Best 10 Senators in American History

@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:
A comprehensive list of all the U.S. Senators in American history: www.senate.gov/artandhistory/...
www.senate.gov/artandhistory/...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...
www.citypages.com/news/john-c-...
#10 Thomas P. Gore
Learn more about him:
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www.okhistory.org/publication...
tshaonline.org/handbook/onlin...
#9 John P. Hale
Learn more about him:
www.thelatinlibrary.com/chron/...
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#8 Daniel Webster
Learn more about him:
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#7 Nancy Kassebaum
Learn more about her:
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www.britannica.com/biography/...
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emilytaylorcenter.ku.edu/wome...
#6 George Norris
Learn more about him:
www.jstor.org/stable/1949944?...
www.senate.gov/artandhistory/...
amzn.to/2yuxSQV
#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.
Learn more about him:
www.thoughtco.com/henry-clay-...
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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.
Learn more about him as a Senator:
millercenter.org/president/lb...
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www.senate.gov/artandhistory/...
#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:
www.britannica.com/biography/...
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bioguideretro.congress.gov/Ho...
#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.
Learn more about him:
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constitutioncenter.org/blog/t...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_...
#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.
Learn more about him:
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...
www.wisconsinhistory.org/Reco...
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  • @iammrbeat
    @iammrbeat4 жыл бұрын

    My worst senators: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hp6Tqa6Iosm9fps.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!

  • @whyamihere832

    @whyamihere832

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hmm...

  • @CommunistCreeper

    @CommunistCreeper

    4 жыл бұрын

    Think you forgot Bernie Sanders

  • @alexkagan8966

    @alexkagan8966

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@CommunistCreeper hahahahaha nice one

  • @CommunistCreeper

    @CommunistCreeper

    4 жыл бұрын

    Alex Kagan hahaha, no he’s better then all current senators combined

  • @wigglyziggly

    @wigglyziggly

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @theodoreroosevelt6937
    @theodoreroosevelt69373 жыл бұрын

    This list makes no sense, where is Palpatine? He literally WAS the Senate!

  • @mpendulodlaminiofficial9186

    @mpendulodlaminiofficial9186

    3 жыл бұрын

    ?

  • @dan_the_pathmaster7934

    @dan_the_pathmaster7934

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mpendulodlaminiofficial9186 Star Wars reference

  • @donknotts85

    @donknotts85

    3 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic comment 👏

  • @kumbaya69421

    @kumbaya69421

    3 жыл бұрын

    THE SENATE WILL DECIDE YOUR FATE

  • @judochopmaster8233

    @judochopmaster8233

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not in the US tho, sadly

  • @starstrikescience9496
    @starstrikescience94964 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @shannonbeat

    @shannonbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Starstrike Science Cool! @iammrbeat (if this tags you)

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions

    @OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions

    4 жыл бұрын

    If that's true, I'm so mad it wasn't included!

  • @robertagoddard872

    @robertagoddard872

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Chad Senator Norris

  • @ccchhhrrriiisss100

    @ccchhhrrriiisss100

    4 жыл бұрын

    Interesting. However, I am glad that George Norris lost (when it came to the Electoral College).

  • @littlehooch94
    @littlehooch944 жыл бұрын

    Real proud of LBJ for being one of the only southern senators to not sign the Southern Manifesto

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, he deserves more love for his time in the Senate.

  • @MC-br1gk

    @MC-br1gk

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @wigglyziggly

    @wigglyziggly

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@MC-br1gk How is he narcissistic wtf

  • @alexanderlivingston5304

    @alexanderlivingston5304

    4 жыл бұрын

    M Castro yeah you’re an idiot.

  • @RalphReagan

    @RalphReagan

    4 жыл бұрын

    You are such a millennial. Did you play soccer in school? And your picks are wrong.

  • @typojoemmxxiv
    @typojoemmxxiv4 жыл бұрын

    I clicked on this video thinking I was getting the "Ben 10 Senators"

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    I used to think Ben Sasse was just Bein Sassy

  • @Limpshot_McGee

    @Limpshot_McGee

    4 жыл бұрын

    He used all his different alien personas to get elected in 10 different offices.

  • @OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions

    @OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Limpshot_McGee *+*

  • @Rainb0wzNstuff

    @Rainb0wzNstuff

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Limpshot_McGee imma "headcannon" this

  • @dereklee796

    @dereklee796

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh lol

  • @axiomaticisak4350
    @axiomaticisak43504 жыл бұрын

    You should do best and worst failed Presidential nominees next.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    I like that idea.

