Al Franken Draws US Map From Memory

Al Franken may have just joined the Senate, but it seems he's been studying up on the United States for quite some time.

The junior senator from Minnesota showed off his U.S. map-drawing skills in a video posted on Sept. 4 from the Minnesota State Fair. Starting with his home state, he then proceeds to draw all 50 states without referencing a map. Watch the video .

As of Tuesday evening, the video posted on YouTube has garnered more than 190,000 views.

This isn't the first time Franken has showed off his unique cartography talents. In 2007 Franken drew the map from memory at a fundraiser in Rochester, Minn . And during a 1987 appearance on "Late Night With David Letterman," Franken drew the map in less than 2 minutes. Franken starts drawing in the video at 7:20 .

Before the video filmed at the Minnesota State Fair, Franken used to only draw the contiguous 48 states. Why not all 50 states? "When I was a young boy, Alaska and Hawaii were not part of the Union, and I refuse to draw them," Franken said last year at a senate campaign fundraiser .

During several fundraisers during this campaign for Minnesota senator, Franken auctioned off the map drawings. At one auction last May, his map sold for $375 .

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