Top 5 Vice Presidents in American History

In this video, Mr. Beat counts down his top five greatest Vice Presidents in American history.
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I’m Mr. Beat, and sometimes it seems that Vice Presidents just don’t get any love, they don’t get any respect.
Hahahahaha. Yep, they’re always the butt of a joke. Article 1, Section 3, Clause 4 of the U.S. Constitution says the Vice President has two main jobs. To cast a vote in the Senate to break a 50-50 tie, which has actually been happening more and more lately, and to certify the official vote count for the Electoral College. That’s it. Sure, the Vice President is first line to be President if the President dies, but there’s really just an 18% chance of that happening if you look at all of American history. Dang, it’s that high?
And sure, the Vice President often is involved with a lot of diplomatic work or helps the President with certain projects or issues, but in those cases he is working FOR the President, not independent of him.
But the Vice President position wasn’t even required until the 25th Amendment was ratified in 1967. That means, before then, if the Vice President died while in office, he didn’t have to be replaced! Oh and before that, it wasn’t 100 percent clear the Vice President could take the President’s job if HE died, he just sort of did anyway. Thanks John Tyler.
Speaking of John Tyler, he did not make this list. Here are the top 5 Vice Presidents in American History, in my opinion. This is yet another opinion video. I apologize for that. This time, I better reveal that I am judging them based on their actions over their entire adult lives, not just during their time as Veep. Also, Vice Presidents who also later became President are exempt from this list.
This is probably a good time to mention that this video is made in conjunction with Mr. Betts. Over on his channel he just released a video counting down his top 5 Presidents who took over not getting elected, but because the previous President died and they were the Veep. Be sure to check it out after watching this video. No not right now! AFTER. Geez.
Ok, so watch the video for my top 5 Vice Presidents in American history.
Thanks to my newest Patreon supporters John Johnson, Beau Branch, and Kyle Noyes! Thanks for your support. I’ll be back next Friday with a new episode of Compared

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  • @iammrbeat
    @iammrbeat6 жыл бұрын

    Before you comment about it, I am well aware of the allegations against Henry Wilson during the Crédit Mobilier scandal. There's not a lot of definitive evidence there. He was still a dang good statesman. Who do you think is the greatest Vice President in American history? Now, here our the worst Vice Presidents in American history: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nZuWx6aCh6izaag.html

  • @oliverhees4076

    @oliverhees4076

    6 жыл бұрын

    I would say either Dan Quayle or Dick Cheney. Dick Cheney did wonders for national defense and was a righteous man, while Dan Quayle was very intelligent.

  • @larrywave

    @larrywave

    6 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Beat could you do a video about all the channels that you endorse :)

  • @Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong

    @Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong

    6 жыл бұрын

    +Oliver Hees Lol

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    6 жыл бұрын

    larrywave, that's a great idea. Maybe for my 50,000 sub special if that ever happens?

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    6 жыл бұрын

    VICE GRIP, a member of the Tool Party. Their slogan is "It's Tool Time, baby!"

  • @chrisnemec5644
    @chrisnemec56446 жыл бұрын

    My favorite vice presidential quote comes from Thomas Marshall. It reads thus: "Once there were two brothers. One ran away to sea, the other was elected Vice President, and nothing was ever heard of either of them again."

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    6 жыл бұрын

    Haha! Is that a legit quote? If so that's amazing. And then there is John Nance Garner saying being Veep "is not worth a bucket of warm spit."

  • @NJGuy1973

    @NJGuy1973

    6 жыл бұрын

    Actually, Garner said "..warm piss," but you couldn't print that in those days.

  • @NJGuy1973

    @NJGuy1973

    6 жыл бұрын

    One day while Marshall was VP and presiding over the Senate, some Senator made a long-winded speech where every other sentence began "What this country needs..." Marshall leaned forward and whispered loudly enough for most of the chamber to hear, "What this country really needs is a good five-cent cigar."

  • @gregoryl.mcgarvey1042

    @gregoryl.mcgarvey1042

    5 жыл бұрын

    Pithy sayings does not make a good VP. Personally, though when Woodrow Wilson was incapacitated, Marshall should have become president.

  • @joshkusiak7613

    @joshkusiak7613

    5 жыл бұрын

    Chris Nemec he hate it thought

  • @necko2529
    @necko25296 жыл бұрын

    18% death rate? Sounds like the deadliest job a person can have...

  • @bingisbahn3374

    @bingisbahn3374

    5 жыл бұрын

    Necko Agic it is

  • @uncinarynin

    @uncinarynin

    5 жыл бұрын

    Try Pope ... except for two (Coelestin V and Benedict XVI) they all died in office.

  • @jakemccarrey7734

    @jakemccarrey7734

    5 жыл бұрын

    Try monarch of the UK. It has an 89% death rate.

  • @madc2004

    @madc2004

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@uncinarynin Didn't that celestine v guy resign due to lack of competence or something

  • @aaronbradley3232

    @aaronbradley3232

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes but I don't believe it could happen today really I mean they basically room who they want and when I say they I'm talking about the 1% they groom who they want us to choose from and quite frankly I mean Bush and Obama where the worst two-term Presidents probably ever and nobody killed them and I've never seen someone as hated As Trump and no one has killed him so I think ever since they murdered Kennedy and yes they murdered him and that's one of the few things that most Americans can actually agree on, anyway since they murdered him I just don't see it happening in the surveillance state we live in. The only way it could possibly happen and this is really stretching it as long as the Electoral College still exist is if a third-party candidate somehow got enough support to ascend to the office of president. They would take him out in a heartbeat. And I wonder mr. beat if you are counting McKinley he was the one who died of pneumonia right that didn't really have anything to do with his 3 hours long in all your old address are you kind of people that died in the office as well as the ones that were assassinated? I would have to believe you are because I just woke up maybe I should not have commented for my brain starts a firing on all cylinders

  • @ayadali9112
    @ayadali91123 жыл бұрын

    Walter Mondale just passed away. R.I.P. Walter Mondale.😢

  • @businesszeus4864

    @businesszeus4864

    3 жыл бұрын

    That’s sad

  • @ayadali9112

    @ayadali9112

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@businesszeus4864 It sure is.

  • @seanydeas

    @seanydeas

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bob Dole also died. RIP Bob Dole too.

  • @josephfried9579

    @josephfried9579

    2 жыл бұрын

    😥😥😥😥😥😥😥

  • @josephfried9579

    @josephfried9579

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@seanydeas 😥

  • @happyorangejuce
    @happyorangejuce6 жыл бұрын

    "When he did speak, he made an impact. He had the best words" He knows words. He has the best words.

  • @alexandergajadhar

    @alexandergajadhar

    3 жыл бұрын

    no one has better words than me believe me

  • @sharonwheat3659

    @sharonwheat3659

    9 ай бұрын

    Who is he? Before using a pronoun, one must establish its antecedent.

  • @s4gr_n0s3y
    @s4gr_n0s3y3 жыл бұрын

    Rest In Peace Walter Mondale, you’re one of the greatest Vice Presidents ever

  • @brucemace5404

    @brucemace5404

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes Rest In Peace but he wasn’t even close to being a good VP. WAS Against the failed hostage rescue operation and really very anti military But he did what most VP did up until then. Work behind the scenes. Keep quit and stayed away from the spotlights.

  • @TangledUpInBlue631

    @TangledUpInBlue631

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@brucemace5404 opposed to operation eagle claw.i would call it visionary. Turned special operations into.seal team six which dispatched Osama bin laden. Work quietly and effectively as jimmy Carter's partner. No chief executive appreciates being upstaged. An effective vice president urged by his boss to express his opinions.indeed a watershed moment for his office. One of the best.

  • @katjablum3837

    @katjablum3837

    11 ай бұрын

    He was the vp to the goat

  • @adryanantonio7531
    @adryanantonio75313 жыл бұрын

    R.I.P Walter Mondale. Just came back to remember this.

  • @goatgamer001

    @goatgamer001

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes R.I.P.

  • @MrKiseki24
    @MrKiseki246 жыл бұрын

    Honorable mention to Joe Biden for being the most meme-able.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    6 жыл бұрын

    Well that's a whole other countdown!

  • @nerddragon2222

    @nerddragon2222

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@iammrbeat AKA mr. Gafes

  • @likeccvb6972

    @likeccvb6972

    4 жыл бұрын

    I love the message

  • @milomongoose9976

    @milomongoose9976

    4 жыл бұрын

    Its funny because biden is about to win.

  • @daniyalsabri9992

    @daniyalsabri9992

    4 жыл бұрын

    Milo Pesca sadly

  • @LetsTalkElections
    @LetsTalkElections6 жыл бұрын

    I noticed you recently subscribed to me, and I just wanted to say I love your content! I used your 2008 Presidential Election video to help with information on my first ever KZread video and I have seen a number of your videos! Keep up the good work Mr. Beat!

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    6 жыл бұрын

    That's awesome. :D Well I enjoy your channel as well. Your hypotheticals and analyses are ridiculously entertaining. We should collaborate some time!

  • @LetsTalkElections

    @LetsTalkElections

    6 жыл бұрын

    Definitely! Do you have anything I can contact you on?

  • @NicklasZandeVGCP2001

    @NicklasZandeVGCP2001

    4 жыл бұрын

    Oh! Hey Ethan. Didn't know you frequently watched Mr. Beat as much as I do.

