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Lucretia Garfield

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The Resume

    (April 19, 1832-March 14, 1918)
    Died in Pasadena, California
    Birth name is Lucretia Rudolph
    First Lady (March 4, 1881-September 19, 1881)
    Married President James Garfield (November 11, 1858)

Why she might be annoying:

    She was small, slender and frail.
    Because she was sickly, she was home schooled until sixteen.
    Her nickname was Crete.
    She was shy.
    She was against James Garfield's run for the presidential nomination.
    However, when James Garfield ran for president, she approved.
    She and President James Garfield had a great passionate romance in love letters, but had problems when they were personally together.
    President James Garfield said his marrying her was his biggest mistake.
    She threaten to divorce President James Garfield unless he ended his adulterous affair with Mrs. Lucia Gilbert Calhoun.
    She was anti-social.
    She dedicated a room in the White House for her own solitude.
    She changed political parties from Republican to Progressive to Democrat.

Why she might not be annoying:

    After President James Garfield ended the affair, they became real close and loved each other.
    She almost died from malaria (May, 1881).
    That same year her husband was assassinated (1881).
    She graduated college and became a teacher.
    She liked to paint, draw and read.
    She travelled under the name 'Mrs. Greenfield.'
    She began a White House inventory.
    She assisted President James Garfield in making decisions after he was shot (July 2, 1881) until his death (September 19, 1881).
    She helped nurse soldiers during the Spanish-American War and World War I.
    She was honored at the first Rose Bowl parade.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 45 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 29 Votes: 41.38% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 30 Votes: 43.33% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 43 Votes: 37.21% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 69 Votes: 47.83% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 101 Votes: 47.52% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 35 Votes: 31.43% Annoying