The Resume

(December 26, 1907-December 5, 1998)
Father of Al Gore
Democratic Congressman from Tennessee (1939-1944; 1945-1953)
Democratic Senator from Tennessee (1953-1971)
Vice President of the Occidental Petroleum Company after Senate career

Why he might be annoying:

He was connected to businessman Armand Hammer, who helped fund Soviet spying and was very corrupt.
J. Edgar Hoover could not pursue Hammer because Gore was able to protect him.
He voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
He was very liberal, which would eventually lead to his defeat by Republican Bill Brock.
After his Senate career, he became Vice President of the Occidental Petroleum Company, of which Hammer was president.

Why he might not be annoying:

He refused to sign the Southern Manifesto.
Gore was one of the few Southern Senators who generally supported civil rights, voting for the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968.
He opposed the Vietnam War.
He lost reelection by a narrow margin in 1970, partially due to his stances on civil rights and on the Vietnam War.

Credit: Wuffle

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Born on Boxing Day [Deceber 26] (Ranked: 1907)
• I am from Tennessee
• I Died in 1998 (Ranked: 90)
• People who Have Similar Names on Am I Annoying (Ranked: 153)
• Profiles 13251-13500 (Ranked: 13359)
• U.S. Congressional Representatives
• U.S. Senators
• Wuffle's Profiles

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 29 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 46 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 46 Votes: 60.87% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 26 Votes: 57.69% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 27 Votes: 59.26% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 52 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 49 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 61 Votes: 65.57% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 42 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 66 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 244 Votes: 64.34% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 151 Votes: 64.24% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 480 Votes: 48.12% Annoying