Marse Henry

Henry Watterson went to bed on his first night in Congress—and woke to a sergeant-at-arms at the door. “Everybody is drunk, more or less,” the messenger warned, “and they are noisy to have some fun with you.”

In Washington’s political world, Watterson recalls the formidable Charles Sumner, the eloquent Carl Schurz, and the many-sided Lucius Lamar, tracing old enmities into unexpected friendships. He never coveted office, calling it a badge of bondage; yet after a hard-fought victory in Kentucky, he took his seat in the House. His first all-night session ended with him marched in as a prisoner while his fellow congressmen roared with mischief. How would a man so wary of power fare among the men who had already made a spectacle of him?

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