The Resume

(March 28, 1914-March 26, 1996)
Born in Rumford, Maine
U.S. Secretary of State (May 8, 1980-January 20, 1981)
Democratic U.S. Senator from Maine (1959-1980)
Governor of Maine (1955-1959)

Why he might be annoying:

He was the Vice Presidential nominee on Hubert Humphrey's failed Presidential bid (1968).
He was overtaken by George McGovern as the 1972 Democratic Presidential nominee.
He helped turn Maine from a heavily Republican to a heavily Democratic state.
His middle name is 'Sixtus.'
Some conservatives called him 'Mr. Clean' due to his positions on environmental issues.

Why he might not be annoying:

He served in the United States Navy during World War II.
He graduated Cornell Law School.
He was elected by Maine voters to four terms in the United States Senate.
He was one of the first Senators to take environmental issues seriously.
He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter.
He was the victim of a vicious smear campaign (including forged letters) by Richard Nixon.

Credit: D

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Campus Opinions Most Admired Men [1971] (Ranked: 1)
• D's Profiles [Series 05]
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Men [1969] (Ranked: 10)
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Men [1970] (Ranked: 6)
• I am a New Englander
• I am of Polish Extraction
• I Attended Cornell
• I Delivered My Party’s State of the Union Response [United States] (Ranked: 1970)
• I Delivered My Party’s State of the Union Response [United States] (Ranked: 1976)
• I Died in 1996 (Ranked: 81)
• I Was a Member of 4-H
• Look at Me, I'm on the Cover of Time
• Look at My Magazine Cover
• Losing Vice Presidential Nominees (Ranked: 1968)
• Men Caught Weeping in Public
• Nixon's Enemies List
• Profiles 21751-22000 (Ranked: 21824)
• Served in World War II
• U.S. Governors
• U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients
• U.S. Senators
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19960326)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 29 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 73 Votes: 43.84% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 36 Votes: 47.22% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 41 Votes: 48.78% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 29 Votes: 41.38% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 371 Votes: 54.72% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 34 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 56 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 23 Votes: 39.13% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 58 Votes: 46.55% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 63 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 64 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 104 Votes: 45.19% Annoying