January 6, 1811 - March 11, 1874 (Age: 63)
American Politician and senator from Massachusetts. He was the leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts and among the leaders of the Radical Republicans. During the Reconstruction Era he fought to decrease the power of ex-Confederates and given equal rights to Freedmen. He changed his political party many times but he was devoted to the destruction of Slave Power. He was nearly killed on the Senate floor because of a brutal caning by Preston Brooks. He worked with Lincoln during the Civil War to stop interference from the British and French on the confederate side. He was deposed as head of the Foreign Relations Committee by Grant because he denounced him ways that Grant couldn't even respond.
American Politician and senator from Massachusetts. He was the leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts and among the leaders of the Radical Republicans. During the Reconstruction Era he fought to decrease the power of ex-Confederates and given equal rights to Freedmen. He changed his political party many times but he was devoted to the destruction of Slave Power. He was nearly killed on the Senate floor because of a brutal caning by Preston Brooks. He worked with Lincoln during the Civil War to stop interference from the British and French on the confederate side. He was deposed as head of the Foreign Relations Committee by Grant because he denounced him ways that Grant couldn't even respond.