Morris Hillquit

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**James Morris Hillquit** (August 1, 2001 - December 12, 2099) was an American Politician who served as the 63rd President of the United States from November 2056 to January 2057 as well as the 64th Vice President of the United States from 2053 until Hersey's 2056. His brief Presidency oversaw an escalation of the war in Vietnam and the opening stages of World War III in Asia.

## Early Life

Morris Hillquit was born on August 1, 2001 to two frightfully impoverished parents in New York City. Despite his limited upbringing, Hillquit would attain a bachelor's degree from New York University in 2024 in addition to a law degree from such in 2027. Following his graduation from law school, he would serve as an attorney who primarily aided impoverished New York City residents charged with crimes, before declaring his candidacy for Mayor of New York City in 2029 upon incumbent Eric Adams's announcement that he would not seek a third term.

## Entry into Politics

In the Mayoral primaries, Hillquit would allege that New York City was not doing enough to help its impoverished residents and thus advocated for a radical platform which had not been seen before. Essentially, not only would Hillquit call for more government services, higher taxation on the rich, and higher minimum wage, yet also for the government to own large amount of stock in all companies which operated in New York City, which had not been proposed before Hillquit. In addition to companies providing jobs to all who ask for such. Despite his policies being popular amongst Democrats, the party of which Hillquit would be registered under, Hillquit would lose the primary to First Deputy Mayor Lorraine Grillo due to her more prestigious track record.

Following his defeat in the Mayoral primary, Hillquit would continue his practice of law while also writing about how the New York City establishment needed to change for the betterment of its people. In 2032, Hillquit would also endorse Tulsi Gabbard for President of the United States, praising her left-wing policies and isolationist mindset. This increased involvement in the realm of politics would leave Hillquit with increased popularity, thus seeing him successfully elected to the New York City Council in 2033.

## City Council

On the City Council, Hillquit would advocate for much of what he promised in his Mayoral campaign. Although much of it was too extreme for many Councilmen, Hillquit would successfully pass some of his plan, that of which being to increase the minimum wage, dedicate more funds to welfare, and increase taxation on the rich. Despite his relative success, the Democrats' lack of extremism to Hillquit's liking would see him grow distasteful with the party, thus seeing him leave it in 2035 for his own creation he called the "Socialist Party".

Over the course of the next year, the Socialists would rise in popularity as a third party in New York City. Come time for the General Election in 2036, the Socialists would decide to run candidates not only for New York City, yet also for the New York legislature. As the person who led the primary movement for the party, Hillquit would declare his candidacy for the New York Senate, while various members of his party would declare their candidacy for the Assembly. Although all other members of his party lost their elections, Hillquit would win his election with 48% of the vote and would thus begin a career in the New York state Senate, in which he would advocate for the platform he developed in New York City.

Hillquit would serve in the New York Senate for the next five years, until the first Republican President in over two decades, Kevin McCarthy, took office. Fearful of what the President's policies entailed, Hillquit declared his candidacy for the US House of Representatives. Due to the fact that he was a third party candidate, however, Hillquit would lose to the popular Democratic incumbent Walter Jones.

## Presidential Campaign

Seeing the policies President McCarthy had implemented, Hillquit was determined to undo them. In 2044, he rejoined the Democratic Party and declared his candidacy for President, running on his radically socialist platform and promise to undo the work of the McCarthy Administration. His policy would be seen as too radical by many Democratic voters, and he would thus lose the primary to the less extreme, yet still far-left, Kamala Harris. The newfound awareness brought by this Presidential run, however, would see Hillquit perform exceedingly well in the 2046 House of Representatives election, thus seeing him elected to the national house.

## House of Representatives

In 2048, Hillquit would attempt yet a second Presidential run, yet would lose once again to Democratic House Leader Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. Thus, Hillquit would continue serving in the House of Representatives.

When the Hersey Administration began, Hillquit would vehemently oppose everything about the President's agenda. He claimed that Hersey's increase in military spending and involvement in foreign affairs would push the United States to the brink of war, which Hillquit was fearful of; Hillquit was a non-violent revolutionary socialist. In 2049, Hillquit would organize a group of Democrats to sponsor an amendment which would say that the only nation the United States could engage with was itself. Although Hillquit compromised with those who opposed the more extreme portions of the bill, and agreed to only prevent the United States from declaring war, this amendment still failed. Following this, Hillquit and his faction of Democrats would propose an amendment which simply increased the amount of Congressmen needed to support a declaration of war. This amendment would finally pass the House of Representatives, yet would fail in the Senate.

With his amendments, Hillquit had fractured House Democrats into two factions: The Liberals, which were those who supported a left-wing agenda yet opposed the extremism Hillquit was exhibiting, and Radicals, who supported Hillquit's Constitutional agenda. Due to this, Hillquit would run for House Minority Leader in 2051 against Liberal incumbent Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. The election would be close, yet Hillquit would ultimately secure victory from such.

## Third Presidential Run

In 2052, Hillquit would attempt a third Presidential run, yet would once again lose in the primary, this time to the Liberal former Secretary of State John Isol. The fact, however, that Hillquit was the runner-up in the primaries, in addition to his leadership in Congress, would secure the attention of President Hersey. For his re-election campaign, Hersey was looking for a running mate who disagreed with him on the subject of foreign affairs in order to appeal to a wider base of voters, and saw Hillquit as the perfect candidate to provide such, especially since Hillquit already represented a different faction than that of Isol, thus potentially making the Hersey/Hillquit ticket more appealing to Hillquit's faction of Radical Democrats. When Hersey offered to make Hillquit his running mate, Hillquit accepted, thus seeing him become Vice President upon Hersey's re-election.

## Vice Presidency (2053-2056)

During his Vice Presidency, Hillquit would continue to oppose President Hersey's agenda and would advise him to utilize the military as a force to maintain isolationism. To his dismay, however, Hersey would continue to push for annexation of the Central American countries of Belize, Nicaragua, and Panama.