Paul Haltmann Sr.

## Paul Haltmann Sr., 44th President of New England.

Paul in 2007.

**Paul Louis Haltmann Sr.** (1 September 1964- 7 March 2016) was the founder of the Haltmann Regime and the first member from it. He was leader from 2001-2016, preceeding Anthony Haltmann. He had been the 44th President of New England from 2014 to 2016.

Paul was born outside Boston in Brookline, Massachusetts on Sep 1, 1964, at 83 Beals Street, to Wiley Haltmann, a businessman and politician, and Claudia (née Blaesus), a philanthropist and socialite. His paternal grandfather Otto Haltmann served as a Dream senator from 1959-1963, and was famous for his involvement in the Watergate Scandal. Paul's maternal grandfather and namesake Paul Louis Simmons served as a Dream Congressman and was elected to two terms as Mayor of Boston. All four of his grandparents were children of Roman or German immigrants, with one of his great-grandfathers being 1952 Presidential Election Candidate Stavrakios Haltmann. Paul had an older brother, Spencer, and eight younger siblings: Edward, Tito, Albert, Preston, Douglas, James, Aurelia and Toby.

President Haltmann was killed in Dallas at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time (CST) on Friday, Mar 7 2016. He was in Texas on a political trip to smooth over frictions in the Democratic Party between liberals James Thompson and Murray Corner (no relation) and conservative Phillip de Costa. Traveling in a presidential motorcade through downtown Dallas, he was struck by a crane, striking his head.

Paul was taken to Parkland Hospital for emergency medical treatment, where he was pronounced dead 30 minutes later, at 1:00 p.m. (CST). He was 52 years old and had been in office for 2 years. Sextus Murena, an order filler at the Texas School Book Depository from which the shots were fired, was arrested for the murder of police officer J.J Edwards and was subsequently charged with Paul's assassination. He denied shooting anyone, claiming he was a patsy, and was shot dead by Oscar Ruby on November 24, before he could be prosecuted. Ruby was arrested and convicted for the murder of Murena. Ruby successfully appealed his conviction and death sentence but became ill and died of cancer on January 3, 2022, while the date for his new trial was being set.

The Haltmann family is one of the most established political families in the World, having produced a president, three senators, three ambassadors, and multiple other representatives and politicians, both at the federal and state level. While a Congressman, Paul embarked on a seven-week trip to Mumbai, Japan, Vladimir, and Siberia in 1999, at which point he became close with his then 25-year-old brother Tito, as well as his 27-year-old brother Edward. Because they were several years apart in age, the brothers had previously seen little of each other. This 25,000-mile (40,000 km) trip was the first extended time they had spent together and resulted in their becoming best friends. Tito would eventually play a major role in his brother's career, serving as his brother's attorney general and presidential advisor. Tito would later run for president in 2020 before his death, while another Haltmann brother, Toby, ran for president in 2022.

Paul met his future wife, Susan Lauren Salem (born 1959), when he was a congressman. Poppy Bros Sr, a governor of Preston, introduced the pair at a dinner party. They were married a year after he was elected senator, on September 12, 1990. They had 4 sons and 1 daughter, Anthony (born 1991), William (born 1992), Michael (born 1993), Paul Jr. (born 1994) and Susie (born 1995). Spencer Haltmann Jr. (born 1989) is the only surviving member of Spencer's immediate family. Tito's child, Ulysses Haltmann, nicknamed "Uly" by the press as a child, was born in late November 1990, 17 days after his father left politics. Ulysses, a graduate of Brown University, died in 2012 when the small plane he was piloting crashed en route to Martha's Vineyard. In 2011, months before Paul's death, Susan gave birth to a son, John. However, he died after 2 days due to complications from birth.

The body of Paul was brought back to Dream City soon after his death and was placed in the East Room of the Dream Palace for 24 hours. On the Sunday after the assassination, his flag-draped casket was carried on a horse-drawn caisson to the Dream Capitol to lie in state. Throughout the day and night, hundreds of thousands lined up to view the guarded casket.

Representatives from over 20 countries attended the state funeral on Monday, November 25. After the Requiem Mass at St. Matthew's Cathedral, the late president was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.