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« on: January 20, 2009, 08:46:24 PM »
So, I've decided to see who the Atlas considers to be the greatest Senators in US history.  You can nominate up to 7 people, and I'll leave the nominations up for a week.  The only requirement is that the Senator must have already left office, so Ted Kennedy, Robert Byrd, etc., cannot be nominated.
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« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2009, 09:02:09 PM »
Richard John Santorum (R) - Junior U.S. Senator from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - 1995 - 2007
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« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2009, 09:08:38 PM »
Barack Hussein Obama Jr. 2004-2008
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Kaine for Senate '18
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« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2009, 09:12:41 PM »
Henry Clay (Whig - Kentucky, 1806-1807, 1810-1811, 1831-1842, 1849-1852)
John C. Calhoun (Democrat - South Carolina, 1832-1843, 1845-1850)
Walter George (Democrat - Georgia, 1922-1957)
Carl Hayden (Democrat - Arizona, 1927-1969)
Richard Russell, Jr. (Democrat - Georgia, 1933-1971)
Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat - Texas, 1949-1961)
Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican - Massachusetts, 1893-1924)
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« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2009, 09:55:46 PM »
Barry Goldwater (R-AZ)
Jesse Helms (R-NC)
Robert Taft (R-OH)
John Randolph of Roanoke (DR-VA)
James L. Buckley (C-NY)
Everett Dirksen (R-IL)
William F. Knowland (R-CAFormosa)
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« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2009, 10:01:47 PM »
Aaron Burr (DR-NY)
Dean Barkley (IP-MN)
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« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2009, 10:14:49 PM »
Daniel Webster (W-MA)
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY)
Howard H. Baker, Jr. (R-TN)
Mark Hatfield (R-OR)
Robert Dole (R-KS)

and I second Fezzy's nominations of Javits and Brooke and Ben's nominations of Clay and Lodge.
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« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2009, 10:43:29 PM »
Warren Grant "Maggie" Magnuson (D-WA, served from 1944 to 1981)
Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson (D-WA, served from 1953 to 1983)


Thanks to them Washington State at times recieved 1/6 of public works appropriations.
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« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2009, 05:35:45 AM »
I find it hard to classify any american senator as 'great' - bunch of right-wing hacks.
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« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2009, 10:46:43 AM »
Sam Nunn(D-GA)
Paul Sarbanes(D-MD)
Charles Mathias(R-MD)
George Norris(R-NE)
Edmund G. Ross(R-KS)
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar(D-MS)
Oscar W. Underwood(D-AL)
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« Reply #10 on: January 21, 2009, 11:01:10 AM »
« Edited: January 21, 2009, 04:13:41 PM by Eraserhead »
Eugene McCarthy (D-MN)
Robert Kennedy (D-NY)
George McGovern (D-SD)
Mike Gravel (D-AK)
Robert La Follette, Sr. (R-WI)
Charles Sumner (R-MA)
Jim Jeffords (R/I-VT)

Cool idea. You should do ''worst senators'' at some point too. I tried to make sure that all of mine hadn't been mentioned yet.
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« Reply #11 on: January 21, 2009, 02:11:46 PM »
Frank Church (D-ID)
Mark Hatfield (R-OR)
Paul Wellstone (D-MN)
Paul Simon (D-IL)
Jacob Javits (R-NY)
J. William Fullbright (D-AR)
Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH)
William Proxmire (D-WI)
Eugene McCarthy (D-MN)
Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)
Lyndon Baines Johnson (D-TX)
William V. Roth, Junior (R-DE)
Margaret Chase-Smith (R-ME)
Paul Tsongas (D-MA)
Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Alan Simpson (R-WY)
Mike Mansfield (D-MT)
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY)
Warren Rudman (R-NH)
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« Reply #12 on: January 21, 2009, 02:25:09 PM »
« Edited: January 21, 2009, 02:51:27 PM by Torie »
It is a great list JS; at least it is after my subtractions and additions:

Frank Church (D-ID)
Mark Hatfield (R-OR)
Paul Wellstone (D-MN)
Paul Simon (D-IL)
Jacob Javits (R-NY)
J. William Fullbright (D-AR)
Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH)
William Proxmire (D-WI)
Eugene McCarthy (D-MN)
Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)
Lyndon Baines Johnson (D-TX)
William V. Roth, Junior (R-DE)
Margaret Chase-Smith (R-ME)
Paul Tsongas (D-MA)
Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Alan Simpson (R-WY)
Mike Mansfield (D-MT)
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY)
Warren Rudman (R-NH)

