The Resume

(February 6, 1887-June 26, 1974)
Born in New York City, New York
Editor of The Nation (1920-23) and the New York Post (1933-34)
Director of the Division of Territories and Island Possessions of the Department of the Interior (1934-39)
Governor of Alaska Territory (1939-53)
Advocate for Alaskan statehood
US Senator from <6880> (1959-69)
Democrat
Last name pronounced 'GREEN-ing'

Why he might be annoying:

He graduated from Harvard medical school, but gave up medicine for journalism, which he found more exciting.
He initially resisted being sent to Alaska, 'the Siberia of the Interior Department.'
After losing in the Democratic primary to Mike Gravel, he ran for Senator as an independent, placing third (1968).

Why he might not be annoying:

He served in an artillery unit during World War I.
Alice Paul thanked him for his support of women's suffrage when he was managing editor of the Boston Journal.
He was instrumental in securing passage of the Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945, the first anti-discrimination law in the US since Reconstruction.
He was of only two members of Congress (with Senator Wayne Morse) to vote against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that Lyndon Johnson used as a substitute for a declaration of war in Vietnam (1964).
After his death, his ashes were scattered on an Alaskan mountain named after him.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 84]
• I Attended Harvard
• I Attended Hotchkiss [Lakeville, Connecticut]
• I Died in 1974 (Ranked: 87)
• I was Cremated
• Look at My Political Button
• National Statuary Hall Collection at the US Capitol (Ranked: 2)
• Newspaper Journalists/Editors/Publishers
• Profiles 53001-53250 (Ranked: 53059)
• Served in World War I
• U.S. Senators

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying