Joseph Alan

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**Joseph John Henry George Mathew Andrew Augustus St. Alan** (June 10, 2041 - April 17, 2152) was an American Politician and Statesman who served briefly as the 75th President of the United States for the final 12 days of Washington's term in 2113. Perhaps the President with the least amount of Authority in American History he had near zero control over any part of the Government as most did not know Washington had died and those who knew decided to outright ignore his authority as they believed he honestly didn't matter when compared to the issues they were facing.

Joseph Alan was close friends with George Washington and saw him as his closest confidant. When Washington died Alan developed PTSD as Washington was the only one close to him after his family had perished 3 years earlier. He described himself as the "loneliest man in the world" and spent his short Presidency keeping himself as active as possible to push away his thoughts of suicide.

Historians rank him as a tragic figure who never surrendered his duties despite the horrible circumstances. After his death in 2152 President Otto Cromwell pushed aside his personal hatred for George Washington to build Alan a Monument to his honor and had him buried near Washington's tomb.

## Early Life

Joseph Alan was born in 2041. He would graduate from the University of North California and would become a Professor of the same University.

## Entry into Politics

### Secretary of Agriculture

He would be tapped to be Secretary of Agriculture by President William Rowell. His nomination passed unanimously and he'd be one of the only cabinet members to survive the transition to the Riddely Administration in March of 2097 after the Siege of the White House.

## Friendship with George Washington

After Washington's revival he was brought onto cabinet affairs where he met Joseph Alan. The two bonded over their love of farming and quickly became friends.

## Vice Presidency (2105-2113)

Washington admired Alan's free and critical thinking skills and in a shock to most tapped him as his running mate.

### First Term

Joseph Alan worked with Washington to keep America out of World War Four for as long as was possible. However the May incident proved this impossible and America was forced to enter the war. Alan supported Washington's decisions during the war and traveled around the country promoting the war effort.

### Second Term

Into the second term Vice President Alan took a more hands on approach defending the Administrations actions in Congress and keeping Congressional Leadership informed on the War Situation.

#### Doomsday

On September 22nd, 2110 Vice President Alan had come down with phenomena during his stay in Montana and was recovering in a hospital. Against his doctors wishes he was planning to leave the hospital to return to Washington for the State of the Union to be held on the 26th. That same day marked the start of Doomsday.

##### Near Death

Alan's phenomena became increasingly worse on his travel to meet up with Washington nearly taking his life but he made a swift recovery.

### Attempts to rebuild the Federal Government

Upon reaching President Washington in Washington D.C. the two began attempting to consolidate what resources they had at their disposal. D.C. was in total chaos as all law and order had broken down. By 2111 the next scheduled Presidential Elections were meant to be starting however Alan believed the state of the country made any attempt at a fair election impossible. He urged Washington to "skip" over this election cycle to give them four more years to get some idea of order restored before bringing back elections. Washington plainly refused, thinking that neglecting to hold an election even in a post doomsday world would rob the federal government of the last of its legitimacy. Alan was put in charge of setting up and managing the entire Presidential election for 2112.

### Electoral Vote Certification

Since every member of Congress had died Vice President Alan was the entire Legislative Branch of Government. He held a ceremonial certification of the electoral votes where only the States of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware had it's votes counted. Benjamin Atwood was declared President-Elect.

## Presidency (2113)

Joseph Alan was perhaps the most unknown President in American history with no more than 30-45 knowing he was President at all. His authority was nearly non-existent as most people ignored his orders with few exceptions. His largest supporter was Benjamin Atwood who needed Alan's legitimacy cemented for his own Presidency to be seen as legitimate.

### Washington's Death

Just one day later on January 7, 2113 George Washington assembled what remained of his cabinet to his bedside to inform them of his rapidly failing health. He would give his final thoughts and would pass away at 3:36 PM.

### Inauguration

After Washington passed away Alan was quickly sworn in as the 75th President by Attorney General James St. Henry.

### First 24 hours

After becoming President Alan spent most of the first day sobbing on and off as the death of his friend. He neglected to make a public address to the Nation as no one would have been around to hear it.

### Mental Breakdown

On January 8, President Alan suffered a mental breakdown after leaving the White House to see the ruins of the world. Seeing the charred bodies of children not yet picked up off the ground sent him into a panic induced breakdown. Once he composed himself he quickly issued an executive order to order all the remaining bodies in the D.C. area found and buried.

### Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

He was diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder on January 11th.

### Meeting with President-Elect Atwood

On January 9th he met with President-Elect Atwood where the two men discussed Atwood's upcoming term. Atwood outright lied to Alan and told him that he was planning on being a "caring and compassionate President with open arms to all." The two men left the meeting with a respect for each other.

### Executive Actions

During Alan's term he passed several executive orders. Several of which were outright ignored by their authorities.

* Preparing a State Funeral for President George Washington. - *Carried Out*
* Ordering the Bodies of Dead Americans killed during Doomsday be recovered and buried. - *Partially Carried Out*
* Rebuilding parts of the White House to ensure the safety of the President and his staff. - *Ignored*
* Appointment of Governors to Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. - *Ignored*
* Appointment of a Mayor of Washington D.C. - *Ignored*
* Assertion of his status as First Servant of State of Germany - *Ignored*

### Leaving Office

Joseph Alan left office quietly on January 20, 2113.

## Post-Presidency (2113-2152)

The Atwood Administration would help Former President Alan avoid bankruptcy after leaving office and President Atwood would personally write to him to keep in contact and ensure his safety. Atwood was extremely protective of the Former President, Secret Service was sent to protect Alan after leaving office, something other Former Presidents lacked, abundances of food was sent to him. Alan would decline Atwood's offer for paid prostitutes and Atwood kept Alan out of public view and hidden away to ensure he could not be used as a ransom by the many enemies the Atwood Administration created.

## Death

Joseph Alan from passed away from Liver Failure related to his alcoholism on April 17, 2152. President Cromwell would order him a state funeral where he would be celebrated for his work in preserving the American Republic. This is also when most Americans would learn who Alan was and that he had served as President as his retirement kept him in seclusion from the public eye.

## Legacy

He is remembered as a man who took on the pain and duties of running the Nation at a time when most would have given up and believed America unsavable.