Killing Congress: Assassinations, Attempted Assassinations, and other Violence Enacted on Members of the U.S. Congress analyzes all assassinations, attempted assassinations, and other violent acts carried out on members of Congress. Each chapter focuses on a particular incident, describing the events, the people involved, and the consequences of the violence.

Preface
Part I Assassinations
Chapter 1: Representative James Hinds (1868)
Chapter 2: Representative Thomas Haughey (1869)
Chapter 3: Representative John Pinckney (1905)
Chapter 4: Senator Huey P. Long (1935)
Chapter 5: Senator Ted Kennedy (1968)
Chapter 6: Representative Leo Ryan (1978)
Chapter 7: Representative McDonald (1983)
Part II: Attempted Assassinations
Chapter 8: U.S. House of Representatives (1954)
Chapter 9: Representative Gabrielle Giffords (2011)
Part III: Canings
Chapter 10: Matthew Representative Lyon (1798)
Chapter 11: Representative William Stanberry (1832)
Chapter 12: Representative Charles Sumner (1856)
Chapter 13: Representative Josiah Grinnell (1866)
Part IV: Threats and Violence
Chapter 14: Other Threats and Violence
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By Nancy E. Marion and Willard Oliver