Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Senator Benton” in chapter 16 of Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4:

...ratulation. Whittier wrote, February 17:— The record of the Bay State is now clear. The folly of the extra session of 1872 is wiped out thoroughly. I am especially pleased, as like Senator Benton on a former occasion, solitary and alone I set the ball in notion. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote after the senator's death: How glad I am that the injustice was repaired in Mr. Sumne...
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