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Martin Van Buren

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U.S. President

The Resume

    (December 5, 1782-July 24, 1862)
    Eighth U.S. President (1837-41)
    U.S. Senator from New York
    Secretary of State

Why he might be annoying:

    Mainly due to his predecessor, Andrew Jackson, his first year of President was the, then, worst depression in U.S. history (1837).
    During that year, hundreds of banks and businesses failed.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is the first president born in the United States.
    He was born in New York.
    He opposed annexation of Texas, because it would be a slave state and bring war from Mexico.
    His wife died when he was 38, 17 years before he became president.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 145 Votes: 48.28% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 97 Votes: 50.52% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 260 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 79 Votes: 43.04% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 58 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 245 Votes: 53.88% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 76 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 51 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 115 Votes: 50.43% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 54 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 46 Votes: 41.30% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 67 Votes: 32.84% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 568 Votes: 43.66% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 839 Votes: 41.48% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 593 Votes: 41.99% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 421 Votes: 43.47% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 635 Votes: 46.30% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 2076 Votes: 41.38% Annoying