Best 10 Senators in American History
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- @iammrbeat counts down his favorite U.S. Senators in American history.
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Honorable mentions:
Russ Feingold
Mike Gravel
Burton Wheeler
Robert Wagner
Arthur Vandenberg
Ted Kennedy
Barry Goldwater
Rufus King
Robert Taft
Arlen Specter
Eugene McCarthy
Roger Sherman
Richard Lugar
Harry Truman
Robert F. Kennedy
Bob Dole
Estes Kefauver
Hannibal Hamlin
Edward Brooke
Paul Wellstone
Edmund Muskie
Garret Wall
Claiborne Pell
Olympia Snowe
Thomas Gore
Marion Butler
Sources/additional reading:
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#10 Thomas P. Gore
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#9 John P. Hale
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#8 Daniel Webster
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#7 Nancy Kassebaum
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#6 George Norris
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#5 Henry Clay
Clay is arguably the most influential U.S. Senator of all time, serving in the Senate from 1806 to 1807, and then again from 1810 to 1811, and again from 1831 to 1842, and again from 1849 until his death in 1852.
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#4 Lyndon Johnson
You may know him as the 36th President of the United States, but before that he was a Senator representing Texas from 1949 to 1961.
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#3 Charles Sumner
Most famously known as the Senator who got the crap beat out of him by a cane in the Senate chamber for trashing those who supported slavery, Sumner served as Senator for Massachusetts from 1851 until his death in 1874.
Learn more about him as a Senator:
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#2 Oliver Ellsworth
A Founding Father, he was a big reason why Connecticut ratified the Constitution, and was one of its two first Senators, serving from 1789 to 1796.
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#1 Robert La Follette
That’s right! It’s once again Fighting Bob, the Wisconsin Senator from 1906 until his death in 1925. You may remember he held the number one spot for my best governors video, but if I were to make that video again, I don’t think he would because the more I thought about it, his real impact was in the U.S. Senate.
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#bestsenators #americanhistory #apush
My worst senators: czcams.com/video/Tj_GLOrfWN8/video.html
Who did I get right? Who did I get wrong? Who did I leave out?
Here is my honorable mentions list:
Honorable mentions:
Russ Feingold
Mike Gravel
Burton Wheeler
Robert Wagner
Arthur Vandenberg
Ted Kennedy
Barry Goldwater
Rufus King
Robert Taft
Arlen Specter
Eugene McCarthy
Roger Sherman
Richard Lugar
Harry Truman
Robert F. Kennedy
Bob Dole
Estes Kefauver
Hannibal Hamlin
Edward Brooke
Paul Wellstone
Edmund Muskie
Garret Wall
Claiborne Pell
Olympia Snowe
Thomas Gore
Marion Butler
I looking forward to hearing about your favorite Senators!
Hmm...
Think you forgot Bernie Sanders
@@CommunistCreeper hahahahaha nice one
Alex Kagan hahaha, no he’s better then all current senators combined
Herbert Lehman is super underrated tbh. As New York's first Jewish Senator, he was an outspoken opponent of McCarthyism, being the only Senator up for reelection to vote against the McCarran Act. After McCarthy was ousted, he turned his focus to Civil Rights, fighting to modify the filibuster so that it can be overruled by majority vote. The filibuster was a weapon often used by Southerners, one of the most famous being a 75 day long filibuster during the 1965 Civil Rights Act. He was straight up called "the Conscience of the Senate" by Eleanor Roosevelt. Such a great and principled guy.
This list makes no sense, where is Palpatine? He literally WAS the Senate!
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@@mpendulodlaminiofficial9186 Star Wars reference
Fantastic comment 👏
THE SENATE WILL DECIDE YOUR FATE
Not in the US tho, sadly
This comment will most likely get lost, but George Norris is actually my great-great-grandfather. My family has a book that he wrote and I thought that it was interesting that you included him on this list. I've read about some of the things that he did and one thing that I found out was that in the original draft of the 20th amendment, he called for the abolition of the Electoral college.
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Holy crap. That is amazing. You had one heck of a great-great-grandfather. And I had no idea about the original draft of the 20th Amendment wanting to abolish the Electoral College. Heck, if I would have known that, he might have been in the number one spot!
If that's true, I'm so mad it wasn't included!
The Chad Senator Norris
Interesting. However, I am glad that George Norris lost (when it came to the Electoral College).
I clicked on this video thinking I was getting the "Ben 10 Senators"
I used to think Ben Sasse was just Bein Sassy
He used all his different alien personas to get elected in 10 different offices.
