Terrible Senators Part XIII: John Hipple Mitchell, Oregon's Career Criminal Senator
The rise of the GOP in American politics produced some highly accomplished and notable legislators, but it also produced some scoundrels. One of the most notorious of these men was Oregon’s John Hipple Mitchell (1835-1905). Indeed, the popular history YouTuber Mr. Beat included Mitchell as one of the “ten” worst senators in his list on YouTube, yet he m…
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