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Author Marion, Nancy E.

Title Killing Congress : assassinations, attempted assassinations and other violence against members of Congress / Nancy E. Marion and Willard M. Oliver
Published Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (269 pages)
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
Summary Killing Congress: Assassinations, Attempted Assassinations, and other Violence Enacted on Members of the U.S. Congress analyzes all assassinations, attempted assassinations, and other violent acts carried out on members of Congress. Each chapter focuses on a particular incident, describing the events, the people involved, and the consequences of the violence
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-260) and index
Notes English
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Subject United States. Congress -- Biography.
SUBJECT United States. Congress. fast (OCoLC)fst00529490
Subject Legislators -- United States -- 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
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
Assassination.
Attempted assassination.
Legislators.
Political violence.
Politics and government.
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410
Subject United States.
Genre/Form collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Oliver, Willard M.
LC no. 2021675884
ISBN 9780739183601
0739183605