The Resume

(July 12, 1922-August 7, 2011)
Governor of Oregon (1959-1967)
Republican Senator from Oregon (1967-1997)

Why he might be annoying:

He was the only Republican to vote against the Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment.
He voted in favor of affirmative action.
He voted against the Gulf War (1991).
He supported the 2003 war in Iraq.

Why he might not be annoying:

Although a Republican, he voted in favor of liberal positions more often than conservative.
He personally witnessed the effects of the bombing of Hiroshima and became committed to peace around the world.
He took a courageous stance as the only governor to publicly come out against the Vietnam War.
He is uniquely consistent on issues of life and death, being pro-life and anti-death penalty.
He voted in favor of tort reform.
He said in regards to the religious right: 'As a Christian, there is no other part of the New Right ideology that concerns me more than its self-serving misuse of religious faith.'
Tom Brokaw wrote chapter on him in his book 'The Greatest Generation.'
He never lost an election.
He was popular among his constituents.

Credit: Wuffle

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Gallup/CNN/USA Today's Most Admired Men [1966]
• I Accidentally Killed Someone
• I Attended Stanford
• I Died in 2011 (Ranked: 89)
• National Prayer Breakfast Keynote Speakers (Ranked: 1973)
• Profiles 17001-17250 (Ranked: 17085)
• Served in World War II
• U.S. Senators
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20110807)
• Wuffle's Profiles

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 19 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 27 Votes: 48.15% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 25 Votes: 48.00% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 53 Votes: 39.62% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 429 Votes: 48.95% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 48 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 45 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 59 Votes: 47.46% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 130 Votes: 45.38% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 165 Votes: 46.06% Annoying