The Resume

(December 22, 1922-May 6, 2015)
Born in Fort Worth, Texas
Represented the 12th District of Texas (1955-89)
House Majority Leader (1977-87)
Speaker of the House (1987-89)
Democrat

Why he might be annoying:

He ran unsuccessfully for the Senate seat vacated when Lyndon Johnson became Vice-President (1961).
He voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that desegregated publc accomodations.
He was accused of using his influence to get John Mack, a member of his extended family (Mack's brother was married to Wright's daughter), paroled after serving only 29 months of a 15-year sentence for assaulting a woman by hitting her in the head with a hammer, stabbing her with a steak knife and slitting her throat.
He became the first Speaker to resign over ethics charges.
He was accused of accepting over $140,000 in gifts from a Fort Worth developer, including a salary to his wife for a job that entailed no actual work.
He was also accused of evading the limit on speaking fees by having groups that he spoke to make bulk purchases of books he wrote.

Why he might not be annoying:

He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross as a bomber pilot in World War II.
He voted against the pro-segregation Southern Manifesto (1956).
He voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Ironically, Newt Gingrich, who initiated the ethics investigation of Wright, would himself be found guilty of violations a decade later.
He survived cancer of the tongue and jaw, and had part of his jawbone replaced with bone taken from his leg.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 50]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [December] (Ranked: 12221922)
• I am a Texan
• I Attended University of Texas-Austin
• I Delivered My Party’s State of the Union Response [United States] (Ranked: 1987)
• I Delivered My Party’s State of the Union Response [United States] (Ranked: 1988)
• I Delivered My Party’s State of the Union Response [United States] (Ranked: 1989)
• I Died in 2015 (Ranked: 92)
• I Have Oral/Mouth Cancer
• Look at Me, I'm Writing
• National Prayer Breakfast Keynote Speakers (Ranked: 1977)
• Pilots
• Profiles 34751-35000 (Ranked: 34927)
• Served in World War II
• U.S. Congressional Representatives

Year In Review:

In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 96 Votes: 60.42% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 27 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 22 Votes: 59.09% Annoying