  • @KaiserWilliam2005

    @KaiserWilliam2005

    3 жыл бұрын

    And now they have collabed!

  • @DMH-bt2zo

    @DMH-bt2zo

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hi there, I’m a big fan of both of you. Keep up the good work you guys!! 👍🏻

  • @aniq5989
    @aniq59896 жыл бұрын

    Next up, Top 5 Worst US Vice Presidents in History.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    6 жыл бұрын

    Eventually!

  • @rileyfreeman7122

    @rileyfreeman7122

    6 жыл бұрын

    cheney is number 1. end of story

  • @PhilipDeLong

    @PhilipDeLong

    6 жыл бұрын

    My list starts out with the two traitors, Burr and Breckenridge. Then there's the one so famous that he couldn't get along with either of his presidents, John Calhoun (Dawes is honorable mention in this category). Add the flagrantly corrupt Agnew (Colfax at least had some redeeming features). And finally, throw in the sad, sad case of Daniel Tompkins.

  • @jamesmerone

    @jamesmerone

    6 жыл бұрын

    Biden.

  • @californiahummus

    @californiahummus

    6 жыл бұрын

    5. Mike Pence 4. Dan Quayle 3. Spiro Agnew 2. John C. Calhoun 1. Dick Cheney

  • @hggfhh4449
    @hggfhh44493 жыл бұрын

    Speaking of Vice Presidents Walter Mondale just passed away. He was 93.

  • @stalkinghorse883
    @stalkinghorse8836 жыл бұрын

    I think Mondale is most remembered for saying "Where's the beef".

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    6 жыл бұрын

    And that wasn't even that clever to say. Let's get him remembered for the Fair Housing Act. Yeah! Let's go!

  • @nerddragon2222

    @nerddragon2222

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@iammrbeat course he accidentally said I will raise taxes and his running mate had a lot of scandals not that I hate him Mondale I love him I think he picked the wrong woman no offense

  • @ChrisJones-ij3xp

    @ChrisJones-ij3xp

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nerddragon2222 "Let's tell the truth. Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did." Ouch. Proof that just because Americans oughta know something, it doesn't mean they oughta hear it.

  • @AQuestioner

    @AQuestioner

    3 жыл бұрын

    Rest in peace, Mr. Mondale. He just died today at age 93. 2021-04-19

  • @Snowboi1963

    @Snowboi1963

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ChrisJones-ij3xp Another reason Mondale lost, Reagan just destroyed him in the debate.

  • @jnd6897
    @jnd68976 жыл бұрын

    My favorite part’s your mentioning of Carter being seen negatively as president while Mondale’s performance as VP is typically well-received by those that actually looked into it.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I've always been fascinated by that. :D

  • @nerddragon2222

    @nerddragon2222

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@iammrbeat why do some presidents pick vice-presidents who ended being horrible or have no charisma while they are great and have charisma like Richard Nixon Eisenhower

  • @nerddragon2222

    @nerddragon2222

    4 жыл бұрын

    I will raise taxes the only differences he won't tell you

  • @nerddragon2222

    @nerddragon2222

    4 жыл бұрын

    Course Ferraro was a bad running mate seriously New York I get if you want a female vice president but she was certainly not it

  • @nerddragon2222

    @nerddragon2222

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@iammrbeat the 10worst vice presidential pics

  • @johnthehuman2740
    @johnthehuman27407 ай бұрын

    I'm putting in a vote for Al Gore. He accepted the results of the 2000 election once the Supreme Court ruled. He did tremendous work on climate change.

  • @excelisfun
    @excelisfun6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the cool video!

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching :D

  • @Mew_Master
    @Mew_Master3 жыл бұрын

    RIP Walter Mondale 1928-2021

  • @StefanMilo
    @StefanMilo6 жыл бұрын

    George Clinton's hair in that Congress painting had the opposite of a centre parting. You know you can trust a man with such an outlandish hairstyle, clearly sticks to his guns.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    6 жыл бұрын

    hahaha well put

  • @StefanMilo

    @StefanMilo

    6 жыл бұрын

    King Peppy Perhaps even invented it! Founding father? more like founding funker.

  • @kellyrenee77

    @kellyrenee77

    6 жыл бұрын

    His eyebrows too!

  • @eifbkcn

    @eifbkcn

    4 жыл бұрын

    And he took over from the British General Henry Clinton as well!

  • @ziconghuang7139
    @ziconghuang71394 жыл бұрын

    Henry Wallace has the face of a genuinely honest, compassionate and caring person.

