the state to campaign for ulysses s grant, who's the republican nominee for president. he, he and a companion get lost to one campaign event. they go to the local sheriff's office. the sheriff purports to give them direction. the sheriff is actually a member of the ku klux klan, shoots hines in the back and and kills him. hinds is not the only member of congress who perishes as a result of the the divide over slavery. the first member of the senate to be killed in the line of duty perished in part because of debates over slavery as well. all this had occurred before the civil war rather than after the the man was was david broderick. who's the photograph that i have here on the on the left of the screen? he was a democratic senator from california. all of us know the basic history of california. it was admitted to the union shortly after the us seizes it from mexico in the mexican war. in the aftermath of the california gold rush. but it was it's a it's a distinct area in american history in that up until this point, every new state to have been admitted was contiguous to at least one other state. california was not it was a long ways away from the closest state