i mean, i do think generally speaking our image of congress in this period is clay calhoun and webster making great words. so yeah, it isn't the image. they're not surprised that there was some violence because there was the famous caning. and when i say violence of congress, there's 119 other incidents in which people are doing something physical in some way or other. and particularly given that a lot of it is in the house and senate chambers. it doesn't tend to be put in the perrios of the congressional record, it's censored out. people haven't looked for it because they didn't know it was there to look for it. >> professor howell, what was the biggest take away with other historians on congress and politics? >> well, i think the importance of violence -- this something we have been talking about -- not just -- it's a surprise. it was happening as much and that it was such a prominent feature of law making. of speeches that are giving. it isn't just bad men behaving badly. it sounds like there's a lot -- policy stakes involved. >> it's politics. >> yeah. it was shaping what was going

i do think generally speaking, our image of congress in this period is clay, calhoun and webster sort of making great words. they're not surprised there's some violence. there's 119 incidents. and particularly given a lot in the house and senate chambers. just doesn't tend to be put in congressional records. they didn't know it was there to look for. >> what was the biggist take away from this discussion? >> the importance of violence, not just, it's a surprise. it was happening as much and it was such a prominent feature. speeches that are given of the doings of government. the stakes involved -- >> it's politics. >> yeah, and it was shaping what was going on in important ways. this is, i don't know of any congressional scholars that have looked at this phenomenon, so it's really exciting. >> in discussion, did you have other scholars participating? >> there were some in the audience! are y . >> are you asking about the other paper? >> in the session today? >> yes, there were. we had another section looking at the contemporary period and the engagement of congress and foreign policy

i mean, i do think generally speaking, our image of congress in this period senior clay calhoun and webster sort of making great words. so yeah, it isn't the image. so i think people -- they're not surprised that there was some violence. there's a famous painting of charles sumner. whenever i say congressional violence, everyone says there's charles sumner but there's 119 other incidents in which people are doing something physical. people become very surprised particularly gimp a lot of it is is in the house and senate chambers. it doesn't tend to be put in the period of the equivalent of the congressional record. it hasn't been parent and people didn't know it was there. >> professor, what was the biggest take away from historians on congress and politics? >> i think the importance of violence, this is something we've been talking about, it's a surprise. it's happening as much and that it was such a prominent feature of law making, of the speeches that are given, of the doings of government. it isn't just bad men behaving badly. there were policy stakes involved. >> it's politics. >> yeah

calhoun's child is there, henry clay's but here is push mataha's tomb stone. talk about how interesting life is and things turn around i didn't realize this was going to happen but john emhoolah is the korean war veteran, he is kiowa. but yet, the first kiowa to come to washington, d.c. to visit the president, a couple of them, yellow wolf and lone wolf, and this is lone wolf, this is yellow wolf. yellow wolf was elderly and was wearing a thomas jefferson peace medal like the one that john is wearing now in honor and memory of his ancestor, and so yellow wolf died of pneumonia about a week after shaking hands with abraham lincoln. so he's buried in congressional cemetery. and this smithsonian wanted that medal. they tried to take it from the dead body and the rest of the delegates said no, this was his most prized possession and it stays with him so it's still there in congressional cemetery. interestingly enough, john emhoolah's wife is descended her grandfather, was lone wolf. so here they are very happy to be back in d.c. kind of in the footsteps of their f