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Show Duelists Barred From OfEce in Many States j i lenges to duels. To prevent scandals 1 of tliis kind at least during their terms of oflice. many of the states passed : laws against dueling, some inserting these prohibitions In their state const!-tutior.s const!-tutior.s and oaths of office. ; i South Carolina has a provision in Its constitution requiring a man taking tak-ing oath of office to declare that he had not challenged anyone to a duel nor fought a duel since being nominated. nomi-nated. Virginia required an oath of this kind until 102S, when this particular par-ticular provision was eliminated. Other Oth-er states have In their constitutions sections forbidding ofiiee holders or legislators to participate in dueling. While the practice of dueling has been practically dead in this country for many years, there was a time when it was most popular, particularly among legislators. Henry Clay, of Kentucky, fought two famous duels, one with John Randolph. A Kentucky congressman named Graves fought and killed a Maine congressman named Cllley In 1S3S. Political arguments a hundred years ago often ended in chal- |