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Adlai Stevenson

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U.S. Vice President

The Resume

    (October 23, 1835-June 14, 1914)
    (October 23, 1835–June 14, 1914)
    Admitted to the bar (1858)
    Supported Stephen Douglas against Abraham Lincoln (1858)
    Elected district attorney (1864-1868)
    Member of the House of Representatives (1874-1876, 1874-1880)
    Assistant Postmaster General under Grover Cleveland
    Vice President during Cleveland's second term (1893-1897)

Why he might be annoying:

    He gained his reputation as a partisan when he worked as the Assistant Postmaster General.
    One Republican described Stevenson as, 'an official axman who beheaded Republican officeholders with the precision and dispatch of the French guillotine in the days of the Revolution.'
    He replaced 40,000 fourth-class postmaster Republicans in the postal service.
    He was selected as VP to balance the Cleveland ticket based upon his support of currency reform and free-silver and Cleveland's support of the gold standard.
    Cleveland kept his mouth cancer surgery a secret, fearing a potential market crash on Wall Street from panic over Stevenson possibly becoming president.
    He was overshadowed by his grandson, Adlai E. Stevenson.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was one of the few who enjoyed his term as vice president.
    Despite his reputation gained from his days working for the postal service, he was known in later years to be a dignified, nonpartisan politician.
    He had a strong sense of humor.
    Though his grandson ran for president twice against Dwight Eisenhower, he came closer to actually becoming president during Cleveland's risky cancer surgery.

Credit: Captain Howdy


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 101 Votes: 52.48% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 28 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 246 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 93 Votes: 58.06% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 24 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 62 Votes: 48.39% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 72 Votes: 36.11% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 144 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 188 Votes: 42.02% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 241 Votes: 45.64% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 127 Votes: 59.84% Annoying