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| Keywords: Lyon-griswold-brawl.jpg Artist A crude portrayal of a fight on the floor of Congress between Vermont Representative Matthew Lyon and Roger Griswold of Connecticut The row was originally prompted by an insulting reference to Lyon on Griswold's part The interior of Congress Hall is shown with the Speaker Jonathan Dayton and Clerk Jonathan W Condy both seated Chaplain Ashbel Green in profile on the left and several others looking on as Griswold armed with a cane kicks Lyon who grasps the former's arm and raises a pair of fireplace tongs to strike him Below are the verses He in a trice struck Lyon thrice / Upon his head enrag'd sir / Who seiz'd the tongs to ease his wrongs / And Griswold thus engag'd sir <br/><br/> This was a Congressional meeting planned to remove William Blount from office in Tennessee when this political encounter occurred Because Lyon was ignoring Griswold Griswold insulted Lyon calling him a scoundrel After Griswold called Lyon a scoundrel Lyon spat in Griswold's face and their fighting started 1798 print Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division American Cartoon Prints Collection http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cph 3a05342 other versions LOC-image cph 3a05342 PD-old-100 18th-century unidentified engravers Jonathan Dayton Jonathan Condy 1790s political cartoons of the United States 1798 cartoons 1798 engravings 1798 events February 1798 in the United States 18th-century men of the United States 18th-century politicians Brawls Caricatures of politicians of the United States Politics of the United States United States Congress William Blount Roger Griswold Fights in art | ||||