  • @bran9067
    @bran90673 жыл бұрын

    Hell yeah, Henry Wallace! I like to imagine sometimes if he had become president after FDR died instead of Truman, or if he won in '48 on the Progressive Party. He is such an underrated and unfortunately pretty unknown figure. I never even heard of him until I watched that untold history of the United States series by Oliver Stone.

  • @jenniferhiemstra5228

    @jenniferhiemstra5228

    2 жыл бұрын

    I imagine the alternate universe where he won ALL THE TIME. By no means am I saying it’d be perfect or anything, but the man was so forward thinking that of course his opponents smeared him to strike irrational fear into the voting populace 🙄😭

  • @crescent_sun482

    @crescent_sun482

    8 ай бұрын

    I literally know nothing about him other than that his last name is my first name and that he was a bit of a pinko (but i'm a full-on red, ML, so... hell yeah!) which was probably the idea when they did the smear campaign.

  • @irenecheca6575

    @irenecheca6575

    8 ай бұрын

    One of my favorites too, with his handling of the dust bowl. Sometimes it does take science. This FDR got himself some interesting people in his team

  • @janganrich7486

    @janganrich7486

    17 күн бұрын

    11:09 11:09

  • @janganrich7486

    @janganrich7486

    17 күн бұрын

    FDR died 1943 VP Henry Wallace 34th president America

  • @time_for_toast4922
    @time_for_toast49223 жыл бұрын

    Little known fact about that last guy Henry Wallace: He went to the Soviet Union to see how 'successful' their system was (he was an avid socialist) and came back reporting glowing compliments to the Soviet Union about capable leadership, good agriculture, and happy people. He was a big Stalin fan too. (Before it was unpopular to be)

  • @LlyleHunter
    @LlyleHunter5 жыл бұрын

    When Sec of Agriculture Henry Wallace being the scientist that he was solved the problem of the dust bowl by redesigning agricultural machinery.

  • @scottsloop1402
    @scottsloop14023 жыл бұрын

    Respect for Walter Mondale. He’s a legend

  • @zeepsterd
    @zeepsterd6 жыл бұрын

    Wallace needs more love! Excellent video, Mr. Beat!

  • @gmbrusselsprout

    @gmbrusselsprout

    5 жыл бұрын

    When I saw Wallace at #1 I was soooooo pleased... a man truly ahead of his time, #WallaceForPrezFromBeyondTheGrave XD

  • @michaelpisciarino5348
    @michaelpisciarino53485 жыл бұрын

    0:30 Two main jobs of the Vice President. 2:38 *Walter Mondale* 4:17 *Henry Wilson* 5:48 *William Wheeler* 7:25 *George Clinton* 9:17 *Henry Wallace* 11:15 A phone call to Mr. Bets

  • @ytxdthe2344

    @ytxdthe2344

    3 жыл бұрын

    Biden’s not on this list?

  • @LilWindex1378

    @LilWindex1378

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ytxdthe2344 Well duh

  • @kevincespedes9334
    @kevincespedes93346 жыл бұрын

    You should've done a top 10 instead of top 5

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I was tempted to :D

  • @JonathanMoosey
    @JonathanMoosey5 жыл бұрын

    Henry Wallace was almost President if only he was kept on the ticket by FDR during the 1944 Presidential election.

  • @taylor3557

    @taylor3557

    5 жыл бұрын

    The Democratic Establishment did to Wallace in 1944 what they did to Sanders in 2016

  • @fredh54

    @fredh54

    3 жыл бұрын

    Henry Wallace was dumped for a couple of reasons. FDR really didn’t care who his VP was, it was the party leaders who demanded that he be replaced because they knew FDR was dying and the VP was going to be President. The Dems were afraid of losing the South if Wallace wasn’t replaced. Wallace was known to be a “pinko” (a communist sympathizer) who spoke Russian and was thought to be too close to the Russian leadership.

  • @burningphoenix6679

    @burningphoenix6679

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wallace was a hell of a guy and would be a good president right now. However, during the Cold War. The country needed a president like Truman. Wallace didn’t want to oppose the Soviet Union much. If Wallace was president instead of Truman, South Korea would be speaking commie.

  • @artfleming3912
    @artfleming39123 жыл бұрын

    “Who is still alive and kicking I might add” 😭😭😭

  • @hangukhiphop
    @hangukhiphop4 жыл бұрын

    I learned about Henry Wallace recently. What a legend!

  • @kevinhopkins3587
    @kevinhopkins35876 жыл бұрын

    Top 10 senators?

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    6 жыл бұрын

    That one's definitely coming eventually

  • @nerddragon2222

    @nerddragon2222

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@iammrbeat Mark Hatfield is 1

  • @martinmahern7268

    @martinmahern7268

    4 жыл бұрын

    Birch Bayh

  • @dominicwallington9568

    @dominicwallington9568

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@iammrbeat Joe Biden

  • @_thelegendaryduck_8523

    @_thelegendaryduck_8523

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@nerddragon2222 nah bernie sanders

  • @heimlershistory
    @heimlershistory6 жыл бұрын

    Excellent work here... Veeps never get any love. At least there’s one corner of the internet where their work is upheld...

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Steve! Yeah, the contrast between the positions of President and Vice President is quite stark. It always amazing how quickly we forget our Veeps.

  • @troubledsole9104
    @troubledsole91044 жыл бұрын

    Your channel is awesome. It is always interesting, informative, and entertaining.

  • @jamesberry8034
    @jamesberry80344 жыл бұрын

    I always enjoy your videos, but I especially liked this one. Thanks!

  • @Michformer
    @Michformer3 жыл бұрын

    Way you described Wheeler, particularly the “listens more than he talks” bit, makes it sound like he was quite the Stoic (uppercase “S” intended). Makes me want to read more about him. :)

  • @maxf3336
    @maxf33366 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video as always Mr. Beat! You should make one on the top 10 congressmen.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    6 жыл бұрын

    There are sooo many to choose from!

  • @maxf3336

    @maxf3336

    6 жыл бұрын

    Only 12,244 :D

  • @edwardkeller6386
    @edwardkeller63864 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video,Mr. Beat. Nice work.

  • @julz3tt3
    @julz3tt33 жыл бұрын

    On a binge watch of your content ☺️

  • @diddlyfiddle4405
    @diddlyfiddle44053 жыл бұрын

    RIP Walter Mondale you will be missed

  • @Godless_Doc
    @Godless_Doc4 жыл бұрын

    I’m glad that Mondale made your list. He was the first candidate who I voted for in a presidential election and likely paved the way for my current political values.

  • @lindsaymanning704
    @lindsaymanning7046 жыл бұрын

    Great video Mr. Beat. I am glad you made a video about some of the vice presidents because it is a lot harder to find information about them compared to the presidents. In my English class, I had to write a pretty long essay that could be about almost anything and an older video you made called "The World Is Better Now Than Ever Before" gave me an idea for the topic. The paper was about how the world is pretty good compared to the past and I even got the chance to cite your video about the election of 1872. I used that election because there was a paragraph discussing how it is easier for women and ethnic minorities to have a job as a political leader and that election had a woman run for president with an African American as a running mate. In other words, it was extremely weird for a woman and an African American to run for such a position but today a lot of woman and ethnic minorities have been elected to public office at least compared to the 1870s. Anyway, thank you for giving me an idea about something positive in the essay because I much rather write about why the world is getting better than my thoughts on the death penalty or something else that is depressing. PS I earned an A on my final draft of the essay.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    6 жыл бұрын

    Wow, that is awesome Lindsey. Holy crap I got cited in a school essay? I guess I really made it in life. lol But great analysis and use of reference to add some positive perspective to today's society. People constantly lose track of that. I always laugh when I hear someone say they are extremely worried about the direction this country is going. It's always overblown. Have a great weekend!

  • @dnhy7951

    @dnhy7951

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@iammrbeat Well it isn't overblown right now. Forget partisan politics,Trump has to go.That guy has very FASCIST tendencies.

  • @bigkkm
    @bigkkm3 жыл бұрын

    Your number one sold me. Good job.

  • @TheIncredibleHulk2008
    @TheIncredibleHulk20083 жыл бұрын

    2:41 Unfortunately, that is no longer true.

  • @dipierro4
    @dipierro44 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for mentioning his role in Gideon v. Wainright. He organized state Attorneys General around the country to file a brief in support of the convicted person. This by itself was a significant accomplishment on American history, long before he was in the Senate, let alone V.P.

  • @michaelmallinson7620
    @michaelmallinson762010 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing this. Wow!!

  • @brownmcjuggernuggets5292
    @brownmcjuggernuggets52926 жыл бұрын

    Nice list as always Mr Beat!

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    6 жыл бұрын

    Well thank you :D

  • @user-ou2xi4rf2s

    @user-ou2xi4rf2s

    3 жыл бұрын

    NIce list as always Mr Beat

  • @roberthess3939
    @roberthess39392 жыл бұрын

    I'd love for you to do a series on either the best former presidents (what they accomplished after their time in office) or a list of presidents who tried to run for re-election but were denied the nomination by their party. Thanks, Mr. Beat! (And the Beat goes on..!)

  • @bibia666
    @bibia6664 жыл бұрын

    18%......, is realy high..., indeed. Also Carter is underrated! As a person and president!

  • @robertmcqueen289
    @robertmcqueen2895 жыл бұрын

    Great video mr beat. Nice to see some history on the Vice president for a change. Good job.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks :D

  • @resevoirdog
    @resevoirdog2 жыл бұрын

    Great list 👌

  • @Westportlad
    @Westportlad6 жыл бұрын

    Wow, wasn't expecting you to have Wallace as your no 1. He's my favourite VP. Woop.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    6 жыл бұрын

    I wasn't either lol. But yeah, he was a pretty swell dude.

  • @aperson22222

    @aperson22222

    2 жыл бұрын

    The fact that he was naive enough not to realize that he was in a slave labor camp during his USSR tour would keep him off my list.

  • @mrebel96
    @mrebel966 жыл бұрын

    10/10 Parliament Funkadelic joke

  • @papermoon6932
    @papermoon69326 жыл бұрын

    Another great video!

  • @gipowmiakia
    @gipowmiakia4 жыл бұрын

    Would it be possible to do your top Supreme Court Justices? Thank you for all your videos.

  • @thejumboshrimp
    @thejumboshrimp3 жыл бұрын

    3:59 Joe Biden: Will you shut up, man? (yes i know this was made before 2020 chill)

  • @damilolaakanni

    @damilolaakanni

    3 жыл бұрын

    😁😀😅😂🤣

  • @generationallyadjacent4283
    @generationallyadjacent42833 жыл бұрын

    henry wallace losing the bid for vp to truman was one of the most tragic things to happen in this country.

  • @is34legend826
    @is34legend8262 жыл бұрын

    Good video. It’s good to see that Vice Presidents aren’t completely overshadowed by the Presidents.

  • @michael-m
    @michael-m5 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love your videos. Keep it up, new subscriber here

  • @paulwarren796
    @paulwarren7964 жыл бұрын

    THESE ARE ALL EXCELLENT SELECTIONS . WHAT A TEACHER THIS GUY MUST BE .

  • @Crystal-zk9kw
    @Crystal-zk9kw3 жыл бұрын

    “#1 Henrry Wallace” *instant like*

  • @McSizzle19
    @McSizzle193 жыл бұрын

    I've been watching your videos for the past 9 hours

  • @Debre.
    @Debre.6 жыл бұрын

    I love this channel.

  • @carolineedlund4931
    @carolineedlund49313 жыл бұрын

    Rest in power Walter Mondale (1928-2021). A great Vice President and a great man.

  • @Emma-bl5tp
    @Emma-bl5tp2 жыл бұрын

    Henry Wilson is my 4th great uncle, his original name was Jeremiah Jones Colbath!

  • @JervisGermane
    @JervisGermane8 ай бұрын

    A lot more views and comments now than when you did the Worst VPs video, Mr Beat. Long may you continue to flourish!

  • @librosdejoaquine.brotonsbr7753
    @librosdejoaquine.brotonsbr77534 жыл бұрын

    Nice job, greetings from spain

  • @thunderbird7020
    @thunderbird70203 жыл бұрын

    Rest In Peace Walter Mondale. Great senator and Vice President.

  • @XMattingly
    @XMattingly5 жыл бұрын

    This is a great reminder that a lot of important history has been made by Vice Presidents 👍

  • @ethantoaster8444
    @ethantoaster84443 жыл бұрын

    I never really thought about this very cool

  • @davestrasburg408
    @davestrasburg408 Жыл бұрын

    An interesting video. l learned a lot.

  • @WilliamStoneContentZone
    @WilliamStoneContentZone5 жыл бұрын

    No Hubert Humphrey :(

  • @munimathbypeterfelton6251

    @munimathbypeterfelton6251

    4 жыл бұрын

    Although Humphrey ran a decent presidential campaign in 1968, he was forever overshadowed by his more domineering candidate-turned-President LBJ. And the timing couldn't have been worse that year because his attempts to win the White House were also overshadowed by the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. Had he lived, Americans knew that RFK would have won the Presidency going away. Nixon wouldn't have stood a chance against another Kennedy.

  • @capalotxkai2114

    @capalotxkai2114

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ikr

  • @zacharytaylor3178

    @zacharytaylor3178

    3 жыл бұрын

    Humphrey got the job done and mostly stayed out of hot water despite being a well-known politician during the 1960s. He didn’t accomplish as much as quite a few other VPs, but his integrity & humble approach to government makes him very underrated. We could use more guys like him in our system today

  • @munimathbypeterfelton6251

    @munimathbypeterfelton6251

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Marcus Anderson Iowa I could understand, but Texas? Humphrey's candidate, President LBJ, was from Texas. Oh well. Glad Humphrey still has historicity in Minnesota!

  • @zacharytaylor3178

    @zacharytaylor3178

    3 жыл бұрын

    Marcus Anderson that’s certainly true for today. I was talking about during the 1960s though, in which of course Humphrey had to have been well-known nationwide back then (he was the Vice President, after all).

  • @lobosolo7675
    @lobosolo76753 жыл бұрын

    I was waiting to hear Henry Wallace... and I'm so happy about it the most based vp

  • @thehomeplatespecial597
    @thehomeplatespecial5974 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting!

  • @gloriawang5608
    @gloriawang56083 жыл бұрын

    i love how even if you disagree with the policies, you judge them based on character

  • @mummyneo7112
    @mummyneo71126 жыл бұрын

    I love your picks Mr Beat and I would also add Al Gore, Hubert Humphery and Joe Biden. Great video!

  • @BK-fg8ce
    @BK-fg8ce4 жыл бұрын

    Oh wow didn’t expect you to put Wallace on this list. Let alone number one. Nice.

  • @m.charboneaux2888
    @m.charboneaux28885 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Beat --- I heard that Wilson was murdered & the "Killer bathtub" is still in the Capital Building. Do you have any info on this? Nice vid, BTW, thanks!

  • @robertzastrow4648
    @robertzastrow46483 ай бұрын

    Mr. Beat, love your videos talking about the best/worst people in American Political offices (Presidents, Vice Presidents, etc.). Have you considered doing a "What if. . . hypothetical" regarding Vice Presidents. That is, how American history/policies would have been altered, if men who were the original VPs of Presidents had stayed in those positions, not leaving because of death, resignations, or the President decided to keep them as his running mate. I'm specifically thinking of Hannibal Hamlin, Lincoln's VP during his first term in office, Garett Hobart, McKinley's VP for part of his first term (Hobart died in office, and McKinley picked T. Roosevelt for his second term), and Henry Wallace, FDR's VP during his third term, who was dropped in favor of Truman for FDR's fourth term. Would be interesting to hear your thoughts about what would have happened if any of those men had actually become President.

  • @brianarbenz7206
    @brianarbenz72066 жыл бұрын

    Henry Wallace's positions on the Cold War were too intricate to be explained during the simplistic anti-communist hysteria of that time. His opponents easily prompted voters to reject him out of fear and confusion.

  • @hnys7976

    @hnys7976

    3 жыл бұрын

    He seemed to be ahead of his time. Hes like a guy from the 80s and 90s being placed on the 40s...

  • @jenniferhiemstra5228

    @jenniferhiemstra5228

    2 жыл бұрын

    YEP. The US has always had an anti-intellectual streak 🙄

  • @jakepeterson1121
    @jakepeterson11215 жыл бұрын

    Me: If this mofo doesn't have Henry Wallace at #1... Mr. Beat: And at #1... Henry Wallace Me: Oh, well... good on you bro, didn't see that one coming!

  • @jamessparrow7275
    @jamessparrow72755 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant vid

  • @williamhicks2299
    @williamhicks22994 жыл бұрын

    GREAT choices!

  • @elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770
    @elijahfordsidioticvarietys87704 жыл бұрын

    0:45 don’t forget about protecting the fabric of reality.

  • @timothyowen4503
    @timothyowen4503 Жыл бұрын

    My List for Top 5 Vice Presidents in reverse order: 5.) Hubert Humphrey 4.) Walter Mondale 3.) Nelson Rockefeller 2.) Dan Quayle 1.) Spiro T. Agnew

  • @LeakyTrees

    @LeakyTrees

    2 ай бұрын

    Agnew and Quayle were two of the absolute worst VPs though??

  • @timothyowen4503

    @timothyowen4503

    2 ай бұрын

    @@LeakyTrees I don't think so. They just had poor PR. Of course Kamala is the absolute worst.

  • @LeakyTrees

    @LeakyTrees

    2 ай бұрын

    @@timothyowen4503 Agnew was a corrupt piece of garbage and Quayle was so backwards on every issue that he would have fit better in an 1888 campaign rather than a 1988 one. Kamala just hasn’t done anything, which doesn’t make her the worst, it makes her average. You just don’t like her because she’s a woman.

  • @Zetsuke4
    @Zetsuke43 жыл бұрын

    Very nice

  • @tomdegan6924
    @tomdegan69242 жыл бұрын

    I love this series.

  • @Akula114
    @Akula1143 жыл бұрын

    You made my top list when you named my hero Henry Wallace #1 in your list of Vice Presidents. There are so many reasons, but thank you for giving a fine man and statesman his due. I wonder where we'd be today if Henry Wallace had been our President after the passing of FDR. FDR wanted him, but he was too sick and worn out by the time the Democratic Fat Cats decided to put someone they felt they could control in the Veep seat. I'm not a big fan of Truman, but at least he was able to be grown up enough to say "The Buck Stops Here" rather than, "I didn't do it! It was his idea... " like a grade schooler (no offense meant to grade schoolers).

