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Theodore Bilbo

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U.S. Senator

The Resume

    (October 13, 1877-August 21, 1947)
    State Senator in Mississippi (1908-1912)
    Lieutenant Governor (1912-1916)
    Governor (1916-1920, 1928-1932)
    Democratic Senator from Mississippi (1935-1947)

Why he might be annoying:

    He was the most outspoken racist in the Senate.
    He told electors in Mississippi: 'I want to make it impossible for the Negro to vote and thus guarantee white supremacy.'
    During his campaign for Senator, he advocated deporting blacks to Africa.
    In 1938, he praised Adolf Hitler on the Senate floor.
    As a populist, he would only stand for the poor if they were white.
    He was not only racist, but he was also a crook, being convicted of accepting bribes from military contractors during World War II.
    After his death, one newspaper expressed relief and called his actions 'a stench in the nostrils of decent men.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He stood against big business, railroad companies in particular.
    He supported the New Deal.
    Other Senators kept him from real power by putting him in charge of the Washington D.C. committee, one of the least powerful committees.
    Although he was re-elected in 1946, the Senate refused to swear him in, therefore he resigned.
    He was respected in his home state; 5,000 Mississippians attended his funeral.

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Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 30 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 441 Votes: 57.82% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 72 Votes: 51.39% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 46 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 98 Votes: 63.27% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 155 Votes: 74.19% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 354 Votes: 67.51% Annoying