Amo Gus

Amo Gus
 			
4th President of the United States 			
Term: March 4, 1809 - March 4, 1813 			
Vice President: Thomas McKean 			
Preceded By: George Benckendorf 			
Succeeded By: Rudolph Hartmann 			
6th Governor of New York 			
Term: March 4, 1803 - March 4, 1809 			
Lt.Gov.: Stephen Van Rensselaer 			
Preceded By: Robert R. Livingston 			
Succeeded By: Stephen Van Rensselaer 			
2nd & 4th Secretary of the Navy 			
Term: July 30, 1800 - March 4, 1803 / March 4, 1805 - March 4, 1809			
President: John Adams / George Benckendorf 			
Preceded By: Henry Hartwell / William Jones 			
Succeeded By: William Jones 			
Representative of New York 			
Term: March 4, 1799 - March 4, 1807 			
Preceded By: James Cochran 			
Succeeded By: Daniel C. Verplanck 			
Personal Details 			
Born: December 13, 1757 			
Death: N/A 			
Spouse: Olivia Benckendorf 			
State: New York 			
Party: Constitutional Democratic 			
Family: Gus 			
Amo Gus was the Fourth President of the United States, as well as a Representative, Secretary of the Navy, Governor of New York, and owner of the Gus Plantation Company. Amo Gus was also the cousin of Amon and Fring Gus, as well as the grandson of Gustavo Gus.
==Political Career==
=== House of Representatives ===
Amo Gus was a Representative for New York over several Congresses, and during the outbreak of the civil war he worked with his cousin, Fring Gus, to try to keep Virginia in the United States before Fring was assassinated.
=== Secretary of the Navy ===
President John Adams nominated Amo Gus to Secretary of the Navy, he was confirmed on July 30, 1800. Amo would be captured at the Battle of D.C. in late 1800. Amo had appointed his 5th cousin, Joseph Gus, as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, so Joseph took over until Amo was released by George Benckendorf when he retook the city. 
Amo would personally partake in the Battle of New York, being able to sink 17 ships and only lose 11, winning a major victory for the United States, and sending crippling blow to the New England Republic. Gus would take the last of the arms from the New English soldiers at Nantucket, later resigning the position of Secretary of the Navy so he could serve as the Governor of New York.
=== Governorship ===
Amo was elected as the Governor of New York in 1802, Gus would make a suffrage act in New York, and while their were some protests to this, Gus was able to smooth it over in the eyes of the people. Gus would be huge into infrastructure, in what some saw as a corrupt move hiring out his own company to build the Erie Canal.
Before the Presidential Election of 1808 he would remove the popular vote of New York, sparking riots in New York. Gus would resign in March of 1809 to take the office of the Presidency.
==Personal Life==
Amo Gus was born on December 13, 1757, Gus was an heir to the Gus Plantation Company, and in 1800 he would receive the shares of his late cousin, Fring Gus. In late 1800 his grandfather Gustavo Gus would pass away, and being the eldest grandchild he inherited his grandfather's shares in the company, controlling 70% of the entire company. Amo would also take in Josephine Williams and Fring Gus Jr., the lover and son of his late cousin Fring Gus.
Amo Gus would marry Olivia Benckendorf in 1804, but they wouldn't have any children.
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