The Resume

(April 18, 1924-November 29, 2007)
Republican Representative from Illinois (1975-2007)
Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee (1995-2001)
Chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee (2001-2007)
Catholic

Why he might be annoying:

Although he was the House leader of the Clinton Impeachment, he had an affair back in the 1960s.
He claimed that it was a youthful indiscretion, yet he was in his forties when he had the affair.
He supported a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning.
He was uncompromising in his anti-abortion stance.

Why he might not be annoying:

He succeeded in cutting off federal funding for one of his pet peeves, abortion.
He voted for extending the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (1975, 1981), strengthening fair housing laws (1988), and strengthening the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (1991).
He was against affirmative action.
He was for immigration reform.
He supports free trade.
He was one of the most powerful members of the House of Representatives.

Credit: Wuffle

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]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [April] (Ranked: 4181924)
• Do As I Say Not As I Do [Conservative Hypocrites]
• I am from Chicago
• I Attended Duke University
• I Attended Georgetown
• I Died in 2007 (Ranked: 84)
• Look at My Flag
• Profiles 14751-15000 (Ranked: 14856)
• Silver Foxes [Gray and Don't Care]
• Stephen King Doesn’t Like Me
• U.S. Congressional Representatives
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20071129)
• Will Ferrell Impersonations
• Wuffle's Profiles

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 26 Votes: 57.69% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 89 Votes: 46.07% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 25 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 35 Votes: 51.43% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 65 Votes: 50.77% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 116 Votes: 45.69% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 173 Votes: 45.09% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 66 Votes: 43.94% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 87 Votes: 48.28% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 334 Votes: 47.90% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 228 Votes: 73.25% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 330 Votes: 69.70% Annoying