Home > Back to Search Results >
Keitt & Grow brawl on the floor of the House...
Keitt & Grow brawl on the floor of the House...
Item # 656240
Currently Unavailable. Contact us if you would like to be placed on a want list or to be notified if a similar item is available.
February 07, 1858
NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 7, 1858
* Laurence M. Keitt & Galusha Grow
* United States House of Representatives
* Legislative violence - physical attack
Although perhaps not as infamous as the Sumner/Brooks caning brawl in the House of Representatives, the attack by Lawrence Keitt upon Galusha Grow was more extensive. The Wikipedia report includes in part: "A large brawl involving approximately 50 representatives erupted on the House floor, ending only when a missed punch from Rep. Cadwallader Washburn of Wisconsin upended the hairpiece of Rep. William Barksdale of Mississippi. The embarrassed Barksdale accidentally replaced the wig backwards, causing both sides to erupt in spontaneous laughter." The report is this issue is found on pages 4 & 5.
Eight pages, nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
No Longer Available
