• The Congressman Who Shot a Guy at the White House

  • Jul 9 2024
  • Length: 49 mins
  • Podcast

The Congressman Who Shot a Guy at the White House

  • Summary

  • Daniel Edgar Sickles was an American Civil War general, and later, a U.S. congressman. While serving in Congress he gunned down a man in broad daylight in front of the White House, and was acquitted on grounds of temporary insanity--the first in American history!

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