All-Time Congress Draft

[Joseph Cao]

Looks intriguing.

Henry Clay (W-KY), 19th century
Alan Simpson (R-WY), 20th century
Bob Inglis (R-SC), 21st century*


*Inglis served two non-consecutive congressional terms: six in the 20th century, six in the 21st. His second is arguably more productive and better known than his first so I've put him on the 21st side of the line.

[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.

[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)

[Joseph Cao]

Fifth round:

Wilbur Sanders (R-MT), 19th century
Larry Pressler (R-SD), 20th century
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), 21st century

[Joseph Cao]

Round 6:

Nicholas Gilman (DR-NH), 19th century
Paul Coverdell (R-GA), 20th century
Mike Simpson (R-ID), 21st century

[Joseph Cao]

Round 7!

Henry Bowen Anthony (R-RI), 19th century
Bob Dole (R-KS), 20th century
Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), 21st century

[Joseph Cao]

Round 8, the Wills:

Waitman Thomas Willey (R-WV), 19th century
William Armstrong (R-CO), 20th century
Will Hurd (R-TX), 21st century

[Joseph Cao]

Round 9:

John Spafford Harris (R-LA), 19th century
Milton Young (R-ND), 20th century
Richard Lugar (R-IN), 21st century

While we are waiting for other draft picks to come in, are there any congresspeople you wanted, but were drafted by someone else first?

Definitely Webster and Walter Jones, and Battista made a certain pick in his second round that I would've liked to make for obvious reasons.

[Joseph Cao]

Round 10:

Oliver Ellsworth (F-CT), 18th century
Nicholas Longworth (R-OH), 20th century
Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), 21st century

[Joseph Cao]

Round 11, traveling west on I-40 edition:

Henry Clay Evans (R-TN), 19th century
John Paul Hammerschmidt (R-AR), 20th century
J. C. Watts (R-OK), 21st century

[Joseph Cao]

Round 12.

Carl Schurz (R-MO), 19th century
Charles R. Jonas (R-NC), 20th century
Tom Petri (R-WI), 21st century

[Joseph Cao]

Round 12.

Carl Schurz (R-MO), 19th century
Charles R. Jonas (R-NC), 20th century
Tom Petri (R-WI), 21st century

You took my pick with Schurz! More importantly, I think you already picked Henry Cooper for Wisconsin. Is there another 21st century pick you'd like to take?

Cooper was picked by Battista in Round 11. Trust me, if I'm told to be careful with my picks, I will be careful with my picks.

[Joseph Cao]

Round 13 (Prefer the SUNBELT STACK edition):

William Allison (R-IA), 19th century
Walter Judd (R-MN), 20th century
Mark Amodei (R-NV), 21st century

[Joseph Cao]

16 full rounds will take us up to 49 of 50 states (unless someone misses out on AK+HI), so will we get an extra single-state round at the end to make our last picks?

Anyway, Round 14 – 

Joe Cannon (R-IL), 19th century
Alphonzo Bell (R-CA), 20th century
Don Bacon (R-NE), 21st century

[Joseph Cao]

That sounds great, thanks.

John
Jack
Jacky

Jackpot!

[Joseph Cao]

The Johns:

John Seargent (F-NR-W-PA), 19th century
John Rhodes Jr. (R-AZ), 20th century
John Curtis (R-UT), 21st century

[Joseph Cao]

The final round:

Jeremiah Haralson (R-AL), 19th century
Silvio Conte (R-MA), 20th century
Vern Ehlers (R-MI), 21st century

And for the last state, I pick James Buckley (C-NY) of the 20th century.


Incidentally, and this doesn't need to count, I left Massachusetts for the last round not only because so many of you made your picks relatively early, but also because I couldn't decide between two of my final choices. The pick I would have most liked to make if we were allowed more than one person in each category is Leverett Saltonstall (R-MA).