Gabriel Henderson (Rodham’s World)

Gabriel Orson Henderson (March 2, 2013 – October 21, 2067), was an American politician who served as the 53rd president of the United States from 2065 until his suicide in 2067. A Democrat, Henderson represented California in both houses of the U.S. Congress prior to his presidency.
Born into the affluent Henderson family in Sacramento, California, Henderson graduated from Harvard University in 2036. After initially training to be a dentist, Henderson was elected to serve a district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2051 to 2057. He was subsequently elected to the U.S. Senate and served as the junior senator for California from 2057 to 2064. 
Henderson ran in the 2064 presidential election. His campaign gained momentum after news broke of the Republican campaign manager’s substance abuses. He was elected president, narrowly defeating Republican opponent Joshua Brookley, who was the incumbent vice president.
As President, Henderson helped pass legislation to secure social media privacy as a right and ended the tradition of having the U.S. flag in the background of presidential portraits, opting instead to feature the presidential flag. Henderson also banned the use of petrol cars on roads, cementing America as a country of electric cars.
However, by September 2067 communications between Henderson and Vice President Aiden Blackburn had broken down, and Henderson faced a real chance of being challenged for the Democratic nomination in 2068 by either Blackburn or Governor Kathy Swanbeck of Michigan. After an affair between his wife Marigold and Texan oil tycoon Daniel Beckman was exposed to the press in early October 2067, Henderson began to suffer a nervous breakdown. On October 21, due to the immense stress he was under as President, Henderson took his own life in the Oval Office. Henderson had used a pistol that had been owned privately by his family since the 1930s.
Henderson has received mixed rankings by political historians and scholars, however the American public have consistently shown pity and empathy for him since his suicide and his years in office are reflected upon nostalgically. In 2083, the Gabriel Henderson Foundation was established by his son Alexander to help provide for mental health patients.
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