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Jeff Sessions

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U.S. Attorney General

The Resume

    (December 24, 1946- )
    Born in Selma, Alabama
    Birth name was Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III
    Attorney General of Alabama (1995-97)
    Republican US Senator from Alabama (1997-2017)
    Confirmed as U.S. Attorney General (February 8, 2017); resigned at the request of President Trump (November 7, 2018)

Why he might be annoying:

    His nomination to be a district court judge was rejected by the Senate Judiciary Committee due to his 'gross insensitivity' on racial issues (1986).
    He called the NAACP 'un-American' and 'Communist inspired.'
    Several colleagues reported that he said he 'used to think they [the Ku Klux Klan] were okay' until he found out some of them were 'pot smokers.'
    A black lawyer testified that Sessions called him 'boy' and warned him 'Be careful what you say to white folks.'
    He was one of only nine Senators to vote against John McCain's anti-torture ammendment.
    He complained, 'The civil libertarians among us would rather defend the Constitution than protect our nation's security.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was a captain in the US Army Reserves.
    He claimed his remarks about the NAACP and KKK were made in jest.
    He authored the law to increase the payment received by families of soldiers killed in combat from $12,000 to $100,000.
    For fans of irony, he was elected to the Senate to succeed Howell Heflin, who had voted against his nomination to the district court.
    Even more ironically, he was named to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 129 Votes: 62.02% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 50 Votes: 58.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 253 Votes: 52.57% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 373 Votes: 53.35% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 402 Votes: 46.27% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1560 Votes: 49.94% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3217 Votes: 50.76% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1459 Votes: 55.79% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 35 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 38 Votes: 55.26% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 60 Votes: 35.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 72 Votes: 47.22% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 67 Votes: 44.78% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 146 Votes: 35.62% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 54 Votes: 42.59% Annoying