  • @Thewoj2123

    @Thewoj2123

    4 жыл бұрын

    Howard Dean too

  • @axiomaticisak4350

    @axiomaticisak4350

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Ian64

    @Ian64

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bernie

  • @Azrael8

    @Azrael8

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hubert Humphrey vs Richard Nixon 1968. Humphrey would have made a great President.

  • @billfulbrightwithaberet7618
    @billfulbrightwithaberet76183 жыл бұрын

    Fun Fact: Webster, Sumner, Cabot Lodge Sr, JFK, Ted Kennedy and Elizabeth Warren Served in the Same Senate Seat (Massachusetts Class 1 Seat)

  • @paisleepunk

    @paisleepunk

    3 жыл бұрын

    Must be the enchanted seat. I should move to that state just to try to run that seat.

  • @ash_11117

    @ash_11117

    Жыл бұрын

    Damn too bad the last one tainted it.

  • @krazykris9396
    @krazykris93964 жыл бұрын

    Top 10 best and worst supreme court justices soon?

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Boy that would be a fun one to make. Taney is the worst. lol

  • @krazykris9396

    @krazykris9396

    4 жыл бұрын

    And maybe top 10 best and worst repersentives, but that is going to take a lot of research.

  • @wigglyziggly

    @wigglyziggly

    4 жыл бұрын

    Louis Brandeis def has a spot on the best

  • @ryanfriedman4329

    @ryanfriedman4329

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Beat A top 5 or 10 failed supreme court nominations perhaps...

  • @kinghani

    @kinghani

    4 жыл бұрын

    James Clark McReynolds is surely the worst Supreme Court Justice ever.

  • @Fremont1856
    @Fremont18564 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @tooold8549

    @tooold8549

    4 жыл бұрын

    John Fremont, you’re the GOAT

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Fremont, you may have not made this list, but you'll always be an American bada**.

  • @Fremont1856

    @Fremont1856

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Beat, coming from you that really means a lot, you’ll always be an American bada** as well.

  • @josafathernandez201

    @josafathernandez201

    4 жыл бұрын

    How many years have you been sentor president John Fremont

  • @jamwither9847

    @jamwither9847

    3 жыл бұрын

    you should’ve been president

  • @TheAndrewSchneider
    @TheAndrewSchneider4 жыл бұрын

    How can we advocate for 90-minute documentaries about Henry Clay?

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Maybe if Discovery Education gives me a grant. lol

  • @TheAndrewSchneider

    @TheAndrewSchneider

    4 жыл бұрын

    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!)

  • @TheAndrewSchneider

    @TheAndrewSchneider

    4 жыл бұрын

    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...

  • @excelisfun
    @excelisfun4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your great videos, Mr. Beat : )

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your epicness.

  • @patriotadam4091

    @patriotadam4091

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@iammrbeat 1 month ago 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.

  • @CynicalHistorian
    @CynicalHistorian4 жыл бұрын

    WILSOOOON!

  • @harrytruman5700

    @harrytruman5700

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi l m president Harry Truman

  • @26thpresidenttheodoreroose37

    @26thpresidenttheodoreroose37

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@harrytruman5700 hey Truman

  • @GrapesOfWrath1

    @GrapesOfWrath1

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@harrytruman5700 weird little human

  • @jonaboktr5269

    @jonaboktr5269

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@GrapesOfWrath1 served 2 terms and when he’s done

  • @jonaboktr5269

    @jonaboktr5269

    3 жыл бұрын

    CYPHEEEEEEEEER

  • @Joshricattiofficial
    @Joshricattiofficial4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @michaelgreen4183
    @michaelgreen41834 жыл бұрын

    Henry Clay is a distant great-uncle. Lots of family pride because of him.👍🏼

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Very cool :)

  • @tonyjohansson7567
    @tonyjohansson75674 жыл бұрын

    Great list! And so much to learn from the past. Thank's!

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching. :D

  • @HorrorMetalDnD
    @HorrorMetalDnD4 жыл бұрын

    Another awesome video! Thank you, Mr. Beat!

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! :)

  • @nic9080
    @nic90804 жыл бұрын

    I’ve been awaiting this 😀

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad I finally made it. And soon finally my Worst Vice Presidents list. :)

  • @nic9080

    @nic9080

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Beat 😮

  • @justarandompersononyoutube522
    @justarandompersononyoutube5224 жыл бұрын

    Great video as always Mr. Beat 😀 Keep up the good work

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks person! :D

  • @alanfite333
    @alanfite3334 ай бұрын

    Always great info about important people and events. Thanks again for you work.

