The Resume

(April 1, 1834-January 6, 1872)
Born in Pownal, Vermont
Partner of Jay Gould in the Erie Railroad
Known as Big Jim, Diamond Jim and Jubilee Jim

Why he might be annoying:

He left school to join a circus.
He smuggled cotton across enemy lines during the Civil War.
He and Gould engaged in wholesale bribing of legislators and judges while running the Erie.
He carried on an extramarital affair with showgirl Josie Matthews.

Why he might not be annoying:

His assistance to victims of the Great Chicago Fire was remembered in a song, 'Jim Fisk (He Never Went Back On The Poor).'
Mansfield left him for Ned Stokes, after which she and Stokes tried to blackmail him by threatening to make his letters to Mansfield public.
After he refused to pay up, he and Stokes got into an argument during which Stokes shot him dead.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Born on April Fool's Day [April 1st] (Ranked: 1834)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 33]
• I am an Adulterer
• I Did Not Graduate High School [F-I]
• I Died in My 30s (Ranked: 37)
• I Joined the Circus
• I Took a Bullet
• I Was a Victim of Extortion/Blackmail
• I was Murdered
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Profiles 30501-30750 (Ranked: 30503)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying