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Jim Rhodes

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U.S. Governor

The Resume

    (September 13, 1909-March 4, 2001)
    Born in Coalton, Ohio
    Birth name was James Allen Rhodes
    Two-time Governor of Ohio (1963-71, 1975-83)
    Mayor of Columbus (1944-52)
    Ohio State Auditor (1953-63)
    Known for his involvement in the Kent State Incident

Why he might be annoying:

    He deployed National Guard troops onto the Kent State University campus to quell a student protest. The following night, the guardsmen killed four students and wounded nine others (May 4, 1970).
    The day before the shooting, he said of the protesters: ‘They're worse than the Brownshirts, and the Communist element, and also the Night Riders, and the vigilantes. They're the worst type of people that we harbor in America.’
    He ran for the Senate and narrowly lost to Robert Taft Jr. in the Republican primary (did we mention the loss came two days after the Kent State Incident?).
    He was hit in the face with a banana cream pie thrown by protester Steve Conliff (August 16, 1977). Conliff later ran against him for the Republican gubernatorial nomination and lost.
    He pardoned Don King for his 1967 non‐negligent manslaughter conviction of stomping an employee to death (1983).

Why he might not be annoying:

    His father died when he was nine.
    He spearheaded the construction of 50 airports throughout Ohio.
    He opened the door for a strong business relationship between Ohio and China.
    He was one of only seven U.S. governors to serve four four-year terms in office.
    He tied for the sixth-longest gubernatorial tenure in post-Constitutional U.S. history at 5,840 days.
    He sought an unprecedented fifth term, but lost to incumbent Dick Celeste, whom he had narrowly defeated in his last successful gubernatorial bid in 1978.
    He suffered a stroke in 1995, which resulted in him needing to use a wheelchair.
    He shares his name with the alter ego to the Marvel superhero War Machine.

Credit: BoyWithTheGreenHair


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    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying