| Show duelists barred from office in many states south carolina has a provision in its constitution requiring a man taking oath of 0 office to declare that he ha had not challenged anyone to a duel nor fought a duel since being nominated virginia required an oath of this kind until 1023 1028 when this particular provision was eliminated other states have in their constitutions sect sections lons forbidding omee holders or legislators to participate in dueling white while the practice 0 of dueling has been practically dead in this country for many years rears 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 malna maine coner esaman named darned cilley in IM 1838 political arguments a hundred years ago often ended in chal lenges to duels to prevent scandals of this kind at least during their terms of 0 office many of the states passed laws against dueling some borne inserting these prohibitions in their state constitutions constitution a and oaths of office |
