The Resume

(March 24, 1902-March 16, 1971)
Governor of New York (1943-1955)
Republican presidential candidate (1944, 1948)

Why he might be annoying:

Theodore Roosevelt's daughter, Alice, said he 'looked like the little man on top of a wedding cake.'
He was a strong isolationist before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
He believed that Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs were 'excessive.'
Due to press miscalculations, he was incorrectly declared the winner of the 1948 election against Harry Truman.
The 'Chicago Daily Tribune' famously mistakenly labeled its front page 'Dewey Defeats Truman.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He received a law degree from Columbia Law School (1925).
As a prosecutor, he helped convict gangster Lucky Luciano.
As governor of New York, he passed laws prohibiting racial discrimination in employment.
He created the State University of New York.
He was the first U.S. presidential candidate born in the 20th century.

Credit: Ratman

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Attorney
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Men [1946] (Ranked: 8)
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Men [1948] (Ranked: 7)
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Men [1949] (Ranked: 10)
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Men [1950] (Ranked: 10)
• Golden Girls References
• I Attended Columbia
• I Died in 1971 (Ranked: 68)
• I Lost as the Republican Presidential Candidate (Ranked: 1944)
• I Lost as the Republican Presidential Candidate (Ranked: 1948)
• Just a Dollar Short [People who Just Missed]
• Look at Me, Yes You! - Finger Pointers
• Mustaches
• Norman Rockwell Portraits
• Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
• Profiles 14501-14750 (Ranked: 14710)
• Ratman's Profiles [Series 3]
• U.S. Governors
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19710316)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 24 Votes: 29.17% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 12 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 36 Votes: 52.78% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 26 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 55 Votes: 38.18% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 34 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 77 Votes: 49.35% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 110 Votes: 56.36% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 201 Votes: 53.73% Annoying