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John Connally

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Politician

The Resume

    (February 27, 1917-June 15, 1993)
    Secretary of the Navy under President John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)
    Governor of Texas (1963-1969)
    Wounded during the assassination of President Kennedy (November 22, 1963)
    Treasury Secretary under President Richard Nixon (1971-1972)

Why he might be annoying:

    He was a fan of soap operas.
    He was known for shady, hardball politics.
    He spearheaded the ‘Democrats for Nixon' political group (1968).
    Toward the end of his life, he went broke and had to auction off his possessions.
    Conspiracy buffs used weird and inaccurate diagrams of his gunshot wounds to claim a second gunman killed JFK.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He grew up on a cotton farm.
    During the Kennedy assassination he was hit in the back, thigh, wrist and chest.
    His opinion that the shots came from a lone assassin drove conspiracy theorists nuts.
    He achieved the rank of lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
    He fought in nine major battles in the Pacific Theater.

Credit: JinnFiend


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 61 Votes: 50.82% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 24 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 28 Votes: 53.57% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 29 Votes: 48.28% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 36 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 42 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 121 Votes: 53.72% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 191 Votes: 52.88% Annoying