| Preston S. Brooks AKA Preston Smith Brooks Born: 5-Aug-1819
Birthplace: Edgefield County, SC
Died: 27-Jan-1857
Location of death: Washington, DC
Cause of death: Illness
Remains: Buried, Willow Brook Cemetery, Edgefield, SC
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Beat Charles Sumner with a cane Military service: US Army (1846-48) Father: Whitfield Brooks, Sr.
Mother: Mary Parsons Carroll Brooks
Brother: John Hampden Brooks
Brother: Whitfield Brooks, Jr.
University: South Carolina College, Columbia, SC (expelled 1839)
US Congressman, South Carolina 4th (1-Aug-1856 to 27-Jan-1857)
US Congressman, South Carolina 4th (4-Mar-1853 to 15-Jul-1856, resigned)
South Carolina State House of Representatives (1844)
South Carolina Bar May-1843
Duel: Pistols with Louis T. Wigfall, Sand Bar Ferry, GA (1839)
Shot: Dueling
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