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Ida McKinley

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First Lady

The Resume

    (June 8, 1847-May 26, 1907)
    Birth name is Ida Saxton
    First Lady (March 4 1897-September 14, 1901).
    Married President William McKinley (January 25, 1871)

Why she might be annoying:

    While First Lady, her brother George Saxton was murdered. George's ex-girlfriend Anna George, shot him dead as he approached his current lover Eva Althouse's home (October 7, 1898).
    She converted from Presbyterian to Methodist.
    She named a daughter after herself, Ida McKinley (who only lived 4 months).
    She took part in the temperance movement of 1874.
    Although she was ill and did not attend a number of political functions, many suspected that there were other reasons why she was not around.
    She fainted at the 1897 inauguration ball.
    She was often sedated and medicated.
    She despised the color yellow for no apparent reason.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She attended Miss Sanford's School and Brooke Hall Female Seminary.
    She was a Sunday School teacher and bank clerk/cashier.
    She knitted bedroom slippers that she donated for charity auctions.
    She was considered an invalid as she sat to receiving White House guests.
    When she had seizures during White House dinners, her husband would place a napkin over her face and continue his meal and conversations.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 74 Votes: 62.16% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 43 Votes: 41.86% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 31 Votes: 45.16% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 119 Votes: 44.54% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 106 Votes: 43.40% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 59 Votes: 52.54% Annoying