My worst senators: ua-cam.com/video/Tj_GLOrfWN8/v-deo.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!
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 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.
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!
@@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.
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.
@@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.
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!)
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
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
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!
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!
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
@@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.
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.
@@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 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.
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.
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 - 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
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.
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
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.
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
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 am aiden La follette and i am related to Robert la follette. His and my family have moved to canada! It’s crazy how someone I am fully related to worked and ran for the government!
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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!
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?
Sen. Dennis Chavez of New Mexico? No honorable mention? He was the first American-born Hispanic senator, occupying the New Mexico Senate seat from 1935 to 1962. He was a man of the people, even in death refusing to be buried in D.C, he said he intended to say with the people. His upbringing and ultimate rise to power is an incredible story that I would highly recommend for anyone who doesn't know of him. I learned of him while learning N.M History in middle school. "CHAMPION OF THE POOR."
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 came across him in my research, but read somewhere (I can't remember where honestly), that he was not fully blind. What a crazy story about how he got blind, too. Electrical shock due to a cigar lighter!
@@iammrbeat www.mnopedia.org/person/schall-thomas-d-1878-1935 Here's a link to a (perhaps biased) bio from the Minnesota Historical Society, which describes Schall as blind, without any mention of the blindness being only partial.
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!
I feel like I’m biased as a Minnesotan, but I’m a bit confused as to why there isn’t any mention of Humphrey. From what I understand, he was a courageous, outspoken critic of racial segregation, being the first federal official to publicly admonish it during the DNC Convention in 1948, when he was simply running for the Senate as the Mayor of Minneapolis. He remained fiercely dedicated to ending segregation during his time in office, and was seen as one of the leaders of the growing liberal wing of the Democratic Party.
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.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote more books than most senators up to his time had even read! His work on the decline of families among African-Americans in the mid-1960s should have been required reading. His willingness to work in government across party lines should be held as a model for how senators should comport themselves.
I was hoping Feingold would show up, even if it was just as an honorable mention. Definitely one of my political role models growing up. Truly, the pride of Wisconsin. Well... liberal and progressive Wisconsinites at least.
Mr. Beat Yeah everything went great, I did the Attach File Option. I had Manifest Destiny from 1830-1905. It was kinda difficult because the documents werent clear or concise. I think that was one of the easier prompts though.
Glad LBJ made the list. It’s absolutely amazing how he got the 1957 Civil Rights Act passed (first one since Reconstruction) if you read Master of the Senate.
Saddened to not see John McCain in the video or in the honorable mentions. He was pretty bipartisan, voted to save Obamacare (which helped millions keep healthcare, my grandparents included), and was generally a great guy. He admitted when he was wrong and defended Obama when his own supporters would talk trash about him. A great guy.
My worst senators: ua-cam.com/video/Tj_GLOrfWN8/v-deo.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.
Starstrike Science Cool! @iammrbeat (if this tags you)
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Love living in MA we get the best!
@@ash_11117goddamnit
Can we remove that senate seat?
WILSOOOON!
Hi l m president Harry Truman
@@harrytruman5700 hey Truman
@@harrytruman5700 weird little human
@@GrapesOfWrath1 served 2 terms and when he’s done
CYPHEEEEEEEEER
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.
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
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...
Henry Clay is a distant great-uncle. Lots of family pride because of him.👍🏼
Very cool :)
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
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
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.
Man don't tease us with talk of a 90-minute Clay documentary. Now I need it
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!
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.
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 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.
Another awesome video! Thank you, Mr. Beat!
Thanks! :)
I’ve been awaiting this 😀
I'm glad I finally made it. And soon finally my Worst Vice Presidents list. :)
Mr. Beat 😮
"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.
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
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.
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
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
Great video as always Mr. Beat 😀 Keep up the good work
Thanks person! :D
Petition for Mr. Beat to livestream himself reading the longest filibusters
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
I am glad that Sumner is included.
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.
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
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 am aiden La follette and i am related to Robert la follette. His and my family have moved to canada! It’s crazy how someone I am fully related to worked and ran for the government!
Honorable mentions: Maggie Hassan, Olympia Snowe, John McCain, Bob Dole, Daniel Inouye
All those people suck except for Bob Dole.
“My opinions are not fact... yet” 😂
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thanks for mentioning Connecticut, Mr. Beat!
-CT Gang
Ellsworth showed 'em how to do it.
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!
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.
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.
Good for you for calling out UA-cam for demonizing your original video.
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'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.
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.
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 UA-cam about how southerners remember and celebrate the Confederacy
Great video Mr. Beat.
Just what I need after that APUSH DBQ
I hope it went well for you.
Mr. Beat rocks the longer COVID hair pretty well
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!
Love your vids
Thanks so much! :D
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!
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. :)
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?
Really enjoyed this one, thanks!
Thank you!
