Zachary Gus

Zachary Gus
 			
4th President of New England 			
Reign: June 2, 1804 - June 20, 1804			
Prime Minister: Aaron Burr 			
Preceded By: Marcus Gus 			
Succeeded By: Aaron Burr 			
2nd Prime Minister of New England 			
Term: May 12, 1804 - June 2, 1804 			
President: Marcus Gus 			
Preceded By: Aaron Burr 			
Succeeded By: Aaron Burr 			
Personal Details 			
Born: October 19, 1764 			
Death: June 20, 1804 (39) 			
Party: Patriot 			
State: Rhode Island 			
Family: Gus 			
Zachary Gus was a southern political philosopher in the early 1800s, before being appointed the Second Prime Minister of New England by his brother Marcus Gus in 1804. Zachary would succeed his brother in the position of President of New England in June of 1804, serving only 19 days, the shortest rule of any President of New England.
==Prime Minister/President of New England==
Zachary Gus was an obscure southern philosopher for most of his life, most famous in Kentucky. On the outset of the Second American Civil War Zachary fled south from Kentucky during the Kentucky Slave Riots, Gus was a member of the prominent Gus Family, and was the brother of Brigadier General Marcus Gus who had been fighting for the Republic of Dixieland in the Second American Civil War.
In 1804 the last major surrender in the southern theater occurred after General Agues Hill surrendered his army in Georgia after challenging President George Benckendorf to a duel. Marcus Gus an a group of hardliners took over the Dixieland Navy, and sailed north, launching an invasion of the north after losing the south. Marcus would usurp the position of President of New England from the Government in Exile President John Leatherman. Marcus appointed his brother Zachary Gus as his Prime Minister, and Zachary would serve only 22 days in the position before Marcus resigned and left with his army for Europe.
Following Marcus' resignation Zachary became the President of New England, Zachary only served in the position for 19 days before being killed in Providence during the final battle of he Second American Civil War. Zachary would be succeeded by his Prime Minister, Aaron Burr, who had been a New Englander since the beginning of the war.
==Personal Life==
Zachary Gus was born on October 19, 1764 to Henry Gus. Zachary was one of the last born of his Generation, and would be a philosopher in Kentucky most of his life, moving to Georgia in 1799 following the Kentucky Slave Riots. Zachary moved up to Providence, Rhode Island in 1804, dying their as President of New England in his residency.
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