The Resume

(December 5, 1902-June 26, 2003)
Governor of South Carolina (1947-51)
U.S. Senator (South Carolina, 1954-2002)
President pro-Tempore

Why he might be annoying:

He had a child out of wedlock.
He switched his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican.
He is against gay rights.
He voted for segregation.
At ninety-nine he was still in congress.
On several occasions he had voted against bills he previously voted for (senile?).

Why he might not be annoying:

He was the first write-in candidate to be elected senator (1954).
He graduated Clemson University (1923).
He fought during WW II.
He was said to be for the common man.
He retired at the end of this congressional session (December, 2002).

Credit: Peacham

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 107th United States Congress - Senators [January 2001-December 2002]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [December] (Ranked: 12051902)
• Cornel West Doesn’t Like Me
• Dana Carvey Impersonations
• Do As I Say Not As I Do [Conservative Hypocrites]
• Freemasons
• I am a Shriner
• I am Disliked by Gays
• I Attended Clemson University
• I Died in 2003 (Ranked: 100)
• I Fathered Children Out of Wedlock
• I Gave Children up for Adoption
• I Lived to 100 (Ranked: 100)
• I Was a Member of 4-H
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Lovelythesp/Peacham's Profiles
• MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch - Losers [Season 3]
• Nerve's America's Top 10 Political Sex Scandals [2007] (Ranked: 8)
• Nobody Told Me I'm Old
• Profiles 5751-6000 (Ranked: 5759)
• Served in World War II
• Third Party U.S. Presidential Candidates
• U.S. Governors
• U.S. Senators
• VH-1's 100 Greatest Shocking Moments in Rock 'n Roll (Ranked: 84)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 68 Votes: 60.29% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 52 Votes: 65.38% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 52 Votes: 51.92% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 25 Votes: 56.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 42 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 85 Votes: 50.59% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 72 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 25 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 34 Votes: 55.88% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 33 Votes: 51.52% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 42 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 202 Votes: 49.01% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 263 Votes: 49.05% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 112 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 907 Votes: 54.58% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 276 Votes: 72.10% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 374 Votes: 71.66% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 873 Votes: 69.76% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 2086 Votes: 70.23% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 3293 Votes: 70.03% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 3388 Votes: 77.63% Annoying