Can't wait for the top 10 worst and best U.S. Congressmen!
I have a FEW more to sort through for that one. :/
Always great info about important people and events. Thanks again for you work.
Sen. Dennis Chavez of New Mexico? No honorable mention? He was the first American-born Hispanic senator, occupying the New Mexico Senate seat from 1935 to 1962. He was a man of the people, even in death refusing to be buried in D.C, he said he intended to say with the people. His upbringing and ultimate rise to power is an incredible story that I would highly recommend for anyone who doesn't know of him. I learned of him while learning N.M History in middle school.
"CHAMPION OF THE POOR."
Thank you. Another great video.
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. :)
Claiborne Pell is mad underrated. Dude also cared so much for education.
Gore was NOT the only blind senator. Time for me to speak up for MY native state. Thomas Schall, Senator from Minnesota 1925-35 was also blind.
I came across him in my research, but read somewhere (I can't remember where honestly), that he was not fully blind. What a crazy story about how he got blind, too. Electrical shock due to a cigar lighter!
@@iammrbeat www.mnopedia.org/person/schall-thomas-d-1878-1935 Here's a link to a (perhaps biased) bio from the Minnesota Historical Society, which describes Schall as blind, without any mention of the blindness being only partial.
Everett Dirksen. Passed Civil Rights Act 64' AND Voting Rights Act 65'. Master of the Senate. Gravelly voice was the music of gravitas.
Cool 😎 👍👍👍
May your videos be monetized
So far this one has stayed monetized. :)
Glad you put Ellsworth in there. I am from his hometown!
FIRST. I HAVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS VIDEO ASDKGKDHF
@Red Cup :'(
I love your channel!!!
When you realize bernie is disqualified 🥺
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!
Surprised not to see Mike Mansfield, was a powerful majority leader who helped get civil rights legislation through Congress. Great list though
The longer hair looks good. Keep it growing.
Too late ☹
I feel like I’m biased as a Minnesotan, but I’m a bit confused as to why there isn’t any mention of Humphrey. From what I understand, he was a courageous, outspoken critic of racial segregation, being the first federal official to publicly admonish it during the DNC Convention in 1948, when he was simply running for the Senate as the Mayor of Minneapolis. He remained fiercely dedicated to ending segregation during his time in office, and was seen as one of the leaders of the growing liberal wing of the Democratic Party.
Maybe because liberals are people with communist and socialist agendas who are betraying this country?
One of your best!
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.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote more books than most senators up to his time had even read!
His work on the decline of families among African-Americans in the mid-1960s should have been required reading.
His willingness to work in government across party lines should be held as a model for how senators should comport themselves.
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
Thank you Mr. Beat
Thank YOU. :)
Yeah, my list is a bit more unique...
Who you got?
Oh definitely. I'm so basic. :)
@@qvchater Find out 😉
@@iammrbeat Don't worry. They aren't all bad choices.
No such thing as more unique!
I had no idea who are senators thanks. Now I know who were senators
Most Americans don't know.
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
Mr. Beat you yes you Mr. Beat you 👍
I was hoping Feingold would show up, even if it was just as an honorable mention. Definitely one of my political role models growing up. Truly, the pride of Wisconsin. Well... liberal and progressive Wisconsinites at least.
@@happydays2300 Didn't realize that being from Wisconsin means I helped vote in a representative from Michigan. Great legwork, graduate.
@@happydays2300 You okay over there? You seem a bit on edge. Can I get you a Tylenol or something?
Hey Mr. Beat, just got done with the APUSH exam and now watching this video. Yeah, that sucked.
Which prompt did you get? Did everything go ok with submitting it?
Mr. Beat Yeah everything went great, I did the Attach File Option. I had Manifest Destiny from 1830-1905. It was kinda difficult because the documents werent clear or concise. I think that was one of the easier prompts though.
Thomas P Gore is related to the popular author Gore Vidal.
As opposed to Vidal Sassoon
also a relation of Al Gore
Indeed
Me: trying to make an epic reply, but finding out that there are no Senators named Mailer.
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. 😁
Glad LBJ made the list. It’s absolutely amazing how he got the 1957 Civil Rights Act passed (first one since Reconstruction) if you read Master of the Senate.
The guy didn't let anyone stop him while simultaneously getting everyone to like him.
@@iammrbeatthey feared him more than liked him
I love your work, also I think that we are shirt twins, so I love it even more.
Me after each entry: i swear if you don't put. . .
Me after seeing number one: FIGHTING BOB
Man I love your work!
Saddened to not see John McCain in the video or in the honorable mentions. He was pretty bipartisan, voted to save Obamacare (which helped millions keep healthcare, my grandparents included), and was generally a great guy. He admitted when he was wrong and defended Obama when his own supporters would talk trash about him. A great guy.
John McCain was one of my personal heroes.
The fact that Paul Wellstone wasn't on this list is a national tragedy.