This man called rival attorney Charles Lucas a "puppy" and shot him through the throat in the ensuing duel on Bloody Island. This man published a contemporary "historical and legal examination" of the Dred Scot decision, and 
This man called rival attorney Charles Lucas a "puppy" and shot him through the throat in the ensuing duel on Bloody Island. This man published a contemporary "historical and legal examination" of the Dred Scot decision, and chronicled his interactions with Congress in his memoir Thirty Years View and his Abridgements of the Debates of Congress. This survivor of the U.S.S. Princeton explosion led the senators who, after the rejection of the Texas annexation treaty, proposed admitting Texas into the union as a free and a slave half. This man's heated argument with Millard Fillmore during the debates over the Compromise of 1850 led Henry S. (*) Foote to draw a pistol on him right there on the Senate floor. This man held his newly-created position for five terms after his state came into existence via an 1820 compromise. This man earned his nickname for his unwavering support for the Specie Circular and other initiatives increasing the circulation of gold coins. For 10 points, name this Missouri senator, an advocate for westward expansion who was known as "Old Bullion."
This man called rival attorney Charles Lucas a "puppy" and shot him through the throat in the ensuing duel on Bloody Island.
Thomas Hart Benton [accept Old Bullion until it is read]