The Resume

(July 19, 1922-October 21, 2012)
Member of the House of Representatives (1956-1960)
Director of President Kennedy's Peace for Food Program (1961-1962)
Democratic presidential candidate (1972)
Democratic Senator from South Dakota (1962-1980)
Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2000)
U.N. Global Ambassador to World Hunger

Why he might be annoying:

He suffered from depression.
After the press released information that his vice-presidential running mate, Thomas Eagleton, had sought help for dealing with psychological problems he was urged to drop him from the ticket.
He said he would not and was 100% behind Eagleton. However when polls indicated that Eagleton's psychological problems was a hinderance, he replaced him with Sargent Shriver.
Republicans painted him as a radical liberal.
He suffered a crushing 62% to 38% loss to Richard Nixon in his bid for president (1972).
During the election, he didn't win his home state of South Dakota.
His daughter, Teresa, was an alcoholic who went into rehab 68 times in four years (1991-94). She was found frozen to death after heavy drinking, in the snow (1994).

Why he might not be annoying:

He received the Distinguished Flying Cross for service in World War II.
He earned a Ph.D in history from Northwestern University.
He supported civil rights for African-Americans.
He was one of the first politicians to openly oppose the Vietnam War.
In honor of his daughter, he founded the Terry McGovern Foundation to help alcoholics.

Credit: Ratman

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [July] (Ranked: 7191922)
• Celebrities who Served in World War II [1939-45]
• Fairly Odd Parents References
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Men [1972] (Ranked: 9)
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Men [1974]
• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Men Appeared in Top 10 Only Once [1946-1998] (Ranked: 1972)
• I Attended Hunter S. Thompson's Funeral (August 20, 2005)
• I Died in 2012 (Ranked: 90)
• I Earned a Doctorate
• I Lost as the Democractic Presidential Candidate (Ranked: 1972)
• I Outlived My Child
• I Sat in the Commanders Owner's Box
• Men Caught Weeping in Public
• Nixon's Enemies List
• Norman Rockwell Portraits
• Pilots
• Playboy Interview Subjects [1970s] (Ranked: 1971)
• Profiles 13251-13500 (Ranked: 13275)
• Ratman's Profiles [Series 2]
• Saturday Night Live Hosts [1980-84] (Ranked: 1983)
• U.S. Congressional Representatives
• U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients
• U.S. Senators

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 23 Votes: 39.13% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 10 Votes: 10.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 84 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 70 Votes: 47.14% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 119 Votes: 49.58% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 47 Votes: 63.83% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 428 Votes: 49.53% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 53 Votes: 50.94% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 63 Votes: 63.49% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 58 Votes: 53.45% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 94 Votes: 48.94% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 106 Votes: 49.06% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 221 Votes: 51.58% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 471 Votes: 45.65% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 113 Votes: 45.13% Annoying