John Calvin II

Template:Person infobox**Edward "Ted" Calvin** (born August 4, 1960) is an American Politician and Lawyer who is serving as the [./https://althistory.fandom.com/wiki/President\_of\_the\_United\_States\_(The\_Endless\_War) President of the United States], since 2017. A member of the [./https://althistory.fandom.com/wiki/Democratic\_Party\_(The\_Endless\_War) Democratic Party], he had previously served as a senator from New York from 2001 to 2017, he also served as the Senate Majority Whip, from 2013 to 2015. Born into the Calvin family, his father [./https://althistory.fandom.com/wiki/John\_Calvin\_(The\_Endless\_War) John Calvin], served as the President of the United States from 2001 to 2005.

Calvin was the oldest son of [./https://althistory.fandom.com/wiki/Elizabeth\_Calvin\_(The\_Endless\_War) Elizabeth] and John Calvin. As such he is the son of a former United States president to himself become the American president, with the first being John Quincy Adams. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1986, and worked as a lawyer in the firm, Harper and Hewitt. Calvin married [./https://althistory.fandom.com/wiki/Claire\_Calvin\_(The\_Endless\_War) Claire Calvin] in 1987. In 2000, Calvin decided to run for the U.S. senate from New York, and won, while his father successfully became President that same year. As senator, Calvin successfully sponsored legislation for Education Reform, increased investment in American Industry, reforming the criminal justice system, and Jobs Programs for Americans. Calvin was elected president in the [./https://althistory.fandom.com/wiki/United\_States\_presidential\_election,\_2016\_(The\_Endless\_War) 2016 Presidential Election], when he defeated Republican incumbent President [./https://althistory.fandom.com/wiki/Walt\_Whitman\_(The\_Endless\_War) Walt Whitman] with 329 electoral votes, to Whitman's 206.

Calvin signed many landmark bills into law during his first term. The main reforms that were passed include the [./https://althistory.fandom.com/wiki/American\_Healthcare\_Act\_(The\_Endless\_War) American Healthcare Act] (commonly referred to as AHA), the [./https://althistory.fandom.com/wiki/American\_Voting\_Act\_(The\_Endless\_War) American Voting Act], the [./https://althistory.fandom.com/wiki/American\_Worker\_Protection\_Act\_(The\_Endless\_War) American Worker Protection Act], among many other pieces of legislation. Calvin also pushed for socially liberal policies, such as legalising same sex marriage, and ending several restrictions on abortion. In foreign policy, Calvin mediated a dispute between Palestine and Egypt, in what became known as the [./https://althistory.fandom.com/wiki/Washington\_Accords\_(The\_Endless\_War) Washington Accords].

Calvin advocated for gun control in response to the [./https://althistory.fandom.com/wiki/Morgan\_Elementary\_School\_Shootings\_(The\_Endless\_War) Morgan Elementary School shootings] in Alabama, indicating support for a ban on assault weapons, and issued wide-ranging executive actions concerning global warming and immigration. Calvin nominated 2 justices to the Supreme Court : [./https://althistory.fandom.com/wiki/Mo\_Perkins\_(The\_Endless\_War) Mo Perkins] and [./https://althistory.fandom.com/wiki/William\_Jenkins\_(The\_Endless\_War) William Jenkins] who were confirmed as justices.

## Early life and career

Calvin was born on July 8, 1967. He is the son of former President John Calvin (1947-) and Caroline Calvin (1948-).

Calvin was born and raised in Miami, Florida and attended Yale Law School. Where he met Angela Calvin, whom he married in 1991. After graduating from law school, Calvin moved to New York and decided to run for senate in 2000.

## U.S. Senate

### Elections

#### 2000

Calvin was a lawyer who served as an attorney from New York, he decided to run for senate in 2000. He ran, and won with 54.5% of the vote in the primary, mainly due to name recognition from his father.

Calvin ran against Republican Representative Ed Henry, from New York's 23rd Congressional District. Henry won the Republican Primary with 60.2% of the vote. Calvin easily lead with around 60% of the vote, for most of the race. Calvin won the election with 58.9% of the vote.