If you could bring former senators out of retirement/back from the dead...

[Indy Texas]

Which former senators would you put back in Congress? (Any senator who has served since the ratification of the 17th Amendment - i.e. any senator who was directly elected/served after 1913 - is eligible).

My picks:

Conservative Republicans
Bob Bennett (Utah, 1993-2011)
Everett Dirksen (Illinois, 1951-69)
Barry Goldwater (Arizona, 1953-65, 1969-87)
Robert A. Taft (Ohio, 1939-53)
John Tower (Texas, 1961-85)

Moderate/Liberal Republicans
Howard Baker (Tennessee, 1967-85)
John Sherman Cooper (Kentucky, 1946-49, 1952-55, 1956-73)
John Danforth (Missouri, 1977-95)
Jacob Javits (New York, 1957-81)
George Norris (Nebraska, 1913-43)

Liberal Democrats
Paul Douglas (Illinois, 1949-67)
Gene McCarthy (Minnesota, 1959-71)
George McGovern (South Dakota, 1963-81)
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (New York, 1977-2001)
Ralph Yarborough (Texas, 1957-71)

Moderate/Conservative Democrats
Evan Bayh (Indiana, 1999-2011)
Frank Church (Idaho, 1957-81)
Al Gore (Tennessee, 1985-93)
Fritz Hollings (South Carolina, 1966-2005)
Mike Mansfield (Montana, 1953-77)

[Miles]

Assuming we can't pick more than 2 Senators for any one state:

Conservative Republican:
Bob Bennett (UT)
Everett Dirksen (IL)
Kit Bond (MO)
Bob Dole (KS)

Moderate/Liberal Republicans
George Voinovich (OH)
Hugh Scott (PA)
John Warner (VA)
John Chafee (RI)
Margaret Chase Smith (ME)
Mark Hatfield (OR)
Alan Simpson (WY)
Ben Campell (CO)

Moderate/Conservative Democrats
Russell Long (LA)
Dale Bumpers (AR)
John Stennis (MS)
Terry Sanford (NC)
Wendell Ford (KY)
Max Cleland (GA)
Sam Nunn (GA)
David Boren (OK)
James Exon (NE)
Jim Sasser (TN)

Liberal Democrats
Russ Feingold (WI)
George McGovern (SD)
Birch Bayh (IN)

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Some of the changes I might do. Only mentioning Senators that I'm familiar with. Some states like Oregon and Vermont actually couldn't be improved.

Alaska: Mike Gravel to join Begich
Arizona: Carl Hayden
California: Hiram Johnson to replace DiFi
Connecticut: Weicker to replace Lieberman
Florida: Bob Graham to replace Rubio
Georgia: Max Cleland
Idaho: Frank Church and William Borah
Illinois: Roland Burris to replace Kirk
Indiana: Birch Bayh
Kansas: Perhaps the Populists
Louisiana: Huey and Russel Long
Maine: Mitchell and Muskie
Massachusetts: Ted Kennedy to replace Scott Brown
Minnesota: Wellstone to replace Klobuchar
Montana: Metcalf to replace Baucus
Nebraska: Kerrey
New York: RFK to replace Schumer
North Carolina: I guess John Edwards
North Dakota: Dorgan
Ohio: Glenn to replace Portman
Pennsylvania: Specter to replace Toomey
South Carolina: Fritz Hollings
South Dakota; McGovern and Daschle
Tennesse: Al Gore and his father
Texas: Frank Yarborough and LBJ
West Virginia: Goodwin to replace Manchin
Wisconsin: Feingold and Follete Jr.

[Dr. Cynic]

Definitely Hubert Humphrey and Paul Simon... Russ Feingold... I'd bring back Joseph Clark for Pennsylvania too.

[Mechaman]

Frank Church was a moderate?

Since when?

[Grumpier Than Thou]

What, nobody wants to say Barry Goldwater?

