All-Time Congress Draft

[LastMcGovernite]

19th century: Horace Greeley (Whig/Republican/Liberal Republican-NY)
20th century: Al Gore (D-TN)
21st century: Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)

HoosierDem, would I be correct in assuming you intended this to be Al Gore Jr., as opposed to his father?

My picks are:

Joseph Rainey of South Carolina (19th)
Shirley Chisholm- the original, one-woman squad- of New York (20th)
and Joe Biden of Delaware (21st)

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Second round picks:

18th/19th century - Adelbert Ames (Republican, Mississippi)
20th century - Helen Gahagan Douglas (Democratic, California)
21st century - Joseph Cao (Republican, Louisiana)

[Fetterman my beloved]

19th century: Horace Greeley (Whig/Republican/Liberal Republican-NY)
20th century: Al Gore (D-TN)
21st century: Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)

HoosierDem, would I be correct in assuming you intended this to be Al Gore Jr., as opposed to his father?

My picks are:

Joseph Rainey of South Carolina (19th)
Shirley Chisholm- the original, one-woman squad- of New York (20th)
and Joe Biden of Delaware (21st)

Oh yeah, lol. Sorry, forgot about Sr when making the post.

[Kuumo]

George Henry White (North Carolina, Republican, 19th century)
Clifford Case (New Jersey, Republican, 20th century)
Doug Jones (Alabama, Democrat, 21st century)

[Left Wing]

Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME, 19th Century)
Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY, 20th Century)
John Lewis (D-GA, 21st Century)

[beesley]

Is it too late to join? I had no idea about this!

[LastMcGovernite]

Not too late at all, Beesley! Just read through the rules and make two rounds of three picks—one from the 18/19th cen., one from the 20th cen., and one from the 21st. Cen.

[NewYorkExpress]

Daniel Webster (19th Century) (Federalist-NH)

Ted Kennedy (20th Century) (D-MA)

Kamala Harris (21st Century) (D-CA)

[Elcaspar]

Henry Wilson (R-MA), 19th century
Wayne Morse (D-OR), 20th century
Barbara Lee (D-CA), 21st century

[LastMcGovernite]

Daniel Webster (19th Century) (Federalist-NH)

Ted Kennedy (20th Century) (D-MA)

Kamala Harris (21st Century) (D-CA)

Dreadfully sorry, NYExpress-- Webster was already drafted by Orwell (although representing Massachusetts.) Could you make another pre-1900 pick?

[NewYorkExpress]

Daniel Webster (19th Century) (Federalist-NH)

Ted Kennedy (20th Century) (D-MA)

Kamala Harris (21st Century) (D-CA)

Dreadfully sorry, NYExpress-- Webster was already drafted by Orwell (although representing Massachusetts.) Could you make another pre-1900 pick?

I guess I'll go with Andrew Jackson (D-TN- 19th Century).

[Continential]

John Bingham, 19th Century.
Lowell Weicker, 20th Century.
John Lewis, 21st Century.

[LastMcGovernite]

John Bingham, 19th Century.
Lowell Weicker, 20th Century.
Ed Markey, 21st Century.

Believe it or not, Ed Markey was aleady drafted by HoosierDem. Would you care to make a different pick for the 21st century?

[Continential]

John Bingham, 19th Century.
Lowell Weicker, 20th Century.
Ed Markey, 21st Century.

Believe it or not, Ed Markey was aleady drafted by HoosierDem. Would you care to make a different pick for the 21st century?

Fixed.

[LastMcGovernite]

John Bingham, 19th Century.
Lowell Weicker, 20th Century.
Ed Markey, 21st Century.

Believe it or not, Ed Markey was aleady drafted by HoosierDem. Would you care to make a different pick for the 21st century?

Fixed.

I’m afraid FalterInArc has already picked Lewis.  Take another try?

[Joseph Cao]

Round 2 picks, Mr. Smiths Go to Washington edition:

Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT), 19th century
Gordon Smith (R-OR), 20th century
Chris Smith (R-NJ), 21st century*

*And again, Chris Smith has served ten terms in the 20th century and is currently serving out his tenth in the 21st.

[Continential]

John Bingham, 19th Century.
Lowell Weicker, 20th Century.
Ed Markey, 21st Century.

Believe it or not, Ed Markey was aleady drafted by HoosierDem. Would you care to make a different pick for the 21st century?

Fixed.

I’m afraid FalterInArc has already picked Lewis.  Take another try?

Raúl Grijalva.

[LastMcGovernite]

Round two is closing up in a few hours- anybody else want to get their picks in?

[LastMcGovernite]

Round 3 has commenced

Our google doc is up at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10z5XiwpLLLnnMLnUP3U0QKKJmoOJ4oEjEho6CGrzHLs/edit?usp=sharing. I recommend consulting it before you make your picks each round to ensure that 1) your picks haven't already been taken by someone else; and 2) you aren't picking for a state you've already selected.

Remember, the objective is to pick ~your~ dream Congress, with one person from each state. However, due to the higher than anticipated number of participants in the first round, I'm combining Alaska and Hawaii into one "state" for the purposes of this exercise to make sure everyone can pick someone they like.

So go ahead and make your round 3 picks, keeping in mind that: 1) you can't pick someone already drafted; 2) you need to draft exactly one person from each state over the course of this activity; 3) each round you need to draft someone who served in the 18/19th century, the 20th century, and the 21st century.

If you missed round 1, or round 2, or both that's no problem! You can draft for this round as well as any previous missed rounds, as long as they fit the above-mentioned parameters.

This round will last 48-ish hours, or roughly until noon EST on Tuesday.

[NewYorkExpress]

19th Century: James G. Blaine (R-ME)

20th Century: Lyndon Baines Johnson (D-TX)

21st Century: Brian Schatz (D-HI)

[Kuumo]

James B. Weaver (Iowa, Greenback, 19th century)
Harry S Truman (Missouri, Democrat, 20th century)
Raphael Warnock (Georgia, Democrat, 21st century)

[LastMcGovernite]

My picks for round 3:

For the 19th century, I'm going with Henry Clay's old running mate, Theodore Frelinghuysen of New Jersey.

For the 20th century, I draft Claude Pepper, the only Floridian congressperson I really like.

For the 21st century, I'll cross a Deep South state off the list and draft Terri Sewell of Alabama.

Interestingly, the only states left that haven't had a single person drafted from them are: Arkansas, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah, Virginia (!), and Washington.

[Elcaspar]

James H. Kyle (P-SD), 19th century
Huey Long (D-LA), 20th century
Tom Udall (D-NM), 21st century

[LastMcGovernite]

James H. Kyle (P-SD), 19th century
Huey Long (D-LA), 20th century
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), 21st century

I'm afraid you already picked LaFollette as your Wisconsin person. Would you care to pick someone else for the 21st century this round?

[Elcaspar]

James H. Kyle (P-SD), 19th century
Huey Long (D-LA), 20th century
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), 21st century

I'm afraid you already picked LaFollette as your Wisconsin person. Would you care to pick someone else for the 21st century this round?

Yeah sorry i just realized that. Will fix it immediately.