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@@Limpshot_McGee imma "headcannon" this
Oh lol
Real proud of LBJ for being one of the only southern senators to not sign the Southern Manifesto
Yeah, he deserves more love for his time in the Senate.
@@iammrbeat I think this is proof that you are semi-narcissistic. I say this of the cuff, which means I get to do some research and learn about my claim, which could be totally wrong.
@@MC-br1gk How is he narcissistic wtf
M Castro yeah you’re an idiot.
You are such a millennial. Did you play soccer in school? And your picks are wrong.
You should do best and worst failed Presidential nominees next.
I like that idea.
Howard Dean too
Only people in the general election who had a plausible chance if winning. Perot, la Follete, Roosevelt (1912), etc do count. Chafin, henry wallace and Joe Exotic dont.
Bernie
Hubert Humphrey vs Richard Nixon 1968. Humphrey would have made a great President.
Top 10 best and worst supreme court justices soon?
Boy that would be a fun one to make. Taney is the worst. lol
And maybe top 10 best and worst repersentives, but that is going to take a lot of research.
Louis Brandeis def has a spot on the best
Mr. Beat A top 5 or 10 failed supreme court nominations perhaps...
James Clark McReynolds is surely the worst Supreme Court Justice ever.
Fun Fact: Webster, Sumner, Cabot Lodge Sr, JFK, Ted Kennedy and Elizabeth Warren Served in the Same Senate Seat (Massachusetts Class 1 Seat)
Must be the enchanted seat. I should move to that state just to try to run that seat.
Damn too bad the last one tainted it.
WILSOOOON!
Hi l m president Harry Truman
@@harrytruman5700 hey Truman
@@harrytruman5700 weird little human
@@GrapesOfWrath1 served 2 terms and when he’s done
CYPHEEEEEEEEER
Thanks for your great videos, Mr. Beat : )
Thanks for your epicness.
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Hi Mr.Beat I think you forgot another Great Kansan for the Top ten. Charles Curtis who later went on to be an unimportant Vice President, besides being the first non white VP as he had a Native Kaw nation mother. Despite managing to be a non white senator in a time of an all white senate, the most important part of his legacy should be the amazing work he did. As senator he was notoriously Bi-Partisan and was none as the best senator of his time to bridge both sides together. He also drafted and proposed the first version of the equal rights amendment. As senate majority leader he helped pass a lot of good legislation. He was also a big conservative which considering my own views a like. Without a doubt top ten - he was a man who grew up on a reservation with a bleak life ahead of him and he managed to pick himself up by the bootstaps and be one of the greatest senators this nation has ever seen passing landmark legislation, always bi--partisan, a true conservative who tried fighting for equal rights for women while always staying true to his heritage. Although The curtis act is controversial, he did what he believed was best for his people, even if it had some repercussions. He was a true statesman and top 10 without a doubt - definitely better than LBJ in my opinion.
How can we advocate for 90-minute documentaries about Henry Clay?
Maybe if Discovery Education gives me a grant. lol
I say this only because I just listened to an exhaustive biography about him! (My word, frontiersmen can reproduce! Just ask William Henry Harrison! I just met a pianist who claims to be descended from him!)
But I am definitely interested in this especially since the American Lion biopic based on the Meacham bio of Jackson is no longer certain to occur...
I might not have done much as a Senator, but I’m glad to have been in the same Senate as my main man Henry Clay!
John Fremont, you’re the GOAT
Mr. Fremont, you may have not made this list, but you'll always be an American bada**.
Mr. Beat, coming from you that really means a lot, you’ll always be an American bada** as well.
How many years have you been sentor president John Fremont
you should’ve been president
Henry Clay is a distant great-uncle. Lots of family pride because of him.👍🏼
Very cool :)
My social studies teacher put on one of your videos for class, it's cool when a video your teacher assigns is by a channel you recognize.
Man don't tease us with talk of a 90-minute Clay documentary. Now I need it
Thank you for putting Fighting Bob on the 1st spot, he is my favorite of all time.
Glad you already love Fighting Bob. So many folks don't know about him, surprisingly.
17:25 ok I knew La Follete was amazing, but I didn’t know he was literally “destroyed the Harding administration” levels of cool. Damn, didn’t know my opinion of the man could grow higher, but there you go
Great list! And so much to learn from the past. Thank's!
Thanks for watching. :D
I think Bush Snr. should have chose Kassenbaum instead of Quayle as his running mate his time in office would have been rated higher
I agree 100%. I knew HW floated the idea, and I bet he regretted not doing it later on. I was never a Quayle fan to be sure.
