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Charles L. McNary

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U.S. Senator

The Resume

    (June 17, 1874-February 12, 1944)
    Born in Salem, Oregon
    United States Senator from Oregon (December 18, 1918–February 25, 1944)
    Senate Minority Leader (March 4, 1933–February 25, 1944)
    Republican nominee for Vice President in 1940

Why he might be annoying:

    His middle name was Linza.
    He resembled Fred Allen.
    He was Oregon's longest-serving senator until Mark Hatfield surpassed his record in 1993.
    He was chosen to balance the ticket of pro-business presidential nominee Wendell Willkie despite being almost completely at odds politically.
    So marked were the two's differences that Richard L. Neuberger wrote: 'Whether as Vice President of the U.S. Charley McNary can keep on endorsing Government-power projects, isolation, high tariffs and huge outlays for farm relief under a President who believes in none of these things remains to be seen' (the two lost decisively to the the Roosevelt/Wallace ticket).

Why he might not be annoying:

    As a local paperboy, he knew future President Herbert Clark Hoover.
    He was orphaned at the age of nine.
    Before his Senate career, he was a justice of the Oregon Supreme Court and later dean of Willamette University College of Law in his hometown of Salem.
    He worked on agricultural and forestry issues in the Senate.
    He helped to pass legislation that led to the construction of Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River.
    He supported many of the New Deal programs at the beginning of the Great Depression.
    He died in office after unsuccessful surgery on a brain tumor.
    As of 2021, he is the longest serving Senate Minority Leader.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 22 Votes: 63.64% Annoying