Botticelli - March 2015

I’ve tried Ross and White. I’m out of guesses.

Oooooooh… thanks for telling us he’s better known for something BESIDES being a Senator. Yes, he was a Senator, but I’m betting no one would remember him except for the fact that…

IQ) Did Martin Luther King lead a protest march over a bridge named in your honor?

Pass.

No more IQs, astorian. Do you have a Firstname Lastname guess?

Are you Confederate officer, Senator and Klansman Edmund Pettus?

Yes, indeed, I am a very unpleasant man best known for the bridge named after me,

Edmund Pettus

Well done, astorian! Thought I’d stumped you all. I suggest you start a new Botticelli thread for April.

April thread: Botticelli April 2015 - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board

Wow, don’t recall ever hearing of him. WTG, astorian!