Who's your favorite US Senator of all time?

[Santander]

John C. Stennis

What is wrong with you, man?

Stennis was a powerful advocate for Mississippi, our military and the space program.  Like many Southern Democrats, he was opposed to the major civil rights legislation of the 1950s and 1960s, but he rehabbed himself later in his career.  He voted to support the extension of the VRA in 1982, was important in sinking the nomination of Robert Bork, and even campaigned for Mike Espy during his 1986 Congressional campaign (Espy would become the first Black congressman from MS since Reconstruction). 

And despite all the segregationism, that's good enough for you to see him not just as a good senator, but as the best senator of all time.

Not the best, my favorite.  See OP. 

Well, I think it would be weird for the two to be different.

There is a reason "favorite" and "best" mean different things.

[Ferguson97]

John C. Stennis

What is wrong with you, man?

Stennis was a powerful advocate for Mississippi, our military and the space program.  Like many Southern Democrats, he was opposed to the major civil rights legislation of the 1950s and 1960s, but he rehabbed himself later in his career.  He voted to support the extension of the VRA in 1982, was important in sinking the nomination of Robert Bork, and even campaigned for Mike Espy during his 1986 Congressional campaign (Espy would become the first Black congressman from MS since Reconstruction). 

And despite all the segregationism, that's good enough for you to see him not just as a good senator, but as the best senator of all time.

Not the best, my favorite.  See OP. 

Well, I think it would be weird for the two to be different.

There is a reason "favorite" and "best" mean different things.

"The segregationist isn't the best he's just my favorite" isn't the defense you or Del Tachi thinks it is

[Alben Barkley]

I assume we’re not counting those who went on to be POTUS/VP/SoS/etc.

In that case... Robert Byrd maybe?

About as legendary a career as any senator ever had who never went on to higher office, and was on the right side of most issues and a powerful advocate for them. Yes, he was in the Klan in his youth, something he came to deeply regret and more than made up for later in life; he was ultimately praised as a civil rights champion by the NAACP.

[Left Wing]

Harris Wofford

[Real Texan Politics]

No favorite but I guess anyone in the famous five.

[Ancestral Republican]

Harris Wofford

Nice, PA has never really had any iconic political figures (other than Ben Franklin obv) but Wofford was great.

[Left Wing]

Harris Wofford

Nice, PA has never really had any iconic political figures (other than Ben Franklin obv) but Wofford was great.

He didn't deserve to lose to Rick Santorum.

[Ancestral Republican]

Harris Wofford

Nice, PA has never really had any iconic political figures (other than Ben Franklin obv) but Wofford was great.

He didn't deserve to lose to Rick Santorum.

Agreed. Pennsylvania has made some bad choices over the years. I really think it all depends each year on turnout. And unfortunately people like Santorum, Corbett, Trump have benefitted from it.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Henry Clay

Theodore Bilbo.

He championed education and public works projects.

In the middle of the earth, in the Mississippi
There's a vile little racist whom we don't admire
With his long cotton hood, fuzzy woolly toes
Lives in a hidey-hole and everybody knows him.
Bilbo, Bilbo! Teddy Bilbo
Only five foot two,
Bilbo, Bilbo! Teddy Bilbo
The vilest little klansman of them all
Now klansmen are a peace-lovin' folk you know
They're never in a hurry and burn crosses slow
They don't like to travel away from home
They just want to hate and be left alone.
But one day Bilbo was asked to go
On a big adventure to the Senate below
To help some whites get back their gold
That was stolen by Republicans in days of old.
Bilbo, Bilbo! Teddy Bilbo
Only five foot two,
Bilbo, Bilbo! Teddy Bilbo
The vilest little klansman of them all
(Repeat ad lib)

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

I assume we’re not counting those who went on to be POTUS/VP/SoS/etc.

In that case... Robert Byrd maybe?

About as legendary a career as any senator ever had who never went on to higher office, and was on the right side of most issues and a powerful advocate for them. Yes, he was in the Klan in his youth, something he came to deeply regret and more than made up for later in life; he was ultimately praised as a civil rights champion by the NAACP.

I have to admit, I've always had strong admiration for Byrd. His filibustering of the Civil Rights Act disqualifies him from the title of "Best Senator", and his views on homosexuality were... not exactly ahead of his time, but he evolved like the rest of the country did. And his Senate floor speeches were always fun to watch. He left big shoes to fill and I don't think anybody ever will.

Henry Clay

Theodore Bilbo.

He championed education and public works projects.

In the middle of the earth, in the Mississippi
There's a vile little racist whom we don't admire
With his long cotton hood, fuzzy woolly toes
Lives in a hidey-hole and everybody knows him.
Bilbo, Bilbo! Teddy Bilbo
Only five foot two,
Bilbo, Bilbo! Teddy Bilbo
The vilest little klansman of them all
Now klansmen are a peace-lovin' folk you know
They're never in a hurry and burn crosses slow
They don't like to travel away from home
They just want to hate and be left alone.
But one day Bilbo was asked to go
On a big adventure to the Senate below
To help some whites get back their gold
That was stolen by Republicans in days of old.
Bilbo, Bilbo! Teddy Bilbo
Only five foot two,
Bilbo, Bilbo! Teddy Bilbo
The vilest little klansman of them all
(Repeat ad lib)

This is the best campaign song I have ever read.

[Coolface Sock #42069]

Not sure, but Tom Coburn would be up there.

[LAKISYLVANIA]

Bernie!

[OSR stands with Israel]

I assume we’re not counting those who went on to be POTUS/VP/SoS/etc.

In that case... Robert Byrd maybe?

About as legendary a career as any senator ever had who never went on to higher office, and was on the right side of most issues and a powerful advocate for them. Yes, he was in the Klan in his youth, something he came to deeply regret and more than made up for later in life; he was ultimately praised as a civil rights champion by the NAACP.

Robert Byrd is largely responsible for Pork-Barrell Politics which was nothing but terrible. Joe Manchin has clearly been the better senator and Manchin is far more Bipartisan too

[Statilius the Epicurean]

Bernie

[lfromnj]

John C. Stennis

What is wrong with you, man?

Stennis was a powerful advocate for Mississippi, our military and the space program.  Like many Southern Democrats, he was opposed to the major civil rights legislation of the 1950s and 1960s, but he rehabbed himself later in his career.  He voted to support the extension of the VRA in 1982, was important in sinking the nomination of Robert Bork, and even campaigned for Mike Espy during his 1986 Congressional campaign (Espy would become the first Black congressman from MS since Reconstruction). 

And despite all the segregationism, that's good enough for you to see him not just as a good senator, but as the best senator of all time.

Not the best, my favorite.  See OP. 

Well, I think it would be weird for the two to be different.

There is a reason "favorite" and "best" mean different things.

"The segregationist isn't the best he's just my favorite" isn't the defense you or Del Tachi thinks it is

Del Tachi likes pork barrel politics, im guessing Stennis probably made a program that helps out his current job lol.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Barry Goldwater

[Joe Biden 2024]

Edmund Muskie