Share This Article 1. This Southern senator earned the nickname “Hangman” for threatening to lynch a fellow senator. Thomas Hart Benton Henry Stuart Foote John C. Calhoun Nehemiah Scudder 2. About this many Irish soldiers deserted the Irish Army to fight for the Allies in World War Two. 300 150 1,000 5,000 3. This senator was known as The Great Compromiser from the 1820s through the 1850s. Henry Clay Thomas Hart Benton Daniel Webster Stephen Douglas Loading …