  • @burningphoenix6679

    @burningphoenix6679

    3 жыл бұрын

    Truman was one of the best. Watch Mr Beats best presidents videos. Look at Truman’s fair deal real quick btw. He wasn’t THAT far to the right of Wallace. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Deal

  • @chasekratzer
    @chasekratzer4 жыл бұрын

    In my opinion the #1 VP was Al Gore.

  • @mikhailv67tv
    @mikhailv67tv3 жыл бұрын

    It's really nice to hear about politicians who were great public servants.

  • @DerectDanChannel
    @DerectDanChannel3 жыл бұрын

    You should redo every one of these including US Presidents; it would be great to see your definitive lists!

  • @coldstonestunners
    @coldstonestunners6 жыл бұрын

    hey beat ! can you make a video on if cali can split into 3 seperate states?

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I heard that made the ballot. I will certainly think on it. Thanks for the suggestion.

  • @thomasbumgardner6970

    @thomasbumgardner6970

    3 жыл бұрын

    If you’re looking into that Illinois is wanting to make Chicago its own state as well.

  • @therealpradowaits
    @therealpradowaits3 жыл бұрын

    2:46 jimmy carter looks so happy

  • @daisythebeagle2718

    @daisythebeagle2718

    3 жыл бұрын

    Jimmy Carter was an incredibly nice guy but he wasn’t made for politics because of how nice he was. It’s sad but that’s just the way it is.

  • @GoFartherPodcast
    @GoFartherPodcast3 жыл бұрын

    MR BEAT!! What kind of camera do you use??

  • @TeganRhodes
    @TeganRhodes3 жыл бұрын

    That's cool about Wheeler. Found out that my 2nd great grandfather and his twin brother, born during the 1876 election count, were named Hayes and Wheeler.

  • @warhawk638
    @warhawk6384 жыл бұрын

    An interesting VP I always thought was Charles Curtis, under Hoover, who was notably an Amerindian. RIP, you'll always unite and avert the Second Civil War in my heard

  • @aperson22222

    @aperson22222

    2 жыл бұрын

    Interesting that the first non-white VP (he had seven white great-grandparents, but so did Homer Plessy) was also on the first GOP ticket to make significant inroads into the Solid South (though Harding and Coolidge had carried Tennessee eight years earlier). One has to conclude that a mixed race Vice President was less offensive to those bigots than an Irish Catholic President. I wonder how much of a role race played in the vicious smears against him. One particularly nasty one that still pops up today had him regularly sleeping with his sister.

  • @jshous
    @jshous4 жыл бұрын

    @ aprx 10:35 you cite Henry Wallace as "contributing to the end of the Cold War". Earlier you say he was VP during FDR's 3rd term. Most historians agree the Cold War began right after WW2.... at, or shortly after, the Potsdam Conference in July 1945. You can see the disconnect.

  • @evandonovan9239

    @evandonovan9239

    7 ай бұрын

    He said calling for an end to the Cold War, but he also said that he was judging the VPs based on their whole lives. So he could've called for an end to it after he was no longer VP.

  • @abullmoose4854
    @abullmoose48542 ай бұрын

    Could you do a video on the greatest (or worst) Speakers of the House?

  • @ianjackson4721
    @ianjackson4721 Жыл бұрын

    Ngl I found this guy 2 years ago when I mistyped MrBeast in the KZread search, and loved this guys content.

  • @SiVlog1989
    @SiVlog19896 жыл бұрын

    In some ways the VP's can be more colourful than the presidents. I wonder if Spiro Agnew would feature in a potential future inverse for this video

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    6 жыл бұрын

    Probably yes

  • @NJGuy1973

    @NJGuy1973

    6 жыл бұрын

    I could guess the five most colorful. There's one who, if he's not among your most colorful, you shouldn't be making these lists anymore.

  • @SiVlog1989

    @SiVlog1989

    5 жыл бұрын

    NJGuy1973 one things for sure, much like it is impossible to judge Trump because he is the incumbent President, I would exclude Mike Pence from any best/worst VP list

  • @JdDiehl
    @JdDiehl3 жыл бұрын

    "He had the best words". I see what you did there 🤣

  • @sambradley1968
    @sambradley19685 жыл бұрын

    Charles Dawes wrote the melody to the song "It's All in The Game".😊🎼

  • @Justanotherpokespepfp
    @Justanotherpokespepfp4 ай бұрын

    10:53 and that's why you're one of my favourite political youtubers. It's very important to let your own dogma make your judgement of someone else, even if they're motivated by a different ideology.