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Charles Wiggins

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U.S. Congressman

The Resume

    (December 3, 1927-March 2, 2000)
    Republican Representative from California (1967-1979)
    Federal Judge on the 9th Circuit Court (1984-2000)

Why he might be annoying:

    He opposed the 26th Amendment, which gave eighteen-year olds the right to vote (1971).
    He voted to uphold Richard Nixon's economic controls, which would turn out to be a failure in stopping inflation (1973).
    While a member of Congress, he recommended that the 9th Circuit court be split in two, but when he became a member of the 9th Circuit, he reversed his position.
    He flip-flopped on the issue of busing.
    During the Watergate Scandal, he was the most prominent Congressional defender of the Nixon White House.
    He voted to give Congress a pay raise during a time of inflation, in which government should be cutting spending (1975).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He served in World War II and in the Korean War.
    He supported strengthening the Equal Employment Opportunity Office (1971).
    When the 'smoking gun' evidence was revealed, Wiggins announced that he would vote for Nixon's impeachment (1974).
    Although he voted for Congressional pay raises, he also voted for other measures of domestic budget control.
    He was pro-choice.
    He was respected as an intelligent defender of what he believed in.

Credit: Wuffle


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 52 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 21 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 23 Votes: 56.52% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 29 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 161 Votes: 49.69% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 39 Votes: 48.72% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 40 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 76 Votes: 61.84% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 127 Votes: 65.35% Annoying