Henry Clay
Danial Webster
Arthur Vandenberg
Richard Russell (even though he was  a segregationist racist)
John C. Calhoun

And the Senate in 2000 oddly enough apparently adopted a resolution which reminds us of these worthies:

Robert Taft (not one of my personal favorites because he was an isolationist protectionist but whatever)
Robert LaFollette
Robert Wagner
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« Reply #13 on: January 21, 2009, 03:04:18 PM »
All of mine have been mentioned, primarily by Eraserhead and JS.
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« Reply #14 on: January 21, 2009, 03:35:12 PM »

Yuck
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« Reply #15 on: January 21, 2009, 03:40:17 PM »
I second Santorum and add George Allen to the list as well as Strom Thurmond and Trent Lott
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« Reply #16 on: January 21, 2009, 03:48:31 PM »
you've got to be f***ing kidding me.  What a disgrace to my state and our nation.

John Stennis
Hiram Revels
Blanche Bruce
Huey Long
Tom Daschle
Hillary Clinton
and why not, Andrew Johnson
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« Reply #17 on: January 21, 2009, 03:56:27 PM »
Quote from: Harry the Greatest on January 21, 2009, 03:48:31 PM
you've got to be f***ing kidding me.  What a disgrace to my state and our nation.

John Stennis' isn't that much better either....
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« Reply #18 on: January 21, 2009, 04:24:46 PM »
Quote from: Harry the Greatest on January 21, 2009, 03:48:31 PM
you've got to be f***ing kidding me.  What a disgrace to my state and our nation.
DWDL idolizes racists, you see.
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« Reply #19 on: January 21, 2009, 04:36:59 PM »
Quote from: Lunar on January 20, 2009, 09:08:38 PM
Barack Hussein Obama Jr. 2005-2008

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Kaine for Senate '18
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« Reply #20 on: January 21, 2009, 04:46:20 PM »
Stennis was a great Senator, and I would've included him, except for the 7 person limit, which has been ignored Tongue
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« Reply #21 on: January 21, 2009, 05:06:58 PM »
Quote from: benconstine on January 20, 2009, 09:12:41 PM
John C. Calhoun (Democrat - South Carolina, 1832-1843, 1845-1850)

Do you even know what his principles were? Here's a hint: they weren't moderate.
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Kaine for Senate '18
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« Reply #22 on: January 21, 2009, 05:10:05 PM »
Quote from: Rob on January 21, 2009, 05:06:58 PM
Quote from: benconstine on January 20, 2009, 09:12:41 PM
John C. Calhoun (Democrat - South Carolina, 1832-1843, 1845-1850)

Do you even know what his principles were? Here's a hint: they weren't moderate.

I'm not voting on favorites, I'm voting on the greatest Senators, and Calhoun was great.
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« Reply #23 on: January 21, 2009, 05:21:21 PM »
Quote from: Senator Lief on January 21, 2009, 04:24:46 PM
Quote from: Harry the Greatest on January 21, 2009, 03:48:31 PM
you've got to be f***ing kidding me.  What a disgrace to my state and our nation.
DWDL idolizes racists, you see.

You admire Byrd. If Lott is a racist, Byrd is just as much of one.
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« Reply #24 on: January 21, 2009, 05:39:58 PM »
Quote from: Torie on January 21, 2009, 02:25:09 PM
It is a great list JS; at least it is after my subtractions and additions:

Frank Church (D-ID)
Mark Hatfield (R-OR)
Paul Wellstone (D-MN)
Paul Simon (D-IL)
Jacob Javits (R-NY)
J. William Fullbright (D-AR)
Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH)
William Proxmire (D-WI)
Eugene McCarthy (D-MN)
Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)
Lyndon Baines Johnson (D-TX)
William V. Roth, Junior (R-DE)
Margaret Chase-Smith (R-ME)
Paul Tsongas (D-MA)
Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Alan Simpson (R-WY)
Mike Mansfield (D-MT)
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY)
Warren Rudman (R-NH)

Henry Clay
Danial Webster
Arthur Vandenberg
Richard Russell (even though he was  a segregationist racist)
John C. Calhoun

And the Senate in 2000 oddly enough apparently adopted a resolution which reminds us of these worthies:

Robert Taft (not one of my personal favorites because he was an isolationist protectionist but whatever)
Robert LaFollette
Robert Wagner


Torie, of course I cited my leftist heroes.  You expected less?  I didn't venture into the 19th century either because -- well -- I thought you or GM might.  I mean...you guys actually LIVED it.  <grin>

I gotta say though, I am shocked you left LBJ intact but struck Roth and Chase-Smith. 
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