  • @semipenguin
    @semipenguin4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Another great video.

  • @NewhamMatt
    @NewhamMatt4 жыл бұрын

    Johnson: He got stuff done, and he was passionate. McConnell: ...

  • @MajorMlgNoob

    @MajorMlgNoob

    3 жыл бұрын

    He's passionate about enriching himself at the expense of the country

  • @andrewsutherland133

    @andrewsutherland133

    3 жыл бұрын

    Honestly Johnson was probably a worse person than Trump or McConnell.

  • @reymiguelperez6643

    @reymiguelperez6643

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @andrewsutherland133

    @andrewsutherland133

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @johncarlollavor2146

    @johncarlollavor2146

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@andrewsutherland133 listen, character doesn't belong here, only policies.

  • @DwRockett
    @DwRockett3 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @MrWwefantripleh
    @MrWwefantripleh2 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @kourii
    @kourii3 жыл бұрын

    Man don't tease us with talk of a 90-minute Clay documentary. Now I need it

  • @mathieuleader8601
    @mathieuleader86014 жыл бұрын

    I think Bush Snr. should have chose Kassenbaum instead of Quayle as his running mate his time in office would have been rated higher

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @markgorenshtein1946

    @markgorenshtein1946

    3 жыл бұрын

    No. Quayle was NOT the problem

  • @evasiuk

    @evasiuk

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@markgorenshtein1946 Bush was great

  • @markgorenshtein1946

    @markgorenshtein1946

    3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @markgorenshtein1946

    @markgorenshtein1946

    3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @domdadestroyer5882
    @domdadestroyer58824 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for putting Fighting Bob on the 1st spot, he is my favorite of all time.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glad you already love Fighting Bob. So many folks don't know about him, surprisingly.

  • @cognology604
    @cognology6044 жыл бұрын

    Really enjoyed this one, thanks!

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @lucasklabin8640
    @lucasklabin86402 жыл бұрын

    This video is absolute gold congrats on the hard word and great video.

  • @wigglyziggly
    @wigglyziggly4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    I didn't know much about him. Thanks for bringing him to my attention. :)

  • @TheMasochrist

    @TheMasochrist

    4 жыл бұрын

    Leonardo Zighelboim McCarthy was right

  • @wigglyziggly

    @wigglyziggly

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @TheMasochrist

    @TheMasochrist

    4 жыл бұрын

    Leonardo Zighelboim communists aren’t people. I don’t feel that curb stomping them would illicit any sympathies from me

  • @TheMasochrist

    @TheMasochrist

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Cinnamon_Chayne
    @Cinnamon_Chayne3 жыл бұрын

    "the capital isn't open for visitors" Me: *flashes back to Jan 6th 2021*

  • @davidlafleche1142

    @davidlafleche1142

    2 жыл бұрын

    Maxine Waters should be ashamed of herself for provoking that.

  • @bkdmode

    @bkdmode

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@davidlafleche1142 Using your logic, I guess the US should be ashamed of provoking Bin Laden & Al Queda into perpetrating the 9/11 attacks.

  • @lostfan5054
    @lostfan50543 жыл бұрын

    Man I love your work!

  • @commonking2679
    @commonking26794 жыл бұрын

    Love your vids

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much! :D

  • @Hoosier_man01
    @Hoosier_man01 Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @ai-bino
    @ai-bino3 жыл бұрын

    Blind senator? As a blind man, this makes me happy.

  • @johncarlollavor2146

    @johncarlollavor2146

    3 жыл бұрын

    Then how can you type, you memorized the keyboard?

  • @johncarlollavor2146

    @johncarlollavor2146

    3 жыл бұрын

    Then I remember, he can't reply because he's blind, this is a fucking waste of time.

  • @sharksh0rk529

    @sharksh0rk529

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@johncarlollavor2146 could be text to speech. i believe there are many ways a blind person can type

  • @marcusjackson8135
    @marcusjackson81354 жыл бұрын

    I really liked your list (discovered some really interesting senators).

  • @cierralowery7096
    @cierralowery70963 жыл бұрын

    I love your channel!!!

  • @aspetty
    @aspetty4 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @wigglyziggly
    @wigglyziggly4 жыл бұрын

    FIRST. I HAVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS VIDEO ASDKGKDHF

  • @wigglyziggly

    @wigglyziggly

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Red Cup :'(

  • @metarus208
    @metarus2083 жыл бұрын

    One of your best!

  • @James-zh2qy
    @James-zh2qy4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Mr. Beat

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank YOU. :)

  • @debbielessard4040
    @debbielessard40403 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @unknownguyindo4356

    @unknownguyindo4356

    10 ай бұрын

    From what I know, she dislikes Communism but she thought McCarthy kinda take it too far with his Red Scare.

  • @journeyingjay3458

    @journeyingjay3458

    7 ай бұрын

    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!

  • @nannerz1994
    @nannerz19944 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @10yearsago94
    @10yearsago944 жыл бұрын

    Can't wait for the 2020 election video. I've watched all the rest!

  • @caryrodda
    @caryrodda4 жыл бұрын

    Nice list. I almost wish you had made it a two-part, top 20 list with some of your honorable mentions.

  • @SmithdoesMinecraft
    @SmithdoesMinecraft4 жыл бұрын

    You really uploaded this during my APUSH test smh

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    This is for fun. The APUSH test is for um...not fun. Congrats on finishing it!

  • @nevermind3630

    @nevermind3630

    4 жыл бұрын

    Axolotl i hoped you passed I took it too yesterday

  • @pupsi9840

    @pupsi9840

    3 жыл бұрын

    ok but what did u get

  • @SmithdoesMinecraft

    @SmithdoesMinecraft

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@pupsi9840 Not tryna flex but I got a 5.

  • @crustpunkjesuschrist

    @crustpunkjesuschrist

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @McIntosh1581
    @McIntosh15814 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @McIntosh1581

    @McIntosh1581

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @rickkroll

    @rickkroll

    4 ай бұрын

    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

  • @rickkroll

    @rickkroll

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@iammrbeatLouisiana being the most federally dependent state in the union, love those "libertarian successes!" 😂

  • @rickkroll

    @rickkroll

    4 ай бұрын

    If libertarian centrist populism works we would have examples of countries, like all the stories of capitalist socialist successes

  • @birdsofray
    @birdsofray4 жыл бұрын

    Great video as usual, fellow Kansan! I’m still in Manhattan waiting for the KU vs K-State comparison video! 😂

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks :) Yeah it might be awhile for that video but that would be incredibly fun for us and probably really boring for most.

  • @birdsofray

    @birdsofray

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Beat That makes total sense. Do it only if you are bored and without content lined up. 😁

  • @joefulton9466
    @joefulton9466 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Rlessays
    @Rlessays3 жыл бұрын

    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. :)

  • @williamg8269
    @williamg8269 Жыл бұрын

    Honorable mentions: Maggie Hassan, Olympia Snowe, John McCain, Bob Dole, Daniel Inouye

  • @quinnsengstake8085
    @quinnsengstake80854 жыл бұрын

    You the man Mr Beat

  • @MrBoboiscool
    @MrBoboiscool4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's another fantastic idea.

  • @thelonedrone4058
    @thelonedrone40583 жыл бұрын

    Petition for Mr. Beat to livestream himself reading the longest filibusters

  • @mark_lgaming6565
    @mark_lgaming65654 жыл бұрын

    It would be cool if you did a list of the best current/recent officeholders too.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    That would be a big challenge, but maybe someday I'd be up for it. :)

  • @scrublordgamer9636
    @scrublordgamer96369 күн бұрын

    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!

  • @oldreliablerc
    @oldreliablercАй бұрын

    I love your work, also I think that we are shirt twins, so I love it even more.

  • @johnsecheverell7824
    @johnsecheverell78244 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @jeffmiller6954
    @jeffmiller69544 жыл бұрын

    I am glad that Sumner is included.

  • @tommyblack6135
    @tommyblack61354 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @IAmAndrew1
    @IAmAndrew14 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for mentioning Connecticut, Mr. Beat! -CT Gang

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ellsworth showed 'em how to do it.

  • @Jacobzx
    @Jacobzx4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @russell296
    @russell2964 жыл бұрын

    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?

  • @itsblitz4437
    @itsblitz44374 жыл бұрын

    Just asking but Will you do a Top 10 Best / Worst House of Representatives? Still love your videos.

  • @zach7193
    @zach71934 жыл бұрын

    That was a good list and a funny laugh.

  • @angusb99
    @angusb994 жыл бұрын

    “My opinions are not fact... yet” 😂

  • @michaelmilam7285
    @michaelmilam72854 жыл бұрын

    Just what I need after that APUSH DBQ

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    I hope it went well for you.

  • @parkerr9489
    @parkerr94893 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @llandrin9205
    @llandrin92059 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @littlehooch94
    @littlehooch944 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @littlehooch94

    @littlehooch94

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @littlehooch94

    @littlehooch94

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Beat Southern Discomfort is a great documentary available on KZread about how southerners remember and celebrate the Confederacy

  • @joemorris2158
    @joemorris21583 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @kourii
    @kourii3 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Beat rocks the longer COVID hair pretty well

  • @aliasfakename4183
    @aliasfakename41834 жыл бұрын

    Glad you put Ellsworth in there. I am from his hometown!

  • @anthonydifabio3406
    @anthonydifabio34064 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @xaviotesharris891
    @xaviotesharris8913 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @phantomthief123
    @phantomthief123 Жыл бұрын

    Good for you for calling out KZread for demonizing your original video.

  • @JonasMatthewBahta
    @JonasMatthewBahta4 жыл бұрын

    They opened up barbershops, and salons in my city/state about 2 weeks ago, I’m surprised they haven’t opened any up in Kansas which is spread out as my state.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Monday they'll be open. Mrs. Beat already cut my hair though. :)

  • @funkyfinn1
    @funkyfinn13 жыл бұрын

    When you realize bernie is disqualified 🥺

  • @il_padrino4665
    @il_padrino46654 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @kayzeaza
    @kayzeaza4 жыл бұрын

    I’m currently trying to read a book about each president and I read that Johnson one, great book

  • @paulwarren796
    @paulwarren7963 жыл бұрын

    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 .

  • @MegaJustGeorge
    @MegaJustGeorge4 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @alexhaynes7983
    @alexhaynes79834 жыл бұрын

    Cool 😎 👍👍👍 May your videos be monetized

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    So far this one has stayed monetized. :)

  • @andrewschultz6608
    @andrewschultz6608 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @MikeB3542
    @MikeB3542 Жыл бұрын

    Fightin' Bob!

  • @ekmalsukarno2302
    @ekmalsukarno23024 жыл бұрын

    Hi there Mr Beat, I'm curious to know, what is your next comparison video gonna be on?

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm not 100% sure yet, but I'm thinking Colorado and Wyoming.

  • @justarandompersononyoutube522

    @justarandompersononyoutube522

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@iammrbeat yes

  • @harrisonwang27
    @harrisonwang274 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @g.t.richardson6311

    @g.t.richardson6311

    Ай бұрын

    Kkk Byrd

  • @OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions
    @OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions4 жыл бұрын

    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!)

  • @saintburnsy2468
    @saintburnsy24683 жыл бұрын

    4:40 idk why, but that really got to me 😂 caught me off guard

  • @ron6285
    @ron62854 жыл бұрын

    Could you do a video on how Vice Presidential picks are so important and who joe Biden might pick for VP too?

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    This might be a good livestream idea!

  • @ron6285

    @ron6285

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Beat well that’s good

  • @TheIlustrado
    @TheIlustrado4 жыл бұрын

    Can't wait for the top 10 worst and best U.S. Congressmen!

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    I have a FEW more to sort through for that one. :/

  • @hiwotekubay1137
    @hiwotekubay11373 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Beat you yes you Mr. Beat you 👍

  • @luramirike8539
    @luramirike85393 жыл бұрын

    I like your hair the best of all your videos. Keep. It long.

  • @zach49961
    @zach499614 жыл бұрын

    Fact: Webster parish in Louisiana was named after Daniel Webster.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    I did not know that.

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant30124 жыл бұрын

    I like your list. My additions would be Ralph Yarborough, Wayne Morse, and Birch Bayh.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Great additions there, and I can't believe I forgot about Bayh!

  • @dfwsociallyisolatednelly7120

    @dfwsociallyisolatednelly7120

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @HorrorMetalDnD

    @HorrorMetalDnD

    4 жыл бұрын

    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?

  • @bonghunezhou5051

    @bonghunezhou5051

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@HorrorMetalDnD Yes, he was!

  • @aarontalksculture4946
    @aarontalksculture49464 жыл бұрын

    The longer hair looks good. Keep it growing.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Too late ☹

  • @kett912
    @kett9124 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Aw man. I'm so sorry.

  • @yearslate9349
    @yearslate93493 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @NoahBart
    @NoahBart4 жыл бұрын

    Surprised not to see Mike Mansfield, was a powerful majority leader who helped get civil rights legislation through Congress. Great list though

  • @MrJon92as
    @MrJon92as2 жыл бұрын

    Can you do the top 10 best and worst senators that are currently in the Senate?

  • @angrychickenyt
    @angrychickenyt4 жыл бұрын

    Who , in your opinion, the best current senator (based on the amount they got done and keeping promises, etc)