The Resume

(November 9, 1920-January 21, 2001)
Born in Colusa, California
Member of the Ku Klux Klan and Christian Identity
Assassinated civil rights activist Medgar Evers (June 12, 1963)
Initially escaped with two hung juries (1964)
Convicted of murdering Evers thirty years later (1994)

Why he might be annoying:

He was schizophrenic.
He married the same woman three times.
He avoided serving time for Evers' murder for three decades.
He boasted about killing Evers at Klan rallies.
He unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor of Mississippi (1967).
He served three years in prison for plotting to kill a B'nai Brith director (1977-80) after being caught with guns and dynamite in his car.
While in the prison infirmary, he refused treatment from a black nurse's aide.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was orphaned at age five.
He won a Silver Star for his service with the Marines during WWII.
His bragging finally caught up to him, as testimony about his boasts helped convict him of Evers' murder.
James Woods was nominated for an Oscar for portraying him in 'The Ghosts of Mississippi.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Assassins
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 18]
• Criminals
• I am a U.S. Marine
• I am an Anti-Semite
• I Are a Schizophrenic
• I Died in 2001 (Ranked: 80)
• I Died in Jail
• I Remarried the Same Person [I Do! I Don't! I Changed My Mind!]
• I Sought Political Office
• I was Adopted or Orphaned
• Ku Klux Klanners
• Profiles 25001-25250 (Ranked: 25107)
• Served in World War II

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 32 Votes: 59.38% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 543 Votes: 53.78% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 16 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 36 Votes: 36.11% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 54 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 29 Votes: 58.62% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 75 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 98 Votes: 59.18% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 96 Votes: 55.21% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 180 Votes: 52.78% Annoying