Seward's initial reaction to the Trent affair, however, was too bellicose, so Lincoln also turned to Senator Charles Sumner, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and an expert in British diplomacy.

He signed into law Senator Charles Sumner's Freedman's Bureau bill that set up a temporary federal agency designed to meet the immediate material needs of former slaves.

But Coolidge ( who hated Dawes ) remarked that this would be " a personal affront " to him, and the convention selected Senator Charles Curtis instead.

Hoover's reputation, experience, and popularity coalesced to give him the nomination on the first ballot, with Senator Charles Curtis named as his running mate.

* 1907 – Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U. S. Senator.

* 1856 – Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas (" Bleeding Kansas ").

Dependent on Charles of Anjou in nearly everything, the new Pope quickly appointed him to the position of Roman Senator.

* Charles R. Floyd, Democratic State Senator who served three four-year terms ; pioneer of the Texas Farm-to-market road system and an original founder of Paris Junior College

* Senator Charles Schumer proposes holding the Super Bowl XXXVI at Giants Stadium.

Travis becomes infatuated with Betsy ( Cybill Shepherd ), a campaign volunteer for Senator Charles Palantine ( Leonard Harris ), who is running for President.

* Leonard Harris as Senator Charles Palantine

On February 8 of that year, another Republican, Senator Charles Sumner ( Radical Republican, Massachusetts ), submitted a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery as well as guarantee equality.

Several fierce advocates of equal rights, such as Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner, abstained from voting because the amendment did not prohibit devices which states might use to restrict black suffrage, such as literacy tests and poll taxes.

Senator Charles Sumner opposed annexation because it would reduce the number of autonomous nations run by Africans in the western hemisphere.

* May 22 – Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate, for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas (" Bleeding Kansas ").

* November 14 – Charles Carroll of Carrollton, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and U. S. Senator ( b. 1737 )

Charles was popular in Rome, where he was elected Senator, and his diplomacy had already undermined Manfred's support in northern Italy.

Senator Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana was the obvious choice, since conservatives thought highly of him, yet he managed not to offend the party's more progressive elements.

The idea of the primary to nominate candidates was sponsored by anti-machine politicians such as New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes and Senator Albert B. Cummins.

* The Sherman Letters: Correspondence Between General Sherman and Senator Sherman from 1837 to 1891, edited by Rachel Sherman Thorndike ( New York: Charles Scribner's Son, 1894 ) – edited letters to his brother, Senator John Sherman, from 1837 to 1891.

Senator Charles Sumner credited Uncle Tom's Cabin for the election of Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln himself reportedly quipped that Stowe had triggered the American Civil War.

Congressman Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania and Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts led the Radicals.

" On March 26, 1862 Lincoln met with Senator Charles Sumner and recommended that a special joint session of Congress be conveyed to discuss giving financial aid to any border states who initiated a gradual emancipation plan.

In 1856, the citizens of Hernando County chose to rename the town, their new County Seat, Brooksville in honor of South Carolina Representative Preston Brooks, who in the same year beat fierce abolitionist Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the Senate chambers, winning the Congressman great renown in the South.

It was named in honor of Charles Sumner, a U. S. Senator from Massachusetts ( 1811 – 1874 ), who was a strong advocate of Kansas becoming a free state.

Brooks County was created 11 December 1858 from portions of Lowndes and Thomas counties by an act of the Georgia General Assembly named in honor of Preston Brooks, famous and acclaimed throughout the South for having beaten to unconsciousness, Senator Charles Sumner in 1856 in Congress.

Senator J. William Fulbright was born in Sumner on April 9, 1905.

Preston Brooks achieved notoriety for his brutal attack on Massachusetts abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner in the Senate Chamber in 1856 after Sumner delivered a speech comparing slavery to a harlot and slaveholders to those who embraced her, to which Brooks objected violently.

Sumner was platted in 1883 by George H. Ryan, and was named for the 19th century U. S. Senator Charles Sumner.

He gave antislavery men important posts in Congress for the first time, and cooperated with investigations of both the Kansas conflict and the caning of Senator Charles Sumner.

Lamar was also featured in John F. Kennedy's book, Profiles in Courage, both for his eulogy speech for Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner in 1874, and for his unpopular vote against the Bland-Allison Act of 1878.

Senator Charles Sumner, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, originally wanted to ask for $ 2 billion, or alternatively the ceding of Canada to the United States.

Senator Charles Sumner, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, originally wanted to ask for $ 2 billion, or alternatively the ceding of all of Canada to the United States.

Haralson supported the motion, but Pinchback opposed it because it would include Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, a lifelong anti-slavery fighter whom Pinchback believed African-Americans should laud.

In the speech, Sumner had characterized the attacker's uncle, South Carolina Senator Andrew Butler, as a pimp for slavery.

However, Fish's supporters, in January, 1851, nominated him as a candidate for U. S. Senator.

Aquino, a former Senator and a leading figure of the political opposition, was assassinated in 1983 at the Manila International Airport ( now the Ninoy Aquino International Airport ) upon returning home from exile.

As Clinton fell far behind former Massachusetts Senator Paul Tsongas in the New Hampshire polls, following Super Bowl XXVI, Clinton and his wife Hillary went on 60 Minutes to rebuff the charges.

On December 13, 2007, former U. S. Senator George J. Mitchell released his report on the use of performance-enhancing substances by MLB players.

* Paul Laxalt, former Governor and U. S. Senator

Reformers were led by Democratic Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts, who favored modification ( but ultimately voted for the defense authorization bill with the gay ban language ), and Barry Goldwater, a former Republican Senator and a retired Major General, who argued on behalf of allowing service by open gays and lesbians.

Retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General John Shalikashvili and former Senator and Secretary of Defense William Cohen opposed the policy in January 2007: " I now believe that if gay men and lesbians served openly in the United States military, they would not undermine the efficacy of the armed forces " Shalikashvili wrote.

At a February 2, 2010 congressional hearing, Senator John McCain read from a letter signed by " over one thousand former general and flag officers ".

* Chuck Robb, former Governor of Virginia and former U. S. Senator

Monaghan based former councillor Catherine Martin defeated Down based Dr John Barry and former Senator Mark Dearey to the post of Deputy Leader on 11 June 2011 during the party's annual convention.

Mr. Steel did not call the motion but Murray ( now Lord Murray, a former Senator of the College of Justice of Scotland ) agrees that the Commons still have the right to initiate an impeachment motion.

On August 16, 1996, the Republican Party chose Kemp as its vice presidential nominee, running alongside former Senator Dole.

Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich praised Voight's speech.

Notable graduates include former U. S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell, U. S. Senator John McCain, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe Wesley Clark, former Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace and Hugh Shelton, former National Security Advisor and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe James L. Jones, former U. S Army Chief of Staff Eric Shinseki, former U. S. Chief of Naval Operations Elmo Zumwalt, retired Air Force General Arnold W. Braswell, U. S. Ambassador to Russia John Beyrle, World War II submarine officer and best-selling novelist Edward L. Beach, Jr., former military aide to President John F. Kennedy Godfrey McHugh, murdered U. S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, and U. S. Air Force Chief of Staff Norton A. Schwartz.

Among the prominent figures who have called for the abolition of nuclear weapons are " the philosopher Bertrand Russell, the entertainer Steve Allen, CNN ’ s Ted Turner, former Senator Claiborne Pell, Notre Dame president Theodore Hesburg, South African Bishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama ".

* 1956 – Nicanor Duarte Frutos, former President of Paraguay, Senator for life

Long, 84, former United States Senator.