James Capone

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**James Francis Capone Jr.** (July 8, 2084 - October 9, 2126) was an American Politician and Notorious Mobster and Mafia Leader who served as the 78th President of the United States from 2117 to 2121.

Capone's Presidency is best described as "mafia-style", using strong arm and intimidation tactics to get legislation passed, threats and the use of violence, as well as mob tactics. Capone did not seek re-election in 2124 as the Supreme Court had barred him from doing so under the 14th amendment following his actions in 2123. Capone instead attempted to install a surrogate as President in Charles McNamara, but he lost to Harrison Victor before Victor himself would die, giving the Presidency to Wolfgang Stanaway. Capone refused to accept the results of the election and issued over 1,000 lawsuits in an attempt to overturn the election. When lawsuits failed Capone activated the D.C. militia to disrupt the certification of the electoral votes and then ordered secret service to forcibly evacuate Congress from the Capital building, Vice President James Hersey Jr. refused to go with secret service and working on vague orders from Capone to "ensure that resistance is destroyed" fatally shot Hersey Jr. Capone was horrified by Hersey Jr.'s death but pushed forward anyways and brought McNamara to the Capital sworn. McNamara horrified by the violence refused and fled. Capone himself would then illegally swear himself in for a second term before the National Guard arrived and attempted to arrest Capone, secret service would resist and he'd flee back to the White House. Capone, realizing he did not have the military's backing to remain in power, gave up his attempts and left office humiliated and hated on January 20th. Capone is ranked as one of the worst Presidents in American history.

After leaving office, Capone would die just a year after leaving office, suffering from a heart attack. His funeral would be attended by President Wolfgang Stanaway, Garret Columbia, Benjamin Atwood, Joseph Alan, Quinton Kaminski and Raymundo Cardona.

## Early Life

James Francis Capone was born on July 8, 2084 to the wealthy Capone family in Chicago.

## Life of Crime

From a young age, James Capone's father, Alphonse Capone, taught him how to effectively commit crimes for one's personal benefit, which had proven to be quite beneficial for the Capone family following the actions of their ancestor, Al Capone, during the era of Prohibition without the police being able to trace anything back to oneself. Following his high school graduation in 2101, Capone would pursue no higher education and would instead start working for his father as a gang member. When his father retired at age 60 in 2108, Capone inherited the secretive gang he ran and was tasked with continuing its operations.

When Doomsday struck in 2112, Capone took it as an opportunity to expand his influence over the land directly, taking advantage of the United Statess lawlessness to exploit defenseless Americans for their wealth directly and wreak the most amount of havoc over Chicago and the surrounding areas the city had ever seen. In 2113, Capone began to fight the government forces of President Abraham Johnson, who had been elected by the states of Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, in addition to those of President Robert Dixon elected by the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama when the Southern Alliance was formed. Although the military of these governments pushed Capone back, they were never able to secure Chicago from him and his gang, thus allowing Capone to reap the benefits of its anarchy for years on end.

Capone would single-handedly fight the Southern Alliance for roughly the next year and a half until his fight would attain the attention of Vice President Dean Harpor, who served under the administration of President Benjamin Atwood, in July of 2114. Harpor, on behalf of the Atwood Administration, offered Capone a handsome monetary reward in addition to military technology to assist in operations if Capone agreed to ally with the Atwood Administration. Capone agreed and thus, with the help of military divisions serving Atwood, captured the entirety of Illinois and Indiana within a month.

Following his victory over the Midwestern parts of the Southern Alliance, Capone would continue to work for the Atwood Administration, being employed as the Director of the Democracy Protection Agency which held the goal of suppressing claims of illegitimacy regarding Atwood's Presidential victory in the Capital Election in December of 2114. Capone would be highly effective in this position, using his experience to crush gang opposition to execute the Agency's agenda; he would serve in the position until 2117, when the Agency would be dismantled by President Garret Columbia.

## Mayor of Chicago

In 2118, Capone would involve himself in elected politics, running for Mayor of Chicago as an Isolationist. In the election, Capone turned his track record in Doomsday into positive rhetoric, saying that he effectively kept Chicago safe from the Southern Alliance and ran Chicago effectively given the circumstances. In the election, Capone would win by a landslide, obtaining 78% of the vote to Ajacentist nominee Paula Leg's 22%.

## Presidential Campaign

Only one year after being inaugurated as Mayor, Capone would declare his candidacy for President in 2120. In the Isolationist primary, Capone would pledge to uphold the policies of former President Atwood, who Capone described as an "American hero"; the policy which Capone would particularly stress the importance of would be United America, stating that negotiating with former US territories hurt the dignity of the nation. As a method of re-integration, Capone would favor the use of military force. Upon announcing that Popular Senator President James Hersey Jr. would be his running mate, Capone easily won the primaries went on to face Ajacentist Vice President Daysua Valintino in the general election.

### Results

Election night saw Daysua Valintino handily win the election, taking the electoral collage and popular vote. Capone refused to accept the results of the election and called for recounts and redo's. The votes in New York, Ohio, Roanoke and Alabama were called into question. Recounts done in all states came up the same as before but Capone would not concede. Capone's supporters popularized the phrase "Capone or Catastrophe".

On December 1st, the state legislatures of each state were meant to convene to choose the electors meant to choose the President. However riots would break out in the areas of the legislatures near

## Presidency (2121-2125)

### Inauguration

James Capone was sworn in as President at the South Portico of the Capital at 12:00 PM.

### Foreign Policy

President Capone sent military forces into the Korean peninsula and used that as a base for eastern territory.

Capone the military into Liberia and used that as a base for European and African territory.

### 2124 Election

Capone did not seek re-election in 2124 as the Supreme Court had barred him from doing so under the 14th amendment following his actions in 2123. Capone instead attempted to install a surrogate as President in Charles McNamara, but he lost to Harrison Victor before Victor himself would die, giving the Presidency to Wolfgang Stanaway. Capone refused to accept the results of the election and issued over 1,000 lawsuits in an attempt to overturn the election.

When lawsuits failed Capone activated the D.C. militia to disrupt the certification of the electoral votes and then ordered secret service to forcibly evacuate Congress from the Capital building, Vice President James Hersey Jr. refused to go with secret service and working on vague orders from Capone to "ensure that resistance is destroyed" fatally shot Hersey Jr. Capone was horrified by Hersey Jr.'s death but pushed forward anyways and brought McNamara to the Capital sworn.

McNamara horrified by the violence refused and fled. Capone himself would then illegally swear himself in for a second term before the National Guard arrived and attempted to arrest Capone, secret service would resist and he'd flee back to the White House. Capone, realizing he did not have the military's backing to remain in power, gave up his attempts and left office humiliated and hated on January 20th.