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

*Hubert Humphrey
*Walter Mondale
*Paul Wellstone
*Ted Kennedy
*Russ Feingold
*Mike Gravel
*George McGovern
*Eugene McCarthy
*Bill Bradley

There. Best Senate ever (screw the 2 per state, 100 people rule).

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Mike Gravel, Barry Goldwater, Russ Feingold, Evan Bayh, Robert Taft, etc.

[Vermin Supreme]

Mike Gravel

Russ Feingold


George McGovern

[k-onmmunist]

Jesse Helms...
Ha, not.

Nah, seriously, McGovern.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Alabama: Hugo Black and J. Lister Hill
Alaska: Begich and Ernest Gruening
Arizona: Carl Hayden and Barry Goldwater
Arkansas: David Pryor and Dale Bumpers
California: Hiram Johnson and Richard Nixon
Colorado: Mark Udall and Gary Hart
Connecticut: Lieberman and Abraham A. Ribicoff
Delaware: Biden and William V. Roth
Florida: Lawton Chiles and Bob Graham
Georgia: Richard B. Russell and Sam Nunn
Hawaii: Leave as is
Idaho: William Borah and Frank Church
Illinois: Paul Douglas and Everett Dirksen
Indiana: Lugar and Birch Bayh
Iowa: Harkin and William B. Allison
Kansas: Nancy Kassebaum and Bob Dole
Kentucky: Alben W. Barkley and Wendell Ford
Louisiana: Bennett Johnston, Jr. and Russell B. Long
Maine: George J. Mitchell and Margaret Chase Smith
Maryland: Paul Sarbanes and Mikulski
Massachusetts: Ted and Jack Kennedy
Michigan: Arthur H. Vandenberg and Levin
Minnesota: Hubert H. Humphrey and Paul Wellstone
Mississippi: Cochran and John C. Stennis
Missouri: Harry S. Truman and Stuart Symington
Montana: Mike Mansfield and James E. Murray
Nebraska: Bob Kerrey and Chuck Hagel
Nevada: Reid and Howard Cannon
New Hampshire: Warren Rudman and Styles Bridges
New Jersey: Clifford P. Case and Bill Bradley
New Mexico: Bingaman and Clinton Anderson
New York: Schumer and Bobby Kennedy
North Carolina: Sam Ervin and Terry Sanford
North Dakota: Conrad and Byron Dorgan
Ohio: Howard Metzenbaum and Robert A. Taft
Oklahoma: Fred R. Harris and David Boren
Oregon: Mark Hatfield and Wayne Morse
Pennsylvania: Richard S. Schweiker and Arlen Specter
Rhode Island: Theodore F. Green and Claiborne Pell
South Carolina: Fritz Hollings and James F. Byrnes
South Dakota: George McGovern and Tom Daschle
Tennessee: Howard Baker and Al Gore Sr.
Texas: Lyndon B. Johnson and Ralph Yarborough
Utah: Hatch and Frank E. Moss
Vermont: Leave as is
Virginia: Warner and Warner
Washington: Warren G. Magnuson and Scoop Jackson
West Virginia: Rockefeller and Robert C. Byrd
Wisconsin: Russ Feingold and Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
Wyoming: Joseph C. O'Mahoney and Lester C. Hunt

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

George McGovern, Robert Byrd, Strom Thurmond, Mike Gravel, Evan Bayh, Barry Goldwater, James Buckley, Ted Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Mark Hatfield, Fritz Hollings, Birch Bayh, Paula Hawkins, Lawton Chiles, Joe Biden, Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, Philip Hart, Jim Bunning (over McConnell, not Paul, ofcourse), Hillary Clinton, Sam Ervin, Margaret Chase Smith, Eugene McCarthy and last but not least, Chuck Hagel.

What an odd bunch I picked...

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

Some states like Oregon and Vermont actually couldn't be improved.

George Aiken.

