David Whindam

2020-2039
2027 - The Government has returned, forgiving an unholy alliance with megacorp ties. And David Whindham (once Biotechnica) is now President of the United States.

2028 - The Former General Eddington and his running mate, David Whindham, defeat Roger Hargrove, President Elizabeth Kress' former VP, who was running to succeed her.

2031 - A disaffected family member of an officer who died on the Martian debacle assassinates President Eddington in August. Vice President David Whindham becomes President of the United States. United States corporations fall in line behind now President Whindham, and an economic boom grips the country.

Mars enters Solar System exploration with an expedition to the Jovian System lead by the MSS Deimos. It carries with them one half of the second “wormhole-like gate” created by the Martian/Super Solo scientists.

Russia launches its second space gunship, the Gagarin. The EU proposes a moratorium on construction of new space warships to be followed by a conference starting the next year to discuss space disarmament. Russia and Japan agree, but President Whindham insists the EU suspend construction on the EUS Roma or allow the United States to construct a replacement for the lost USS Constellation. He even offers to suspend construction on the United States’ new carrier, the USS Yorktown, which is nearing completion. The EU refuses, and insists the United States adhere to the same conditions that Japan and Russia agreed to. Against President Whindham’s wishes the Senate refuses to fund the new gunship, and cuts funds for the USS Yorktown, slowing its completion.

2032 - The Carbon Plague erupts in Night City after an AV crashes and releases the pathogen. The situation soon becomes too much for NorCal to handle as its spreads east and across the Pac Rim. NorCal teeters on the brink of collapse. President David Whindham mobilizes the government to fight this new plague and secures the cooperation of most developed countries. In NorCal the unionist movement got a lot of strength and Governor deLaVega is defeated and the Free State petitions for full statehood.

Despite opposition from the Senate, the USS Yorktown is launched in October, but budgetary considerations keep it from being fully operational until the middle of the next summer.

President Whindham is overwhelmingly reelected for his own first term. The Republicans gain control of the Senate. Connecticut reenters the Union as a fully participating state. General Pershing returns to Washington as Deputy Commandant of the Marines.

The CDC produces a cure for the Carbon Plague. A portion of the protein sequence used in the creation of biogens is incorporated into the delivery vector for the retrovirus. By Presidential order the formula for the cure is to be distributed free of charge to all the governments and corporations of the world. President Whindham is hailed as a wise and compassionate world leader. Recipients of the cure register as biogens, further complicating efforts to identify and regulate development of hybrids.

2036 - President Whindham comfortably wins reelection for his own second term. The Republicans remain in control of the Senate

2039 - Supreme Court Ruling allows President Whindham to run for a third term.

2040-2059
2040 - President Whindham is reelected to a third term by a narrow 50.2% to 49.5% with minor third party votes .3%

2044 - President Windham reelected to an unprecedented fourth term by a narrow margin. General Pershing made Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff.

2048 - President Windham is reelected for an unprecedented fifth term due to his handling of the Lowndes – Alabama Crisis. Opponents claim are serious irregularities with the vote. A government investigation finds no fraud and the results of the election stand. Serious protests break out by Whindham’s administration uses its control of the Senate and its police powers to stifle the dissent.

2052 - President Whindham wins election for a sixth term, as he has no serious contenders to run against due to the wartime security restrictions. It is the least participated election in US history with only 9% of the electorate even bothering to vote.

2056 - President Windham does not run for reelection. Instead he is elected Secretary General of the new United Nations (of Sol).

2060-On
2068 - Secretary General David Whindham re-elected for 2nd term. Hyper Gate to Barnard Star is open in Earth orbit and slow colonization begins.

2080 - Earth First takes over a number of national delegations in the UN. Their US Presidential Candidate wins the Presidency. Senate is Primarily Republican. Secretary General David Whindham wins 3rd 12 year term.

2092 - Secretary General David Whindham retires after 3rd term and retires to the planet Toliman in the Alpha Centauri b system. Whindham’s hand-picked successor is elected Secretary General. Nathan Forrest continues on as head of UNISS.