A month after he performed his most famous act, he challenged Anson Burlingame to a duel, but when the latter demanded that they fight in Canada he wa
A month after he performed his most famous act, he challenged Anson Burlingame to a duel, but when the latter demanded that they fight in Canada he was forced to call it off.  He served as a captain in the Palmetto Regiment during the Mexican-American War, after which he entered politics and was elected to Congress in 1852.  He resigned from the House four years later, but was unanimously reelected to his seat by constituents who were unmoved by a committee report that recommended his expulsion.  For John Brown his action was the "decisive touch" that called for the Pottawotamie Massacre.  He was moved to anger by abusive references to his cousin, Senator Andrew P. Butler, in a speech titled "The Crime Against Kansas."  FTP, name this South Carolina representative, who in 1856 beat Charles Sumner was a cane.
A month after he performed his most famous act, he challenged Anson Burlingame to a duel, but when the latter demanded that they fight in Canada he was forced to call it off.  
Preston Brooks