James

**James** (also known as **"The Historian"** or **"The Quarreller"**) is a founding father of The Republic. He was the second person on the clan, joining January 1, 2020. He has served as a Co-Leader and is currently serving on the Council of Elders.

## History

#### Founding Father

James first joined the clan on January 1, 2020 along with the other two founding fathers, Captain Magma and Joe. On that day he was tasked by the others to become the clan’s historian, documenting most all of The Republic’s workings throughout history. He was also vital in the creation of The Constitution, specifically he laid out what requirements one had to have to be eligible to hold a specific title within the clan. When delegating offices between the founding fathers James volunteered to lead the Council of Elders while his peers headed the Council of Co-Leaders.

#### Early Republic

James begun the clan as the only Elder, the day following the clan's creation Nate would join the clan and become the second Elder. Nate would go on to be elected the third Co-Leader in February and in late March another Special Election would be held to decide on the fourth member of the Co-Leader Council. James would lose a close race to mikeRob22 and lose by 2 votes. He would be reelected in the CoE Election in June of 2022, winning 93.3% of the vote. This would be the highest percentage of votes he ever garnered as he would later become more of a controversial figure within the clan. James would be vocal in The Demotion of billinidaho and D2AK3 which occurred after the mid term elections. He would speak out for Elder rights, claiming that the Council of Co-Leaders were overstepping. This would be the beginning of a divide forming within the clan between James and Chris, who was a Co-Leader at the time.

#### Co-Leader

In August of 2020, the event known as Nate's Departure occurred in which one of The Republic's longest tenured members left the clan. Upon disagreeing with certain Co-Leaders about whether or not he should remain in the war lineup directly after upgrading his Town Hall, Nate left the clan. James was abnormally silent during the debate, but would later say that Nate was wrongly forced out of the clan. Nate would go on to create the True Republic and later that same month Co-Leader, mikeRob22, would leave to join the separatist clan. A special election would be called to vote for a replacement for mikerob and James would be elected to the Council of Co-Leaders carrying 64.3% of the vote. As Co-Leader James would declare a few wars, but his contribution to the Council would be limited as the clan as a whole went through a period of inactivity in early 2021. His time as a Co-Leader was limited to less than a term as in the CoCL Election of June 2021, he would not be reelected. He only won 40% of the vote and was replaced on the Council by Manolete.

#### Elder Again

After failing to be reelected as a Co-Leader, James would run for Elder in the CoE Election of June 2021. He would be elected winning 66.7% of the vote. James would be reelected again in late in 2021 as well as June of 2022. His five terms served on the elder council is the most by any member of The Republic and he is second in time spent on the Elder Council. With 23 months of tenure he is only behind name.loading and will surpass his record in the coming months. James's activity would come into question and it became clear that his stance on inactivity is very lax. When Nate returned to The Republic in May of 2022, James claimed that he was wrongful forced out and was one of the most welcoming of The Republic's members. He would support Nate's rise to Co-Leader in the summer of 2022. With the Committee Establishment Act of 2022, he would apply to be chosen to serve on the Execution Committee as well as the Recruitment Committee. Late in 2022, James would surpass name.loading as the longest tenured Elder in clan history and he would be elected to what would be his sixth term on the Council in December of that year.

## Wars

James is one of the clan's most active war fighters. In the early days of the clan, James would be able to secure 3 stars most often. As time has gone on he has become less effective during war time, yet still can be counted on to use his attacks and gain 4-6 stars. Magma currently has over 450 war stars and all have been earned on The Republic.

## Voting Tendencies

James is one of the only members to vote in every single election to date. From looking at his voting history he seems to value length of tenure above most other qualities in a candidate. He’s sometimes an outlying vote, voting for members that had long been inactive or members that rarely speak in clan chat. Some examples are he was the only person to ever vote for SusanCZE in any election and often backed Baby Carl.