brooks (August 5, 1819  January 27, 1857) was an American 
politician and ... He resigned his seat in July 1856 to give his constituents the 
opportunity to ratify his ... Like his fellow South Carolina Representatives and 
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was an avowed Abolitionist and leader of the Republican Party. After the sack of 
Lawrence, on May 21, 1856, he gave a bitter speech in the Senate called "The 
Crime ... Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina thought Sumner went 
too... [DOC] [TLE] South Carolina Representative Preston Brooks's Attack on Senator ... [PAR] On this date, Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina, ... severely beat 
Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts with a cane in the Senate Chamber. [DOC] [TLE] The Caning | Stephen PuleoStephen Puleo [PAR] ... having nearly wrenched his desk from its fixed base, lay unconscious and 
covered in blood. ... According to Stephen Puleo, the assault on the Senate floor
 and ... On May 22, 1856, Preston Brooks, a congressman from South Carolina, 
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desk of Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner follow ing a meeting on the floor 
of the Senate chamber. ... by the beating. Brooks continued to strike. Lapsing into 
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on the ... beating Senator Charles Sumner (Free Soil-Massachusetts), an 
abolitionist, with a cane on the floor of the United States Senate, on May 22, 1856
. ... Representative Preston Brooks, walks into the Senate and beats Sumner with 
a cane. [DOC] [TLE] Preston Brooks | The Historic Present [PAR] Jun 23, 2016 ... Posts about Preston Brooks written by thehistoricpresent. ... but cast a long 
shadow over it: the caning of Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner. ... Sumner 
fell to the floor unconscious and covered in blood as Brooks continued to beat 
him, ... Edmundson and South Carolina Representative Laurence Keitt,... [DOC] [TLE] chaos at the political conventions -- 7/22/16 - Delanceyplace [PAR] Jul 22, 2016 ... ... the United States in the months leading up to the 1856 political conventions. ... 
Senator Preston Brooks was beating Senator Charles Sumner unconscious on 
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... Congressman

Question: In 1856, on the Senate floor, Rep. Preston Brooks of S.C. beat this Mass. senator unconscious
Answer: (Charles) Sumner