Worst 10 American Governors (Patreon)

Worst 10 American Governors

Here are the 10 worst governors in American history, according to Mr. Beat. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt My (DIS)Honorable mentions: Ray Blanton Fob James Richard Leche David Butler William Harding Evan Mecham Don Siegelman John B. Weller Lester Maddox Rod Blagojevich Music by Joyce Foundation and Tabby Cat. Produced by Matt Beat. All images found in the public domain, used under fair use guidelines, or original content from Matt Beat. Connor Higgins' video about George Wallace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IHQ7H0EV9A Brown v. Board of Education: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F4edxloXCc&t=103s Worcester v. Georgia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwBRrsHAodY Photo credits: Patrick Emerson Michael Vadon Chicago History Museum Historicfuture12 Sources: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-chris-christie-became-least-popular-governor-in-new-jersey-history-2018-1 http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/07/chris_christies_the_least-worst_governor_in_recent.html https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/06/12/the-big-sleazy http://uipress.lib.uiowa.edu/bdi/DetailsPage.aspx?id=154 http://iowahistoryjournal.com/william-harding/ http://prospect.org/article/will-real-worst-governor-please-stand Edwin Edwards https://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/edwin-edwards-louisiana-2014-elections-105563 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Edwards http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/225941-edwin-edwards-the-louisiana-lifer Joel Aldrich Matteson https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2012/08/joel-aldrich-matteson-we-report-you-decide.html https://almostchosenpeople.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/joel-aldrich-matteson/ http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/s-governor-among-illinois-most-corrupt/article_ca3fc2ba-c596-587c-8f95-c91509eabfa2.html Peter Hardeman Burnett https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hardeman_Burnett https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/burnett_peter/#.WwcfcdOUtTY http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article188681854.html http://www.calgoldrush.com/profiles/pro_burnett.html Lilburn Boggs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilburn_Boggs http://blog.mrm.org/2008/07/governor-boggs-vs-the-mormons/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_War https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3909&context=etd George Wallace https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-george-wallace/stephanroget https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wallace https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-03-22/are-we-reliving-candidacy-george-wallace-through-donald-trump Connor’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IHQ7H0EV9A Orval Faubus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orval_Faubus http://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/html_use/A-0031.html Len Small https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Small http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1865681,00.html http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-per-flashback-small-0619-20110619-story.html Wilson Lumpkin https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/wilson-lumpkin-1783-1870 https://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_georgia/col2-content/main-content-list/title_lumpkin_wilson.default.html Brigham Young https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigham_Young https://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-g-turner/brigham-young-and-polygamy_b_1792555.html https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/01/21/lives-of-the-saints https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Meadows_Massacre https://historyofmormonism.com/2009/08/27/native-americans/ #10 Edwin Edwards Governor of Louisiana from 1972 to 1980, 1984 to 1988, and 1992 to 1996, serving 16 years total in office, or 5,784 days, the sixth-longest amount of time in office for any governor since the Constitution. Widely considered one of the most corrupt governors in American history, he actually got caught for racketeering, extortion, money laundering, mail fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy. He went to federal prison for eight years. He was unapologetic about receiving illegal campaign donations. He was accused of obstruction of justice and bribery. The only reason why Edwards is not higher up on my list is because is dedication to civil rights and protecting minorities and the poor. #9 Joel Aldrich Matteson Oh Louisiana and Illinois. You both have a long history of electing corrupt and just, plain horrible governors. And Matteson is one of them. Governor of Illinois from 1853 to 1857, he actually had a few accomplishments during his term. This was when Illinois began public education, and Matteson oversaw a strong economy and the reduction of the state’s debt. However, after he got out of office people started to find out about his shadiness.