The Resume

(April 20, 1910-February 12, 1991)
Born in New York City, New York
Robert Ferdinand Wagner II
Mayor of New York City (January 1, 1954 – December 31, 1965)
United States Ambassador to Spain (June 24, 1968 – March 7, 1969)
Member of the New York State Assembly (1938 - 42)
Son of Senator Robert Ferdinand Wagner

Why he might be annoying:

He was regularly confused with movie star/later murder suspect Robert Wagner.
He was a Senator's son (like in the song!)
He gave New York the Mets after the Dodgers and Giants left the city.
He refused President Eisenhower's request for a ticker tape parade for the King Saud bin Abdulaziz on his visit to New York and refused to formally greet him on grounds that he was anti-Semitic and anti-Catholic (which some claimed was just thinly-disguised race baiting).
He embarked on a campaign to rid New York City of gay bars in the early 60's.
He ran for a fourth Mayoral term but was soundly beaten by Mario Procaccino in the Democratic primary.
He later toyed with running again in the 1970's as a Republican but it never happened.

Why he might not be annoying:

He ended the reign of Tammany Hall clubhouse bosses' dominance over city politics.
He resigned his State Assembly seat during World War II and joined the Army Air Corps.
He quit the New York Athletic Club because it barred African Americans and Jews from becoming members.
He signed the law that created the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.
He was the first Democrat to win three four-year terms as mayor and only the third candidate this century to serve that long.
He established the right of collective bargaining for city employees.
He was the first mayor to hire significant numbers of people of color in city government and passed laws barring housing discrimination based on race, creed or color.
He was appointed by President Carter to be his representative at the Vatican, following the election of John Paul II to Pope in 1978.

Credit: BoyWiththeGreenHair

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• BoyWiththeGreenHair’s Profiles [Series 17]
• Celebrities who Served in World War II [1939-45]
• Celebrity Juniors
• Celebrity New York Met Fans
• Celebrity New York Yankee Fans
• I am Disliked by Gays
• I Attended Harvard
• I Attended Yale
• I Died in 1991 (Ranked: 80)
• I Have Bladder Cancer
• I Married in 1975
• I Named My Kid After Myself
• I’m Buried at Calvary Cemetery [Queens, New York]
• Look at Me, I'm with Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Mayors
• People who Have Similar Names on Am I Annoying (Ranked: 774)
• Person to Person - Guests [L-Z]
• Profiles 49838-50000 (Ranked: 49945)
• Served in World War II
• Sons of Celebrities
• What's My Line - Mystery Guests [1950-1967]
• White Men Loved by Blacks
• Widow's Peak

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying