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Jo Ann Emerson

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U.S. Congressman

The Resume

    (September 16, 1950- )
    Born in Betheesda, Maryland
    Republican Congresswoman of Missouri (November 5, 1996-January 22, 2013)

Why she might be annoying:

    She took over her husband’s role as congressman.
    She voted to overturn George W. Bush’s ban of federal funding for embryonic stem cell research one day after her mother died from Alzheimer's (which stem cell research may find treatments for).
    She resembles ‘Halloween’s’ Michael Myers with a blonde wig.
    She was married to an alcoholic.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She does not run attack ads against her opponents.
    She was only one of four Republicans to vote to withdraw troops from Iraq by April 2008.
    Her husband died of cancer at 58.

Credit: Jack Magic


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 13 Votes: 30.77% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 19 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 32 Votes: 40.62% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 96 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 107 Votes: 47.66% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 38 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 22 Votes: 36.36% Annoying