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Killing Congress : assassinations, attempted assassinations and other violence against members of Congress /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marion, Nancy E.
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Other Authors: Oliver, Willard M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2014.
Subjects:
Legislators > United States > Biography.
United States. > Congress > Biography.
Assassination > United States > History.
Attempted assassination > United States > History.
Legislators > Assassination attempts > United States.
Legislators > Violence against > United States.
Political violence > United States > History.
United States > Politics and government.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Assassinations
  • Representative James Hinds (1868)
  • Representative Thomas Haughey (1869)
  • Representative John Pinckney (1905)
  • Senator Huey P. Long (1935)
  • Senator Robert Kennedy (1968)
  • Representative Leo Ryan (1978)
  • Representative Lawrence McDonald (1983)
  • Part II. Attempted assassinations
  • U.S. House of Representatives (1954)
  • Representative Gabrielle Giffords (2011)
  • Part III. Canings
  • Representative Matthew Lyon (1798)
  • Representative William Stanberry (1832)
  • Representative Charles Sumner (1856)
  • Representative Josiah Grinnell (1866)
  • Part IV. Threats and violence
  • Other threats and violence
  • About the authors.