My favorite Senators: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iFS8HNgKBWQ.html (Dis)honorable mentions (so far): Albert Fall (New Mexico) Thomas Catron (New Mexico) Benjamin Tillman (South Carolina) James Heflin (Alabama) Strom Thurmond (South Carolina) John Tower (Texas) Robert Byrd (West Virginia)
@BigRedRidingBear communism and socialism are not the same thing man. Bernie never supported Castro nor does he support bread lines. He did mention that a government willing to give bread to it's citizens, rather then letting them starve as America does, was a government that cared at least a little.
The Senators that left to join the Confederacy did so because their respective States recalled them. At that time, Federal Senators were not elected by popular vote by the citizenry of a State but were selected by a States Legislature. They represented the State at the Federal level and not the citizens of their State. Before the Seventeenth Amendment was passed in 1913 every State had a law that gave the power to send and recall Senators to either the Governor or State Legislature. Most of the southern Senators were recalled from Washington, some against their wishes. To lump them all together is unfortunate as there were some who sought to seek a diplomatic and peaceful resolution to the foreseen war.
However clumsy, McCarthy was getting closer to the truth, than even he realized. That why he was stopped. The Democrats and Dwight the RINO did not want the American to know the truth.
The worst could possibly be Hillary and blaming "Russian Collusion" on losing the 2016 election when she in fact was being investigated as well as having sold billions worth of Uranium to Russia.
@Bonnie V oh, boy, here we go again. How long do you think that comment is going to last before it becomes a full on RU-vid comments section political debate?
Great list Mr. Beat. Glad to see Bilbo made the list, I learned about him in college and was surprised to hear everything he did. Nevertheless, good job.
@@JackCoxx If you'll check, Sen. Stennis always voted in line with Eastland (on social issues), just more dignified. Bilbo was a populist: he did a lot of good things for the state. His racial positions were in line with the majority of white Southerners at the time. If you want to take a good look at corruption, look at Mississippi's "senators" during reconstruction. I know something of Bilbo because my cousin was widely-believed to have "ghost-written" his book, "Take Your Choice." Bilbo was slowing dying of throat cancer and simply in no condition to be writing. Evelyn Gandy, on the other hand ..... I've read his book. It is racist to the core, but neither Bilbo nor Gandy had a problem with that.
My favorite thing I learned about the red scare that involved McCarthy is that one clip from one of the hearings and one brave man (I can’t remember his name but god he was a hero) who basically stood up to McCarthys ranting and ravings and yelled “Have you no decency?!”
That was Joseph N. Welch, who was acting as chief counsel for the US Army during the Army-McCarthy hearings. That was really the end for McCarthy, because not many people were willing to buy his argument that the US Army was full of commies.
@@Chris-rm9mu you know what's socialism even is I assume you don't and what has McConnell even done for Kentucky think about it and I take it you don't know about the scandal with his wife a Chinese lady also the transportation secretary is using her power as secretary with him knowing to boost infrastructure which is kind of illegal and what has he done for Kentucky really made you sicker
@@michaelschlicker he is controversial especially after picking Sarah Palin on his ticket also he was bombing in Vietnam a shoe factory and he wanted immigrants all join the military
I'd be curious to find out what Franklin Pierce did as a Representative and Senator but most things I found about him focus on how depressing his life was and how terrible he was as president
From what I could find, he was a member of the U.S. Congress as a Senator from New Hampshire, serving the 25th and 26th sessions, before leaving during the 27th. I can't find much about the 25th or 26th Congress legislation, but it seems like he was a pretty run-of-the-mill Senator (for the time.)
Nice video overall. To the criticism you're receiving over lumping all Confederate senators together despite their obligations to their state: the could have easily resigned or protested. That being said, few southern senators really disagreed with the succession of their states or withdrawal of their colleagues so it doesn't make much of a difference. Jefferson Davis was famously against succession and fought for the preservation of the Union. However once his state left he resigned his seat. On different note; I love reading the comments on you're videos. Despite so many videos about history and civics readily available on your channel, some people don't seem to understand the basics of either. Plus people commenting current or recently-made former-senators clearly didn't pay attention to the literal first minute of your video.
Great comment. Thanks for sticking up for me. :) Yeah Jefferson Davis was fairly rotten. And yeah, it is funny how many people in the comment section think they have it all figured out already.
@@iammrbeat I know this is 4 years old but I Want to comment on this Video (and yes I saw you placed T.G.B in 2nd). Love you're channel BTW. Personally I think some of the worst U.S. senators that are in my opinion tied at number 1 or would be honorable mentions would be Theodore G. Bilbo (1877-1947) (D), James K. Vardaman (1861-1930) (D) a twofer both for Mississippi, Benjamin Tiliman (1847-1918) (D), and Cole L. Blease (1868-1942) (D) another twofer for South Carolina not just cause they where racist but a special kind of Racism and some of the most most divisive, and hateful people in American history. I mean Vardaman even went as far as saying he would commit genocide on African Americans and probably others (presumably) in order to maintain white supremacy.