Alabama: Hugo Black and J. Lister Hill
Alaska: Ernest Gruening and Mike Gravel
Arizona: Carl Hayden and Barry Goldwater
Arkansas: Hattie Carraway and Dale Bumpers
California: Hiram Johnson and Alan Cranston
Colorado: Leave as is
Connecticut: William Benton and Abraham Ribicoff
Delaware: Joe Biden and William V. Roth
Florida: Lawton Chiles and Bob Graham
Georgia: Richard B. Russell and Max Cleland
Hawaii: Daniel Inouye and Spark Matsunaga
Idaho: William Borah and Frank Church
Illinois: Paul Douglas and Everett Dirksen
Indiana: Richard Lugar and Birch Bayh
Iowa: Daniel Steck and Tom Harkin
Kansas: Nancy Kassebaum and Bob Dole
Kentucky: Alben W. Barkley and Wendell Ford
Louisiana: Bennett Johnston, Jr. and Russell B. Long
Maine: Margaret Chase Smith and Edmund S. Muskie
Maryland: Paul Sarbanes and Barbra Mikulski
Massachusetts: David I. Walsh and Ted Kennedy
Michigan: Arthur H. Vandenberg and Carl Levin
Minnesota: Hubert H. Humphrey and Paul Wellstone
Mississippi: John C. Stennis and Thad Cochran
Missouri: Harry S. Truman and John Danforth
Montana: Mike Mansfield and Jon Tester
Nebraska: Bob Kerrey and Chuck Hagel
Nevada: Howard Cannon and Harry Reid
New Hampshire: John Durkin and Jeanne Shaheen
New Jersey: Clifford P. Case and Bill Bradley
New Mexico: Leave as is
New York: Jacob Javits and Kirsten Gillibrand
North Carolina: Sam Ervin and Terry Sanford
North Dakota: Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan
Ohio: Howard Metzenbaum and Sherrod Brown
Oklahoma: Fred R. Harris and David Boren
Oregon: Mark Hatfield and Wayne Morse
Pennsylvania: Richard S. Schweiker and Bob Casey, Jr.
Rhode Island: Theodore F. Green and Claiborne Pell
South Carolina: James Byrnes and Fritz Hollings
South Dakota: George McGovern and Tom Daschle
Tennessee: Al Gore and Son
Texas: Lyndon B. Johnson and Ralph Yarborough
Utah: Frank Moss and Orrin Hatch
Vermont: George Aiken and Bernie Sanders
Virginia: Warner and Warner
Washington: Warren G. Magnuson and Scoop Jackson
West Virginia: Robert C. Byrd and Jay Rockefeller
Wisconsin: Robert LaFollette, Sr. and Russ Feingold
Wyoming: Joseph C. O'Mahoney and Lester C. Hunt

[Kaine for Senate '18]

I'm glad you liked so many of my choices, Nathan

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

They were very good choices, for the most part. Even the ones that I didn't agree with or share I thought were pretty good.

[I'm JewCon in name only.]

Republicans
Jesse Helms
Barry Goldwater
Al D'Amato
Roman Hruska



Democrats
Zell Miller
Edward Zorinsky


obivously a lot more, but i cant list em all.

[Antonio the Sixth]

*Hubert Humphrey
*Walter Mondale
*Paul Wellstone
*Ted Kennedy
*Russ Feingold
*Mike Gravel
*George McGovern
*Eugene McCarthy
*Bill Bradley

There. Best Senate ever (screw the 2 per state, 100 people rule).

This, and Robert LaFollette too.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Mostly racist South Democrats from Jim Crow or earlier. So that they can see that Black people can vote now.

[Joe Republic]

Mostly racist South Democrats from Jim Crow or earlier. So that they can see that Black people can vote now.

Or better yet, show them who's in the White House right now.  From their own party, no less.

[Is Totally Not Feeblepizza.]

Barry Goldwater, Evan Bayh, Chuck Hagel, Zell Miller, Robert Taft, Paul Laxalt, James Buckley, William F. Knowland, Mike Gravel, Al D'Amato, probably others...

[Rooney]

Irvine Lenroot of course! Who can forget Irvine Lenroot? I know I can't.

[Хahar 🤔]

Jim Bunning was quite the pitcher. It would be nice to have him alive again.