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bob merry, in your book a country of vast ziens about james polk in the first part in the introduction you talk about a senator named benton. thomas hart benton. why? he was a big man and a big giant of his time. thomas benton john tyler called him the most raving political maniac i ever knew. but benton was representing missouri in the senate for 30 years. he was a powerful figure. he wrote a massive memoir after that which historians have been using for a century and a half. he was very powerful during that time. the story though about the duel and an drew jackson never ceases to amaze me when i read it. what was the story? benton has been jackson s aid to camp in the war of 1812 they were very close. but jackson there were a lot of duels in tennessee in those days when jackson was relatively younger. and he consented to be the second of a friend of his who was duelling thomas benton s brother jesse. jesse took a bullet to the buttocks, which proved somewhat

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