No. Quayle was NOT the problem
@@markgorenshtein1946 Bush was great
Trent He wasn’t, not at all. Nixon was great, Trump was great, Reagan was massively overrated but not bad, Clinton wasn’t horrible part of the problem for sure but not horrible in and of himself as a President. Eisenhower was great, JFK wasn’t bad overrated but really good for someone who wasn’t a political animal. Both Bush’s and Obama ranged from bad to horrendous and much of Clinton administration was as well in many ways. Trump isn’t the greatest President since Lincoln but at least since Nixon if not Eisenhower. I worked for Obama, I refused to even vote for him again after the 1st term.
I also don’t hate Carter as much as most Republicans, but I tend to be more of a classical liberal and even left-wing progressive on some issues.
I’ve been awaiting this 😀
I'm glad I finally made it. And soon finally my Worst Vice Presidents list. :)
Mr. Beat 😮
Another awesome video! Thank you, Mr. Beat!
Thanks! :)
Johnson: He got stuff done, and he was passionate.
McConnell: ...
He's passionate about enriching himself at the expense of the country
Honestly Johnson was probably a worse person than Trump or McConnell.
@@andrewsutherland133 McConnell's greatest accomplishment? Having a Supreme Court packed with conservatives and way more partisan and destructive politics in the Senate ever for just a revenge on what happened on Robert Bork's Supreme Court appointment back in 1987.
LBJ's accomplishment as a Senator is way more worthwhile compared to Mitch McConnell. Lyndon B. Johnson is one of the freaking founders of NASA (National Aeronautic and Space Administration) together with then President Dwight D. Eisenhower. And that is just a cherry on the top. And this is coming from the one who disagree with his policy in Vietnam when he is the President of the United States.
@@reymiguelperez6643 but hes still a worse person. He physically bullied people into passing laws, put hands up secratary skirts, and for some reason enjoyed even calling people to watch him on the toilet.
Without a doubt a better senator but that's not what I meant.
@@andrewsutherland133 listen, character doesn't belong here, only policies.
Herbert Lehman is super underrated tbh. As New York's first Jewish Senator, he was an outspoken opponent of McCarthyism, being the only Senator up for reelection to vote against the McCarran Act. After McCarthy was ousted, he turned his focus to Civil Rights, fighting to modify the filibuster so that it can be overruled by majority vote. The filibuster was a weapon often used by Southerners, one of the most famous being a 75 day long filibuster during the 1965 Civil Rights Act. He was straight up called "the Conscience of the Senate" by Eleanor Roosevelt. Such a great and principled guy.
I didn't know much about him. Thanks for bringing him to my attention. :)
Leonardo Zighelboim McCarthy was right
@@TheMasochrist Ah, one of THOSE people. Should've figured someone like you would come by.
1. McCarthy was not right. The Venona Papers were right. McCarthy's "list" was constantly changing, some days having 100 suspects, other days 200. Among the people mentioned by McCarthy, there isn't a single person in the Venona papers who he accused. There's actually a very famous back-and-forth between Lehman and McCarthy, with Lehman asking McCarthy on the Senate floor to show letters he referenced regarding Owen Lattimore's Communist sympathies. McCarthy asked him to come over to his seat and take the letter from him. Lehman calmly approached, calling his bluff, and McCarthy began shouting him down, "Get back in your seat, old man!". The man was a fraud. If you want decent spy-hunters, try Nixon or Reagan. Reagan helped root out communist actors in the union he led in a decent, humane way and with evidence.
2. So let's say he was right. Do you agree with the methods he advocated for? The McCarran Act, which jailed union leaders and civil rights activists for simply having similar goals in mind with the Communist party? The Communists were all about civil rights and labor rights.
McCarthy was a monster. Plain and simple. Those who choose security over liberty deserve neither.
Leonardo Zighelboim communists aren’t people. I don’t feel that curb stomping them would illicit any sympathies from me
Leonardo Zighelboim in fact the communist will use our own liberty and rights to strip our freedom. They shouldn’t be treated with anything except a bullet.
Great video as always Mr. Beat 😀 Keep up the good work
Thanks person! :D
Thank you for including senator Kassebaum in the list, I’m not from Kansas, I’m from Indiana but I love senator Kassebaum, I read about her tenure all time. She was such a great senator and should be the model on how senators should act
"the capital isn't open for visitors"
Me: *flashes back to Jan 6th 2021*
Maxine Waters should be ashamed of herself for provoking that.
