Can you name the US states given a famous former senator from that state?

created by sproutcm

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Click any empty Senator or State to answer for that location
* = There is a gap in the middle of the time range when this person was not a senator. There are a few states that don't have anyone really 'famous' other than their current senators.
Also try: Longest Serving Senators

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Senator	State	Years
Albert B. Cummins		1908-1926
Sam Nunn		1972-1997
Henry Clay		1806-1811*
Barry Goldwater		1953-1987*
Jefferson Davis		1847-1861*
Claude Pepper		1936-1951
William Pinkney		1819-1822
Robert Byrd		1959-2010
Jake Garn		1974-1993
J. William Fulbright		1945-1974
Jim Jeffords		1989-2007
Alan K. Simpson		1979-1997
Mike Mansfield		1953-1977
Sam Houston		1846-1859
Bill Bradley		1979-1997
Robert M. La Follette, Sr.		1906-1925
Albert Gore, Sr.		1953-1971
Eugene McCarthy		1959-1971
Quentin N. Burdick		1960-1992
Franklin Pierce		1837-1842
Strom Thurmond		1954-2003*
Robert F. Kennedy		1965-1968
Key Pittman		1913-1940
Bob Packwood		1969-1995
Pete Domenici		1973-2009

Senator	State	Years
Bob Dole		1969-1996
Tom Daschle		1987-2005
Gary Hart		1975-1987
Birch Bayh		1963-1981
Hugo Black		1927-1937
William V. Roth, Jr.		1971-2001
Margaret Chase Smith		1949-1973
Daniel Webster		1827-1850*
Hiram Fong		1959-1977
Bob Kerrey		1989-2001
Prescott Bush		1952-1963
Leland Stanford		1885-1893
Huey Long		1932-1935
Frank Church		1957-1981
Thomas Hart Benton		1821-1851
Henry 'Scoop' Jackson		1953-1983
Jesse Helms		1973-2003
Arthur H. Vandenberg		1928-1951
Mike Gravel		1969-1981
Stephen A. Douglas		1847-1861
Robert A. Taft		1939-1953
H. John Heinz III		1977-1991
Claiborne Pell		1961-1997
Richard Henry Lee		1789-1792
Don Nickles		1981-2005

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State from Historic Senator Quiz

by sproutcm

Created Nov 29, 2010 in History
Featured Jan 19, 2011
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	asdffdsaasdffdsa:	Jan 19th, 2011 at 19:39 GMT	8 points
	Well, that was quite a stately quiz.

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	DTNelson:	Jan 19th, 2011 at 20:09 GMT	1 point
	This quiz highlights that the Seventeenth Amendment was a bad idea.

	tulliuscicero:	Jan 19th, 2011 at 20:10 GMT	3 points
	Sad to see that Heinz is my state's famous senator. (Although I suppose it's better than Santorum.)

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	lichenboy:	Jan 19th, 2011 at 20:56 GMT	5 points
	I imagine that Sam Houston is the most guessed answer, based on the surname...

	kristifree:	Jan 19th, 2011 at 22:20 GMT	1 point
	Hehe I knew I wouldn't do well on this quiz, I just checked to see if my state would be repped by JFK or Ted Kennedy... so I guess it gets points for individuality!

	abard124:	Jan 19th, 2011 at 22:56 GMT	1 point
	It seems like all of the famous senators in history were from Massachusetts. Interesting choice of Webster, though... I would have gone with Sumner, but interesting choice! Good quiz...

	MrCaliChicago:	Jan 19th, 2011 at 23:33 GMT	1 point
	@lichenboy: or Leland Stanford.

	PK9:	Jan 19th, 2011 at 23:38 GMT	-4 points
	I got three by playing correctly in the first 2 minutes of the game. Then 28 more by playing the "name a state and paste it into every blank" strategy for the final 6 minutes. =P

	PlumpMenofHaddam:	Jan 19th, 2011 at 23:38 GMT	3 points
	Great quiz. Excellent choices of well-known senator. I think I'd have gone with Millard Tydings for MD and Pat McCarran for NV, but otherwise I'd have chosen pretty much the same senators.

	JoeyJoeJoe:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 00:33 GMT	1 point
	George Aiken for Vermont, George Norris for Nebraska, William Borah for Idaho, and Richard Russell for Georgia would also be good choices. Or how about putting in Roman Hruska for Nebraska - he wasn't that great, but shouldn't mediocrity be represented on this list?

	princesspaloma:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 02:13 GMT	7 points
	um, sorry, but what about john c. calhoun from south carolina? if you're gonna put in clay and webster, you've got to include calhoun.

	kmoy11:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 03:00 GMT	3 points
	Oregon should be Mark Hatfield, he is much more famous than Packwood. Hatfield served longer and is more renowned both in the state and nationally. Packwood is know mostly for his scandals.

	ClamBuckets:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 03:35 GMT	1 point
	Came here to make that exact comment, kmoy11, I totally agree.

	PopeCharming:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 04:47 GMT	2 points
	Great quiz-- I'm ashamed that I got a perfect score on it. In general, great choices of senators, but no McGovern love?

	featherfish81:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 05:21 GMT	3 points
	So frustrating - I recognized some of the names (especially the more recent ones) and kept blanking on the state they were from.

	juviejay:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 09:28 GMT	6 points
	I kept thinking Eugene McCarthy was Joe McCarthy and I kept typing Wisconsin and wondering why it wasn't working. :{

	sophicmuse:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 16:11 GMT	6 points
	"My name is Richard Henry Lee; Virginia is my home! And my horses turn to glue if I can't deliver unto you a resolution on independency!" Thank you, 1776.

	Jon:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 16:46 GMT	2 points
	on the iphone app version I didn't even have to do it in order...which made the quiz a bit un-fun as naming 50 states is something I can muster

	redsxfenway:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 17:30 GMT	1 point
	Who else missed his or her own state? -Floridian