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The Man Who Punched Jefferson Davis - The Political Life of Henry S. Foote, Southern Unionist (Hardcover)
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The Man Who Punched Jefferson Davis - The Political Life of Henry S. Foote, Southern Unionist (Hardcover)
Series: Southern Biography Series
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Regarded as one of the most vocal, well-traveled, and controversial
statesmen of the nineteenth century, antebellum politician Henry
Stuart Foote played a central role in a vast array of pivotal
events. Despite Foote's unique mark on history, until now no
comprehensive biography existed. Ben Wynne fills this gap in his
examination of the life of this gifted and volatile public figure
in The Man Who Punched Jefferson Davis: The Political Life of Henry
S. Foote, Southern Unionist. An eyewitness to many of the
historical events of his lifetime, Foote, an opinionated native
Virginian, helped to raise money for the Texas Revolution, provided
political counsel for the Lone Star Republic's leadership before
annexation, and published a 400-page history of the region. In
1847, Mississippi elected him to the Senate, where he promoted
cooperation with the North during the Compromise of 1850. One of
the South's most outspoken Unionists, he infuriated many of his
southern colleagues with his explosive temperament and unorthodox
ideas that quickly established him as a political outsider. His
temper sometimes led to physical altercations, including at least
five duels, pulling a gun on fellow senator Thomas Hart Benton
during a legislative session, and engaging in run-ins with other
politicians, notably a fistfight with his worst political enemy,
Jefferson Davis. He left the Senate in 1851 to run for governor of
Mississippi on a pro-Union platform and defeated Davis by a small
margin. Several years later, Foote moved to Nashville, was elected
to the Confederate Congress after Tennessee seceded, and continued
his political sparring with the Confederate president. From Foote's
failed attempt to broker an unauthorized peace agreement with the
Lincoln government and his exile to Europe to the publication of
his personal memoir and his appointment as director of the United
States mint in New Orleans, Wynne constructs an entertaining and
nuanced portrait of a singular man who constantly challenged the
conventions of southern and national politics.
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