@@davidlafleche1142 Using your logic, I guess the US should be ashamed of provoking Bin Laden & Al Queda into perpetrating the 9/11 attacks.
Democrats always flash back to their holy day.
You're awesome I'm glad kids get to have you as a teacher I'm sure they have much respect for you like all of your subscribers do
Always great info about important people and events. Thanks again for you work.
Blind senator? As a blind man, this makes me happy.
Then how can you type, you memorized the keyboard?
Then I remember, he can't reply because he's blind, this is a fucking waste of time.
@@johncarlollavor2146 could be text to speech. i believe there are many ways a blind person can type
You really uploaded this during my APUSH test smh
This is for fun. The APUSH test is for um...not fun. Congrats on finishing it!
Axolotl i hoped you passed I took it too yesterday
ok but what did u get
@@pupsi9840 Not tryna flex but I got a 5.
I ended up getting a two because I thought I could wing it based on knowing quite a bit about history, and I also had two other AP tests. So you’re lucky
Thank you. Another great video.
Really enjoyed this one, thanks!
Thank you!
Honorable mentions: Maggie Hassan, Olympia Snowe, John McCain, Bob Dole, Daniel Inouye
Love your videos! Lighting advice from a professional gaffer, the shadow from your glasses is in your eye. Try making your lights closer to the front of you or to the side
This video is absolute gold congrats on the hard word and great video.
I really liked your list (discovered some really interesting senators).
I'm happy to see one of the ones on my list in the honorable mention. I'm a life long Democrat but in the 2012 election I registered as a Republican to vote for Richard Luger in the primary. He was beyond his party as a great Statesman and will forever be remembered by me as a wonderful senator and class act
I’m glad you did. If he had won, we could’ve repealed Obamacare.
“My opinions are not fact... yet” 😂
Man I love your work!
Can't wait for the 2020 election video. I've watched all the rest!
Great list. I see two of my favorites, Mike Gravel and Olympia Snowe made your honorable mentions. I'd love to know your insight as to why you think so. Maybe they'll be featured in future videos. :)
I am glad that Sumner is included.
Nice list. I almost wish you had made it a two-part, top 20 list with some of your honorable mentions.
I love your work, also I think that we are shirt twins, so I love it even more.
You should have added Margaret Chase Smith (R Maine) US Senator 1949-1973. She was the first senator to stand up to Joe McCarthy during the red scare, Thie same scare that caused anyone who spoke against it to be blackballed and lose their professional careers. Check her out!
From what I know, she dislikes Communism but she thought McCarthy kinda take it too far with his Red Scare.
Seconded! She did a lot of good! She was anti-communism, but that’s not a bad thing, especially since she believed in free speech and like you said, she stood up to McCarthy!
It would be cool if you did a list of the best current/recent officeholders too.
That would be a big challenge, but maybe someday I'd be up for it. :)
One of your best!
I love your channel!!!
Another great video. Our political views are very similar. I've always favored either populist or libertarian politicians and have never been a fan of either extreme. Both populist and libertarian leaders have had some great results leading and/or representing our country. Populism has been very common throughout the history of Louisiana. Huey Long completely transformed our state as both governor and senator and is still widely praised and honored by Louisianians to this day. Our current governor, John Bel Edwards, has implemented populist policies that have helped our state overcome a historic budget crisis left behind by our previous governor, a hard-core conservative. Edwards policies have also improved education and healthcare throughout the state in the past 4 years and we haven't had a single rural hospital close since Edwards expanded Medicaid. Our current senator, John Neely Kennedy, is a conservative-leaning populist who has done a good job as senator so far as well. Populism and libertarianism can both be great for an economy and society if they are implemented properly.
I really do need to revisit Kennedy. He seems a bit in a league all his own. Thanks for the kind words, and agreed with much of what you said!
@@iammrbeat - Kennedy is definitely entertaining with his well-known one-liners and humor, but he's very smart and means business at the same time. He was actually a Democrat until fairly recently. He switched parties in 2007 and was elected to the Senate in 2016. Although he's a Republican now, he kept a lot of his populist views and he fights for fiscal responsibility and against corruption. He's not a hard-core, right-wing Republican like a lot of his colleagues in the GOP establishment are.