Mr. Beat, how about a companion to your list of presidential elections talking about elections for Congress? You could talk about how many seats each party had before and after, some of the notable upsets, etc. I think it would be really fascinating.
Again.. Mr and Mrs Beat.. great work on the Senate.. I don't think these folks got into politics being corrupt..just being the times and owing.."The big machine"getting them into office.. politics will always be corrupt but I have Hope.. you two have a great day.. cheers
Ah thanks! I didn't do much. But, I did "stongly encourage" him to re-record some parts of this because his collar was flipped up. Haha. He didn't notice but that was ALL I noticed. So, if he seems perturbed, probably my doing. Have a good one!
@@jeffreyhebert5604 haha! One thing to make clear is that I don't pick out the clothes he wears on camera. I wish I could but then they would all be too tight!!! 💪😂
You forgot Jesse Helms, the longest-serving popularly elected Senator in North Carolina's history. Helms helped organize and fund the conservative resurgence in the 1970s, focusing on Ronald Reagan's quest for the White House as well as helping many local and regional candidates. His efforts here was key in leading the Republican resurgence and the rise of neoliberalism with Reagan. He led opposition to federal intervention into what he considered state affairs (including legislating integration via the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and enforcing suffrage through the Voting Rights Act of 1965). As chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he demanded a staunchly anti-communist foreign policy that would reward America's friends abroad, and punish its enemies. He opposed civil rights, disability rights, feminism, gay rights, affirmative action, access to abortions, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), and the National Endowment for the Arts. Helms brought an "aggressiveness" to his ''conservatism'' (fascism), as in his rhetoric against homosexuality. The Almanac of American Politics once wrote that "no American politician is more controversial, beloved in some quarters and hated in others, than Jesse Helms".
Dennis Hastert would be to up there among the worst, especially as far as prominent house of speakers go, particularly with what we um, discovered about him after.
@@nerddragon2222 Both speakers of the house. God do Republicans suck. It's such karma and wonderful, that their districts are both represented by AA women now.
Subbed. Do the event when a gunman opened fire in the congress building. I never got over how our law making building could have atrocity of any kind, let alone a gun crime.
My great uncle was Senator Robert Wagner ,NY. A good person who wrote Social security act and made unions legal. Right wing conservative called my Uncle a communist Jew . Yet they went up and collected Social security when they became able to ... Lol
l fiercely disagree with your 1st-choice "tie": Anybody who resigns his seat in a legislature when his country secedes and becomes independent, is doing something honorable. Are you saying that George Washington was a traitor to Britain when he went over to the American side? This is shameful!
Technically yes, George Washington betrayed Britain by joining the American revolution. The question shouldn't be whether something was treason, but whether one did it for a worthy cause.
Mr. Beat, I hope you make a top 10 best U.S Senators, also speaking of U.S Senators, Bernie Sanders FINALLY announced that he’s running for President again within the Democratic Party....Can you please make a video about it?
+Mr. Beat lol I guess, please also make a 2020 presidential election in American history election video after we see who gets elected in the 2020 general election, I’m just saying that Bernie has a much higher chance of getting the Democratic Party’s 2020 Presidential nomination because he has more name recognition and a 60% public approval rating nationwide, hopefully he’s popularity is strong enough that the DNC cannot cheat him like they did in 2016 by rigging the primary for Hillary, and that’s a fact, Donna Brazile an African American woman who was the former DNC chair admitted it, sorry I just want him to win the primary so badly because he will definitely defeat trump in the general, the only one who can do it since he has a highest CONSISTENT lead against him in matchups.
+swapsplat Lmao you are so full of shit lol, Bernie Sanders didn’t sell out by endorsing Hillary Clinton, the reasons he did so is because he wanted to convince her to fight for progressive policies if she were elected, because he always endorses the Democratic Party’s nominee and Because Trump is an Authoritarian wannabe who says hateful shit towards Muslims even if they are moderate Muslims and not extremists.
How about a video of the Presidents of the Constinental Congress, Presidents of Pennsylvania, Presidents of Texas, the state of Franklin, and the royal family of Hawaii
Patriotic Music Channel If there is one guy that you could point a finger to for dividing our country into a tribal left vs. right narrative, Mitch is the guy. He prevented Obama from getting his SCOTUS pick to the Senate floor, and bragged about it. He has supported warrentless spying, government toppling and endless war in the ME. Not to mention the fact that he has the highest salary in the Senate while actively opposing unions and labor laws in his home state of Kentucky, which is one of the poorest states in the country. The man should honestly be in prison if you ask me!
@@connor981 mitch is such an obstructionist, the democrats put mitch's proposal forward for a vote and mitch filibustered his own proposal - just to keep the obstruction going for anything under obama. and he abuses the majority seat power to prevent any and all bipartisanship
Before I watched the video, I guessed Joe McCarthy at number 1. I was pretty close---he came in at number 3. But I can't argue with your number 1 choice(s). Many of the senators you listed I had not heard of.
Can you make videos of the worst politicians in each state? If you do can you start out on my state of West Virginia. Love your videos. Keep doing what your doing buddy!!!
