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Morris Udall

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U.S. Congressman

The Resume

    (June 15, 1922-December 12, 1998)
    Born in St. Johns, Arizona
    Democratic Congressman, 2nd District of Arizona (1961-1991)
    Mormon
    Nicknamed 'Mo'
    Candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination (1976)

Why he might be annoying:

    He is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, although he only played basketball professionally for one season.
    He ran for the congressional seat vacated by his brother, Stewart, who resigned to become Lyndon Baines Johnson's Secretary of the Interior.
    He came in fifth in the race for the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination.
    When he lost the presidential nomination, he said, 'The people have spoken, the bastards.'
    He titled his autobiography 'Too Funny to Be President.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He criticized the Mormon Church’s exclusion of blacks from the priesthood.
    He was an environmentalist.
    He lost an eye when he was six and wore a glass eye for the rest of his life.
    He was well known for his wit.
    He was six feet, five inches tall.
    He served in the Air Force during World War II.
    He was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 1979 and had to resign because of this twelve years later.
    He said, 'I'm a one-eyed Mormon Democrat from conservative Arizona, and you can't have a higher handicap that that.'
    His son Mark and nephew Tom were both elected to the US Senate in 2008.

Credit: Truffle


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 36 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 25 Votes: 48.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 29 Votes: 58.62% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 29 Votes: 58.62% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 53 Votes: 50.94% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 105 Votes: 58.10% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 50 Votes: 66.00% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 45 Votes: 46.67% Annoying