The Resume

(June 12, 1835-July 7, 1865)
Born in Dorna, Germany
Immigrated to the US in 1844
Resided in Port Tobacco, Maryland
Participant with John Wilkes Booth in the plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln
Assigned the task of assassinating Vice President Andrew Johnson

Why he might be annoying:

Despite living in the US since childhood, he never became an American citizen.
During the Civil War, he ferried Confederates across the Potomac River.
His original role in the conspiracy was to smuggle a kidnapped Lincoln to Virginia.
His lawyer’s defense was that Atzerodt was such a coward, Booth would never have asked him to kill anyone.

Why he might not be annoying:

He spent the time he was supposed to be assassinating Johnson drinking in a hotel bar.
Incriminating evidence found in his hotel room may have been planted by Booth.
His last words before his execution were, 'Good-bye gentlemen. May we all meet in the other world.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Assassins
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 11]
• Criminals
• Executed by the State
• I Died in My 30s (Ranked: 30)
• Lincoln Assassination Participants
• Profiles 22751-23000 (Ranked: 22937)
• Served in the American Civil War [1861-65]
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 18650707)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 30 Votes: 56.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 84.62% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 26 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 32 Votes: 59.38% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 33 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 70 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 34 Votes: 64.71% Annoying