The Resume

(March 11, 1965- )
Born in Greenville, South Carolina
United States Congressman from Illinois (January 1995-November 21, 2012)
Son of Civil Rights activist Jesse Jackson

Why he might be annoying:

Dude, do you know who his dad is?
Before being elected to Congress, he was the Field Director for the National Rainbow Coalition.
While running for re-election in 2002, he claimed that Democrats placed a candidate named Jesse L. Jackson on the ballot to confuse voters and sabotage his candidacy.
That candidate withdrew his candidacy after his wife and grandson passed away weeks later.
Even though he is a Democrat, he supports the Right To Life foundation.
He looks like LeVar Burton.
After a month's worth of missed votes on the House floor, and at the cusp of an ethics investigation, questions about rehab treatment for an undisclosed health matter (rumored to be alcoholism or major depression) swirled, with some calling for his resignation (July 11, 2012).
He and his wife plead guilty to federal charges of misusing campaign funds (February 20, 2013).

Why he might not be annoying:

He's not as outrageous as his father.
He has been serving his post for over ten years, and does not plan to leave his job for other opportunities.
He doesn't get as much attention as Barack Obama or Harold Ford.
He lost 50 pounds to gastric bypass surgery.

Credit: Darrell

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 107th United States Congress - Representatives [January 2001-December 2002]
• 108th United States Congress - Representatives [January 2003-December 2004]
• 109th United States Congress - Representatives [January 2005-December 2006]
• 110th United States Congress - Representatives [January 2007-December 2008]
• 111th United States Congress - Representatives [January 2009-December 2010]
• 112th United States Congress - Representatives [January 2011-December 2012]
• 2010 - 100 Most Annoying (Ranked: 94)
• 2011 - 100 Most Annoying (Ranked: 51)
• 2012 - 100 Most Annoying (Ranked: 64)
• 2016 - 100 Most Annoying (Ranked: 87)
• Celebrity Juniors
• Civil Rights Activists
• Crew's Most Corrupt Members of Congress [2009]
• Crew's Most Corrupt Members of Congress [2010]
• Darrell's Profiles [Series 1]
• Ebony Magazine's 10 Hottest Couples [February 1997] (Ranked: 25)
• I Attended Ted Kennedy's Funeral [August 28, 2009]
• I Attended University of Illinois [Urbana, Champaign]
• I Was a Speaker at the Democratic National Convention [2008]
• Mad Magazine's 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things [2009] (Ranked: 15)
• Masturbatory Names
• My Voting was Temporarily Suspended on Am I Annoying Due to Vote Abuse
• People who Have Similar Names on Am I Annoying (Ranked: 370)
• Profiles 20751-21000 (Ranked: 20767)
• Rock the Vote - Spokespeople
• Sons of Celebrities
• Triple Initial Alliteration
• U.S. Congressional Representatives

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 113 Votes: 56.64% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 64 Votes: 53.12% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 30 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 63 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 102 Votes: 50.98% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 145 Votes: 60.69% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 201 Votes: 70.65% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 156 Votes: 78.21% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 642 Votes: 61.21% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 3093 Votes: 64.89% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 2638 Votes: 70.09% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 1693 Votes: 86.47% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 903 Votes: 88.04% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 2793 Votes: 73.93% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 2097 Votes: 73.15% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 1801 Votes: 69.74% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 79 Votes: 70.89% Annoying