The Resume

(November 15, 1925-June 26, 2014)
Republican Senator from Tennessee (1967-1985)
Senate Minority Leader (1977-1981)
Senate Majority Leader (1981-85)
Chief of Staff to Ronald Reagan (1987-88)
Ambassador to Japan (2001-05)

Why he might be annoying:

His run for president in 1980 quickly disintegrated and he dropped out.
He was criticized as President Ronald Reagan's Chief of Staff by conservatives for not doing enough to prevent Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork from getting rejected.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was the first Republican in Tennessee to be elected to the Senate since reconstruction.
He was the first Southern Republican Senator to vote for civil rights.
He served as Vice Chairman of the Senate Watergate Commission.
He was a moderate conservative who, being a talented legislator, could get significant numbers of Democrats on his side.
He was respected by both Republicans and Democrats.
He helped push the Voting Rights Act of 1982 through the Senate despite a stubborn resistance by Jesse Helms and John P. East.
He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on March 26, 1984.

Credit: Wuffle

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Dick Cavett Show Guests
• I Attended Tulane University
• I Attended University of Tennessee
• I Delivered My Party’s State of the Union Response [United States] (Ranked: 1968)
• I Delivered My Party’s State of the Union Response [United States] (Ranked: 1978)
• I Delivered My Party’s State of the Union Response [United States] (Ranked: 1979)
• I Delivered My Party’s State of the Union Response [United States] (Ranked: 1991)
• I Died in 2014 (Ranked: 88)
• Profiles 13751-14000 (Ranked: 13767)
• U.S. Senators
• Watergate Players
• Wuffle's Profiles

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 31 Votes: 48.39% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 59 Votes: 57.63% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 196 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 43 Votes: 41.86% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 41 Votes: 46.34% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 108 Votes: 47.22% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 178 Votes: 44.94% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 360 Votes: 45.28% Annoying