Lmao where has a libertarian leader had success? Your state is literally the most federally dependant. @MrBeat shame on you for not doing due diligence. Common among libertarians to take words at face value
@@iammrbeatLouisiana being the most federally dependent state in the union, love those "libertarian successes!" 😂
If libertarian centrist populism works we would have examples of countries, like all the stories of capitalist socialist successes
Love your vids
Thanks so much! :D
Wish Robert Taft had made it past the honorable mentions list, but great vid regardless :)
Edit: Also pleasantly surprised that Barry Goldwater made the honorables-- keep up the good work!
Great video as usual, fellow Kansan! I’m still in Manhattan waiting for the KU vs K-State comparison video! 😂
Thanks :) Yeah it might be awhile for that video but that would be incredibly fun for us and probably really boring for most.
Mr. Beat That makes total sense. Do it only if you are bored and without content lined up. 😁
Petition for Mr. Beat to livestream himself reading the longest filibusters
Just what I need after that APUSH DBQ
I hope it went well for you.
Love you vids man. Need a video on people who should of been president or seemed destined to be commander in chief but never where...amazing senators, Vice Presidents etc who people think would be president but never where.
That's another fantastic idea.
Thank you Mr. Beat
Thank YOU. :)
Senator Frank Church from Idaho lead the Church Committee, a senate group that investigated the CIA’s abuses
Before that he played a key role in passing the civil rights act of 1957
He was widely seen as LBJ’s protégé
Church would go on to defy Johnson’s presidency, challenging him on the Gulf of Tonkin incident and the Vietnam war, he told his mentor "In a democracy you cannot expect the people, whose sons are being killed and who will be killed, to exercise their judgment if the truth is concealed from them."
His committee, the church committee, investigated the CIA’s drug trafficking, and the many wars they’ve backed or caused
I like the pick of Nancy Kasselbaum. I would also include her second husband Howard Baker from Tennesse. He was a Republican and during Watergate he did the right thing which called for justice and standing strong to find out Nixons role in the scandal. He was on the right side of the Panama canal debate and supported (as did the late conservative actor john Wayne) President Carters treaty. After he retired from the Senate he became President Reagens Chief of Staff a d helped restore order after Iran Contra giving Reagen the chance to stay in the White House and complete his policy with the Soviets that helped end the ColdWar and cut nuclear weapons. We need more Howard Bakers and Nancy Kasselbaums in Washington today.
Just asking but Will you do a Top 10 Best / Worst House of Representatives?
Still love your videos.
List idea: Top 10 most influential American politicians that never became president. Would naturally have a lot of overlap with this list, but could also focus on congressmen and governors as well.
Good list, very enjoyable. A little disappointed Daniel Inouye was not even an honorable mention, but such is life, you can’t fit in everyone.
FIRST. I HAVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS VIDEO ASDKGKDHF
@Red Cup :'(
You the man Mr Beat
Mr. Beat rocks the longer COVID hair pretty well
I think a cool video would be the controversial Senator Richard B. Russell. Especially in today’s era. Being a beloved Senator of the past but a man of his time creating a complicated legacy. Very interesting historical figure.
Hi there Mr Beat, I'm curious to know, what is your next comparison video gonna be on?
I'm not 100% sure yet, but I'm thinking Colorado and Wyoming.
@@iammrbeat yes
4:40 idk why, but that really got to me 😂 caught me off guard
Request:Top 10 Beat Representatives. And then a sepearte video about the Top 10 Worst Representarives. You have gone through presidents, vice presidents, senators, governors, and Supereme Court judges. It would be nice to see you make a list or two about representatives.
What I'm about to say will be outlandish but would you ever consider doing a top 10 worst and best senators from all the 50 states? Yes I know this is utterly ridiculous but I think this would be interesting. What do you guys think about him doing that?
Can you do a video on the Lost Cause? I did my thesis on it. I focused on the University of Alabama. The whole topic of the Lost Cause is fascinating.
That's awesome. I might want to read that. :) To be honest, the Cynical Historian just released a fantastic video about the Lost Cause. Have you seen it? I don't think I could cover it better than him, unless you notice a glaring hole.
Mr. Beat yeah. I focused on confederate symbolism on the campus. There’s so much I couldn’t cover most of it. We have a building named after a KKK leader. I can email it to you but don’t get your hopes up on the quality. LOL ooh. I’ll go check it out!! Some great books on the LC myth is Dixie’s Daughter’s, The Myths of the Lost Cause and Civil War History, and Confederates in the Attic. Women played a significant role in the LC and how the civil war is remembered today.
