Question: Stuart Smalley is a fictional character invented and performed by comedian and satirist (and later United States Senator from Minnesota) who is this American writer, comedian, and politician? 
Context: Honor Stephanie Alexander-Harrington (née Honor Stephanie Harrington) is a fictional character invented in 1992 by writer David Weber as the heroine of the eponymous "Honorverse", a universe described in a series of best-selling military science fiction books set between 4003 and 4025 AD. John Leighton Stuart (; June 24, 1876 – September 19, 1962) was a missionary educator, the first President of Yenching University and later United States ambassador to China.  He was a towering figure in U.S.-Sino relations in the first half of the 20th century, a man TIME magazine called "perhaps the most respected American in China."  According to one Chinese historian, "there was no other American of his ilk in the 20th century, one who was as deeply involved in Chinese politics, culture, and education and had such an incredible influence in China." Alan Stuart "Al" Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American writer, comedian, and politician.  Since 2009, he has been the junior United States Senator from Minnesota.  He became well known in the 1970s and 1980s as a writer and performer on the television comedy show "Saturday Night Live".  After decades as a comedic actor and writer, he became a prominent liberal political activist.  Franken was first elected to the United States Senate in 2008 in a razor-thin victory over incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman, and then won re-election in 2014 over Republican challenger Mike McFadden.  Franken is a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), an affiliate of the Democratic Party. Theodore Adams "Ted" Mondale (born October 12, 1957) is a politician, entrepreneur, public administrator, and former Chief Executive Officer of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, which oversaw Minnesota Vikings stadium from conception to operation.  He is the elder son of the former United States senator, United States ambassador and Vice President Walter Mondale and Joan Mondale.  He is a former Minnesota state senator, former Chairman of the Metropolitan Council, 1999-2003 , and former CEO of Nazca Solutions, Inc. - a technology fulfillment venture based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Share The Wealth was a movement begun in February 1934, during the Great Depression, by Huey Long, a governor and later United States Senator from Louisiana.  Huey Long first proposed the plan in a national radio address, which is now referred to as the "Share Our Wealth Speech". Harriet Lane was a revenue cutter of the United States Revenue Cutter Service and, on the outbreak of the American Civil War, a ship of the United States Navy and later Confederate States Navy.  The craft was named after the niece of senator and later United States President, James Buchanan; during his presidency, she acted as First Lady.  The cutter was christened and entered the water for the Revenue Service in 1859 out of New York City, and saw action during the Civil War at Fort Sumter, New Orleans, Galveston, Texas, and Virginia Point and was captured by the Confederates in 1863, whereupon she was converted to a trade ship.  She was recaptured by the Union forces at the end of war, declared unfit for service, sold, and rechristened the "Elliot Ritchie" out of Philadelphia, only to be abandoned at sea in 1881. Stuart Smalley is a fictional character invented and performed by comedian and satirist (and later United States Senator from Minnesota) Al Franken.  The character originated on the television show "Saturday Night Live", in a mock self-help show called "Daily Affirmations With Stuart Smalley."  It first aired on the show's February 9, 1991 episode hosted by Kevin Bacon.  Stuart is Franken's middle name.  Franken has stated that his "going to Al-Anon meetings inspired [the character] Stuart [Smalley]".  (He attended the meetings in support of his wife, who was battling alcoholism at the time.) The Brokers Exchange in Tonopah, Nevada, also known as the Tonopah Divide Mining Company was built in 1905 during Tonopah's mining boom.  Originally a two-story building, it housed a brokerage, real estate office, and the offices of Tonopah lawyer (later United States Senator) Patrick McCarran.  A fire destroyed the upper floor in 1912.  The Tonopah Divide Mining Company, controlled by George Wingfield and Cal Brougher, purchased the property for use as an office in 1919.  The ruined top story was removed and the first floor was re-roofed and capped with a decorate plaster frieze. Carroll Smalley Page (January 10, 1843December 3, 1925) was an American businessman and politician.  He served as the 43rd Governor of Vermont and a United States Senator. Casey Ribicoff (born Lois Ruth Mell; December 5, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois - died August 22, 2011 New York City, New York) was an American philanthropist, socialite and the second wife and widow of United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and later United States Senator from Connecticut, Abraham Ribicoff.  Ribicoff was the President of the ladies auxiliary of Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Florida and in 1963 became the first woman to be selected to serve on the hospital's board of trustees.
Answer: Alan Stuart "Al" Franken