The Resume

(July 26, 1903-August 10, 1963)
Born in Madisonville, Tennessee
Birth name was Carey Estes Kefauver
Representative (1939-49) and Senator (1949-63) from Tennessee
Running mate of Adlai Stevenson (1956)
Democrat

Why he might be annoying:

His trademark was wearing a coonskin cap.
He chaired the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency and gave Fred Wertham a forum to denounce comic books.
One Democratic colleague called him 'the most hated man in Congress.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He held televised hearings that forced J. Edgar Hoover to acknowledge the existence of organized crime.
He campaigned for consumer protection and anti-trust laws.
He was one of only three Southern senators to refuse to sign the anti-integration Southern Manifesto.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 10]
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Men [1951] (Ranked: 8)
• I Adopted a Child
• I Attended University of Tennessee
• I Attended Yale
• I Died in 1963 (Ranked: 60)
• Known By a Middle Name
• Look at Me, I'm on the Cover of Time
• Look at My Magazine Cover
• Losing Vice Presidential Nominees (Ranked: 1956)
• Profiles 22251-22500 (Ranked: 22498)
• U.S. Congressional Representatives
• U.S. Senators

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 21 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 34 Votes: 55.88% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 34 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 43 Votes: 46.51% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 49 Votes: 55.10% Annoying