Charles Sumner Quotes


The Great Guarantee; and the only sufficient Guarantee


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Charles Sumner, 1811-1874, U. S. Senator (Democrat, Free Soiler and Republican, MA), Description of the voting franchise and the rights of citizenship for the emancipated slaves, Senate Debate

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Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner
  • Born: January 6, 1811
  • Died: March 11, 1874
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Politician

Charles Sumner was an American statesman and United States Senator from Massachusetts. As an academic lawyer and a powerful orator, Sumner was the leader of the anti-slavery forces in the state and a leader of the Radical Republicans in the U.S. Senate during the American Civil War. During Reconstruction, he fought to minimize the power of the ex-Confederates and guarantee equal rights to the freedmen. He fell into a dispute with President Ulysses Grant, a fellow Republican, over the control of Santo Domingo leading to the stripping of his power in the Senate and his subsequent effort to defeat Grant's re-election.