Comments on: Man Knowledge: Dueling Part II – Prominent Duels in American History

By: derek

derek — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:19:16 +0000

Andrew Jackson is an absolute beast of a man. A incredible role model for strength and leadership in a man. Fights corporate big banks, takes Florida without permission, personally hangs Indian leaders, military general and leader, brought national debt to zero ( only president to do so), popular choice President.

By: Colonel Mike

Colonel Mike — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:05:53 +0000

Duel.. I’ve toed the line and gone bare knuckles 3 times. 3 wins.
Picked a fight with 2 Marines at Newark Airport in “71. They kicked the livin’ shit out of me. I looked so bad the judge threw my assault case out of court. I don’t regret any of it.

By: Jeff B

Jeff B — Sun, 16 May 2010 02:45:17 +0000

@GroomingGuy
On his TV show Late Night Show in 1999, Leno commented to George W. Bush on the subject of his running regiment. Bush responded that he was willing to settle the presidential election with a footrace against Gore.
Points to Bush for man vs. man physical challenge, and to boot, he announced it in publicly neutral territory (NBC). Closest thing I have heard to modern day political duel. I remember watching the show, it was heartwarming.
Ref. http://www.half-mind.com/Feature/0304.php

Good Artical

By: Garrett

Garrett — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:44:30 +0000

I’m a born and raised Kentuckian, Henry Clay is someone I have taken a rather active interest in researching, and in doing so (for a paper I wrote the other day) I came across the tale of another duel which Clay was involved in. As I understand it, the duel was sparked when Clay (then a member of the Kentucky General Assembly) and a colleague “had words” when Clay introduced a resolution which required members to wear suits made of homespun cloth, not British. A man named Humphrey Marshall took offense to this measure, I’d imagine that it had something to do with his closet full of suits made of British broadcloth. The duel didn’t end in any death, what I find most interesting was that, as not to bloody or disgrace their home soil with a duel, they took their beef to Shippingport, Indiana… gotta love creative solutions.

By: Rev. C. Blackwell

Rev. C. Blackwell — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:45:19 +0000

All I have to say is the advent of guns and gunpowder ended the gentlemanly duel. Firearms should only be used in the defense of ones person or home, not for dueling.

By: Matt Reeder

Matt Reeder — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:36:06 +0000

@doconicus

I do know that the Kentucky oath of office (taken by all elected officals) presently states: “I, being a citizen of this State, have not fought a duel with deadly weapons within this State nor out of it, nor have I sent or accepted a challenge to fight a duel with deadly weapons, nor have I acted as second in carrying a challenge, nor aided or assisted any person thus offending, so help me God.”

Apparently, you can’t hold public office in Kentucky if you’ve ever dueled.. That is, unless you have no problem being a lying politician…

By: Uberhack

Uberhack — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:26:15 +0000

@ k2000k
I’m afraid you may be missing the point in the Lincoln duel. The reason he made it so unfair was to dissuade Shields from even considering to accept the terms. The badassery here is in how Lincoln worked to prevent any violence from happening every step of the way.
A badass, in my opinion, isn’t just someone who fights with bravado, it’s someone who fights with intelligence as well. Or even better, someone who can defuse a battle before it happens.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:43:09 +0000

The story below was posted on another blog I read. It goes nicely with the Lincoln-Shields duel.

http://ruralblacksmith.blogspot.com/2010/02/blacksmiths-duel.html

The rest of the blog is filled with lots of other manly stuff as well.

By: Albert Lawrence Rush

Albert Lawrence Rush — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:08:49 +0000

I’m somewhat surprised that the Sandbar Fight didn’t make it here, as it was the beginning of the Legend of Col. James Bowie’s famed knife.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbar_Fight

By: Drew

Drew — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:12:22 +0000

@tdubbs27:
Hamilton was, at the time of the duel, eligible for the Presidency. From the U.S Constitution, article 2, section 1:

No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.