Subjects –
Adams, John Quincy
A duel involving Representative Sam Houston of Texas
September 22, 1826
On this date, just after sunrise on the Linkumpinch dueling field near Franklin, Kentucky, Representative Sam Houston of Tennessee gravely wounded General William A. White, a veteran of the Battle of New Orleans, in a pistol duel.
The Tariff of Abominations
April 22, 1828
On this day, the Tariff of 1828—better known as the Tariff of Abominations—passed the House of Representatives, 105 to 94.