Mr. Beat Southern Discomfort is a great documentary available on CZcams about how southerners remember and celebrate the Confederacy
THIS GUY'S KNOWLEDGE , RESEARCH , & KINDA QUITE ACCURATE INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY IS SO WELL DONE THAT HE COULD PRESENT HIS MATERIAL WITH THE HELP OF ZOMBIES....
I MEAN THAT POSITIVELY .
Glad you put Ellsworth in there. I am from his hometown!
Interesting side note: The grandson of Thomas P. Gore is the late writer and raconteur Gore Vidal, who used to read to his grandfather in DC and accompany him to the Capitol.
Thanks for mentioning Connecticut, Mr. Beat!
-CT Gang
Ellsworth showed 'em how to do it.
Claiborne Pell is mad underrated. Dude also cared so much for education.
I enjoyed this. Good work. I appreciate that you made it clear that this was your opinion. In my opinion Hubert Humphrey was, if not the best senator ever, he was at least among the too ten.
Solid lists, no surprise none of the current one made the lists. Although I would say John Sherman Cooper, Joseph Robinson, Margaret Chase Smith, Evert Dirksen, Hubert Humphrey deserve some discussions. And yes Southern Democrats are tricky to list because of obvious reasons, but J. William Fulbright, Dick Russell, and Robert Byrd should get some credit as well.
Kkk Byrd
I'm so sorry your videos keep getting demonitized. You deserve better, and there's no reason for them to demonitize it. You world think that educational content like this is exactly what their looking for, but i guess not.
Sort of surprised you didn't mention the short story 'The Devil and Daniel Webster' written by Stephen Vincent Benet. I remember reading it in high school literature class. It really showcased his skill at argument.
I'll always have a soft spot for Senator Paul Simon of Illinois, who was on TV a lot when I was growing up (WGN. I lived in Indiana) and whose autobiography I enjoyed immensely.
When you realize bernie is disqualified 🥺
My friend, you've made the right choice for first place, based on what you've shown me as far as evidence.
Fightin' Bob Forever!
That was a good list and a funny laugh.
I’m currently trying to read a book about each president and I read that Johnson one, great book
Can't wait for the top 10 worst and best U.S. Congressmen!
I have a FEW more to sort through for that one. :/
Could you do a video on how Vice Presidential picks are so important and who joe Biden might pick for VP too?
This might be a good livestream idea!
Mr. Beat well that’s good
One Senator from my state of Michigan (Vandenberg) is on your honorable mentions, but I would like to nominate another, Philip Hart, friend of Labor, opponent of the Vietnam War, the real Conscience of the Senate.
great vid! what are your favorite currnet senators?
My favorite senators
1. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
2. Jon Tester (D-MT)
3. Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
Fact: Webster parish in Louisiana was named after Daniel Webster.
I did not know that.
Surprised not to see Mike Mansfield, was a powerful majority leader who helped get civil rights legislation through Congress. Great list though
My phone wouldnt let me submit my work at the end of my ap us history exam today so I wasted an hour writing an essay for nothing but at least this video is keeping me entertained
Aw man. I'm so sorry.
Can you do the top 10 best and worst senators that are currently in the Senate?
I would certainly have put Frank Church on the list. Considering he had the integrity to investigate and expose some of the atrocities of the CIA via the Frank Church Committee.
While I don't think he merits a spot in the top 10, my personal favorite US Senator is Wayne Morse, who unsurprisingly came from my own home state- Oregon.
He changed political alignments several times in his life, starting as a republican, briefly becoming an independent, and serving the rest of his life as a democrat Most significantly, he was just one of two senators to oppose the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, despite having been coerced to join the Democratic party by Lyndon Johnson himself. That can't have been easy!
Who , in your opinion, the best current senator (based on the amount they got done and keeping promises, etc)
What editing software do you use?
Kassebaum : open mind about everything from both party,so nothing like today politician then
I like your list. My additions would be Ralph Yarborough, Wayne Morse, and Birch Bayh.
Great additions there, and I can't believe I forgot about Bayh!
@@MuhammadAhmed-qh7ut From my home state of Texas of all places. And then got primaried and ousted by a neoliberal named Lloyd Bentsen in 1970. SMH.
Wasn’t Birch Bayh one of the U.S. Senators behind both the 25th and 26th Amendments, as well as unsuccessful amendments like the E.R.A. and the last major attempt to abolish the Electoral College?
@@HorrorMetalDnD Yes, he was!
Fightin' Bob!
Mr. Beat have you done Missouri v Holland, yet? If not, it is a very interesting and monumental case in U.S. history. (Which I'm sure you've heard of!)