All-Time Congress Draft

[Orwell]

19th John J. Crittenden (Whig-Kentucky) -  Possibly one of the most influential Senators who have been forgotten by the general public. In my opinion the 2nd most important figure in the Whig Party after Clay. Had he ever consented to run I believe he would have made a fine President.
20th Henry “Scoop” Jackson (Democrat-Washington) - The Senator from Boeing he adds to Humphrey as apart of the Orwell Cold War Liberal caucus. He’s mentioned quite a bit in Episode 2 of LadtMcGovernites podcast.
21st John Warner (Republican-Virginia) - Finally a Virginian, Warner is probably my best pick for a non Democrat, though some 19th and 18th century options were on the board. Particularly readjusters.

[Fetterman my beloved]

19th Century-Robert Smalls (R-SC)
20th Century-Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
21st Century-Jon Ossoff (D-GA)

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Third round picks:

18th/19th century - Charles Curtis (Republican, Kansas)
20th century - Ben Reifel (Republican, South Dakota)
21st century - Deb Haaland (Democratic, New Mexico)

[LastMcGovernite]

Third round picks:

18th/19th century - Charles Curtis (Republican, Kansas)
20th century - Ben Reifel (Republican, South Dakota)
21st century - Deb Haaland (Democratic, New Mexico)

An all-Native American round. Nice! I know a historian at Dakota Wesleyan named Sean Flynn who has done some research on Reifel.

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Third round picks:

18th/19th century - Charles Curtis (Republican, Kansas)
20th century - Ben Reifel (Republican, South Dakota)
21st century - Deb Haaland (Democratic, New Mexico)

An all-Native American round. Nice! I know a historian at Dakota Wesleyan named Sean Flynn who has done some research on Reifel.

Thanks for spotting the connection! Reifel is not very well-known at all (indeed, I had no idea who he was until a few hours ago either).

[Left Wing]

John Charles Frémont (R-CA, 19th Century)
Patsy Mink (D-HI, 20th Century)
Ayanna Pressley (D-MA, 21st Century)

[LastMcGovernite]

John Charles Frémont (R-CA, 19th Century)
Patsy Mink (D-HI, 20th Century)
Ayanna Pressley (D-MA, 21st Century)

Dammit, Falter, ya took two of the picks I wanted!

[beesley]

19th Century: John C Calhoun (D-SC), David Wilmot (FS-PA), Charles Sumner (R-MA)
20th Century: Jeanette Rankin (D-MT), Augustus Hawkins (D-CA), Newt Gingrich (R-GA)
21st Century: John McCain (R-AZ), Barack Obama (D-IL), Michele Bachmann (R-MN)

This will be a hard challenge, but my intention is not to make an ideal Congress, but one that I believe is a cross-section of US history. As a historian, this would be - I have always had an interest in how different historical periods saw eachother. The draft aspect and unequal time periods of this makes it more of a challenge, but I'm up for it.

Also, the number of people who finished serving in Congress in 1999 is infuriating!

[LastMcGovernite]

19th Century: John C Calhoun (D-SC), David Wilmot (FS-PA), Charles Sumner (R-MA)
20th Century: Jeanette Rankin (D-MT), Augustus Hawkins (D-CA), Newt Gingrich (R-GA)
21st Century: John McCain (R-AZ), Barack Obama (D-IL), Michele Bachmann (R-MN)

Glad you are joining us! (Although I was hoping people would forget about Jeanette and I could draft her!)

[Continential]

19th Century - Robert B. Elliott (R-SC)
20th Century - Barbara Jordan (D-TX)
21st Century - Mike Honda (D-CA)

[LastMcGovernite]

Round 4 begins now! Let me thank you all for following through with this project thus far!

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 4 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 any previous rounds, 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 Thursday.

[Fetterman my beloved]

19th Century- Oliver P. Morton (R-IN)
20th Century- Ron Dellums (D-CA)
21st Century- Cori Bush (D-MO)

[beesley]

19th Century - Jefferson Davis (D-MS)
20th Century - John Glenn (D-OH)
21st Century - Tom Carper (D-DE)

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Fourth round picks:

18th/19th century - Albert Gallatin (Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania)
20th century - John Pastore (Democratic, Rhode Island)
21st century - Elijah Cummings (Democratic, Maryland)

[KaiserDave]

Third Round

Thomas E. Watson (GA-Democratic/Populist-19th)*
Robert F. Wagner (NY-Democratic-20th)
Henry Waxman (CA-Democratic-21st)


*Pre Turn to Racism

[LastMcGovernite]

For the fourth round, my picks are:

James A. Garfield (19th century, Ohio): he could have been a very good president if given the chance, and could have been Speaker had he stayed in the House. The right combination of idealism and realpolitik.

Glen Taylor (20th century, Idaho): The number of not-reactionary Idahoans is limited, so I'm picking Henry Wallace's singing-cowboy, toupee-salesman running mate.

Ben McAdams (21st century, Utah) for similar reasons. Except he's not a singing cowboy nor a toupee salesman.

[LastMcGovernite]

Third Round

Thomas E. Watson (GA-Democratic/Populist-19th)*
Robert F. Wagner (NY-Democratic-20th)
Henry Waxman (CA-Democratic-21st)


*Pre Turn to Racism

Sorry, Kaiser Dave. You already selected William Seward as your New York guy in a previous round- although I think Wagner is an excellent pick. Do you want to add someone different to the..um..Kaiser roll?

[KaiserDave]

Third Round

Thomas E. Watson (GA-Democratic/Populist-19th)*
Robert F. Wagner (NY-Democratic-20th)
Estes Kefauver (TN-Democratic-20th)
Henry Waxman (CA-Democratic-21st)


*Pre Turn to Racism

No problem

[Elcaspar]

Jerry Simpson (P-KS), 19th century
Byron Dorgan (D-ND), 20th century
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), 21st century

[Kuumo]

Justin Smith Morrill (Vermont, Republican, 19th century)
Charles Mathias (Maryland, Republican, 20th century)
Charles Djou (Hawaii, Republican, 21st century)

[LastMcGovernite]

Justin Smith Morrill (Vermont, Republican, 19th century)
Charles Mathias (Maryland, Republican, 20th century)
Charles Djou (Hawaii, Republican, 21st century)

Would you believe me if I told you that Morrill was already drafted? Would you like to pick someone else for your 19th century person?

[Kuumo]

Justin Smith Morrill (Vermont, Republican, 19th century)
Charles Mathias (Maryland, Republican, 20th century)
Charles Djou (Hawaii, Republican, 21st century)

Would you believe me if I told you that Morrill was already drafted? Would you like to pick someone else for your 19th century person?

Justin Smith Morrill (Vermont, Republican, 19th century)
Jacob M. Howard (Michigan, Republican, 19th century)
Charles Mathias (Maryland, Republican, 20th century)
Charles Djou (Hawaii, Republican, 21st century)

[Left Wing]

Blanche Bruce (R-MS, 19th Century)
Gracie Pfost (D-ID, 20th Century)
Sharice Davids (D-KS, 21st Century)

[Joseph Cao]

Round 3 and round 4 picks:

James Madison (DR-VA) and John Lynch (R-MS) (19th century)
Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME) and Spark Matsunaga (D-HI) (20th century)
Mike Castle (R-DE) and Heather Wilson (R-NM) (21st century)

[NewYorkExpress]

Round Four picks:

William McKinley (19th Century) (R-OH)

Tom Daschle (20th Century) (D-SD)

Angus King (I-ME) (21st Century)