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New York Weekly
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v. 36 no. 24
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| Alternate Titles: |
Capitol Reminiscences No. 6 The Censure, by Congress, of Gen. Rousseau, of Kentucky |
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Sketch |
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New York Weekly, v. XXXVI, no. 24, April 25, 1881 (Issue) |
| Author: |
Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885
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| Date: |
April 25, 1881 |
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One of the most exciting debates in Congress, on the punishment of a member for an attack upon another, since the well-remembered Brooks-Sumner affair of a quarter of a century ago, was the one of July, 1866, which resulted in the censure, at the bar of the House, of Gen. Lovell H. Rousseau, a Congressman from Kentucky, for having caned Hon. J. B. Grinnell, a Congressman from Iowa. |
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