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Henry A. Wallace

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U.S. Vice President

The Resume

    (October 7, 1888-November 18, 1965)
    Secretary of Agriculture (1933-1940)
    Vice President of the United States under Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) (1941-1945)
    Secretary of Commerce (1945)
    Editor of the New Republic magazine
    Founded Pioneer Hi-Bred (1915)

Why he might be annoying:

    He was only a Secretary of Agriculture for seven years before becoming Vice President.
    He became Vice President largely because of a rule change which allowed FDR to appoint his vice president without Democratic Convention approval.
    He more than likely would not have been approved had the old rules still stood.
    He was an ultra-liberal who was replaced out of fear that he might become president as FDR became physically weaker.
    He was seen as far too agrarian and even communist at times.
    He was known to be very introverted and he made sparse friends.
    This made people judge him on his speeches alone which were, for the most part, delivered sloppily.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is considered one of the first modern Vice Presidents, as Roosevelt planned to make him into an additional set of eyes and ears much like today's Vice Presidents.
    During his tenure as the Secretary of Agriculture, he developed the first successful school lunch program.
    He was disliked by many of the old Democratic party bosses for being a former Republican.
    He made very innovative changes in farming technology, such as experimenting with high-breeding strains of corn for more productive fields.
    He started Pioneer Hi-Bred which is to this day one of the most successful agribusinesses in America.

Credit: Captain Howdy


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 63 Votes: 68.25% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 17 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 89 Votes: 53.93% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 40 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 58 Votes: 39.66% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 115 Votes: 45.22% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 149 Votes: 44.97% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 228 Votes: 45.61% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 100 Votes: 56.00% Annoying