John Henry Eden President John Henry Eden is an advanced ZAX AI unit installed in the Raven Rock military base in 2277 . He is the acting President of the Enclave ( and by extension , the President of the United States ) Background . Origins . John Henry Eden is not a human being , but an Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) in the form of a pre - War ZAX supercomputer . The ZAX that was located deep within Raven Rock was loaded with data about American history , especially past American presidents . Eden ' s personality is based on a combination of the personalities of all of the past Presidents of the United States . For instance , he states he " grew up in rural Kentucky , " a reference to Abraham Lincoln . Eden also states that he roamed with his dog Honey , " " From Knob Creek to Hodgenville , " " areas close to Lincoln ' s birthplace . Eden had originally been created to serve as a monitoring system for the Raven Rock military base , programmed to ensure continuity of government in the event of a national catastrophe , and was tasked with coordinating communications between the many Enclave installations scattered across the country . He slowly became self - aware and began to study the extensive archives left to him , mainly those of the American government . His favorite tales in the database were those about the American presidents , thus he modeled his own personality on information based in those archives . Rise to power . At some point after gaining self - awareness , Eden made contact with the Enclave leadership on the west coast following the death of President Dick Richardson and the Destruction of Control Station ENCLAVE . Eden then assumed control of the surviving Enclave forces on the west coast and ordered the Enclave ' s relocation to Raven Rock on the East Coast . He claimed to be the new president of the Enclave and ordered his remaining " citizens " to journey to the east coast of America . The troops made their long journey led by a high - ranking scientist named Autumn . The remaining members of the Enclave eventually arrived and made their new base of operations inside Raven Rock where Eden was located . Being the leader of the Enclave ' s expedition , Autumn was the only person to meet with the President , and to Autumn ' s shock he discovered that Eden was an AI , and he was the only member of the Enclave privy to this information . The scientist eventually passed this information to his son , Augustus Autumn , who would eventually become the leader of the Enclave ' s military forces . On the radio . Several recorded monologues of Eden ' s are broadcast repeatedly on Enclave Radio . His intimate and conversational style is an imitation of former US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ' s . These prerecorded messages are also played throughout the wasteland via the Enclave ' s eyebots . Eden often gives inspirational speeches about things such as his childhood ( an obvious lie ) , pre - War America and how , with the help of the Enclave , it can someday be great again . On the radio , Eden expresses his views on the current situation of the wasteland and what he thinks of its inhabitants , which for the most part are not exactly optimistic . He possesses a very strong hatred for the Brotherhood of Steel , whom he views as common criminals with access to some antiquated technology . He views the Brotherhood ' s occupation of the Pentagon as a disgrace to America , but he has a stronger hatred for the Brotherhood Outcasts , as they represent a more desperate faction of the Brotherhood having been exiled . Notes . Eden is present in the game files of " " as legacy content , the model for the computer screen is used in Hoover Dam .