The Resume

(November 15, 1891-circa July 26, 1986)
Born in New York City, New York
Full name was William Averell Harriman
U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1943-1946) and the United Kingdom (1946)
Secretary of Commerce (1946-1948)
Governor of New York (1955-1958)
Married to Pamela Harriman

Why he might be annoying:

He was married three times.
His third wife is better known than he is.
He had an affair with Pamela when she was still married to her first husband.
He sought the Democratic nomination for president in 1952 and 1956 but was defeated by Adlai E. Stevenson both times.
He had no sense of humor.

Why he might not be annoying:

He attended the Tehran and Yalta Conferences with Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
He believed the US should be tougher in its dealings with the USSR.
He supervised the Marshall Plan.
He became a US ambassador at large during the 1960s.
He took part in peace talks between America and North Vietnam.
He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969.

Credit: Truffle

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

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• Dick Cavett Show Guests
• I Attended Winston Churchill’s State Funeral [January 30, 1965]
• I Attended Yale
• Look at Me, I'm on the Cover of Time
• Look at My Magazine Cover
• Profiles 33751-34000 (Ranked: 33771)
• The Truffle's Profiles [Series 3]
• U.S. Governors
• U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 28 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying