Six years after he made an anti-war speech in 1845, he was elected to the Senate. The chief sponsor of the Civil Rights Act of 1875, his speech, "The 
Six years after he made an anti-war speech in 1845, he was elected to the Senate. The chief sponsor of the Civil Rights Act of 1875, his speech, "The Barbarism of Slavery," occurred five years after he insulted Andrew P. Butler in the "Crime Against Kansas" speech. For 10 points—name this man who was then beaten on the Senate floor with a cane by Butler's nephew, Preston Brooks.
Six years after he made an anti-war speech in 1845, he was elected to the Senate.
Charles {Sumner}