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Samuel Marlow Alden (born March 20, 1997) is the 50th and current President of the United States and has served since 2053. He is the eighth president from Ohio, having been born in Verne in the state’s southwest region. Before becoming president, Alden was a career politician, having served two terms as Ohio Senator from the state’s 7th senatorial district from 2027 to 2034, three terms as U.S. Representative from Ohio’s 1st Congressional District from 2035 to 2041, and two terms as U.S. Senator from Ohio from 2041 to 2053.

As a Member of the House of Representatives, Alden received national attention for his support of Massachusetts Senator Harry Griffin, who gave a largely televised speech following the 2038 terrorist attacks in his home state in which he coined the term “Iron Democrat.” Alden helped popularize the term and spoke publicly in support of harsher anti-terrorism measures. He sponsored multiple bills relating to this subject, one of which was famously signed into law by incumbent Republican president Thomas Brandt as the Surveillance Act of 2039.

Alden’s congressional career was characterized by his loyalty to the concept of the Iron Democrat, and he helped to flesh out this idea in his terms in the Senate. He is known for his alliance with other Iron Democrat Senators Harry Griffin (Massachusetts), Jamal Hillard (California), Tobias Layton (Pennsylvania), and Craig Bullock (Illinois), and Republican Senators James Brewin (Virginia) and Francis Schultz (New York), as well as a number of members of the House of Representatives from both parties. These allied congressmen would frequently criticize those they called “Doormat Democrats” with weak stances on militarism, as well as anti-surveillance and generally pro-immigrant stances. He served as the Senate Majority Whip from 2047 to 2052.

Alden defeated incumbent president Joseph Hawk to receive the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in 2052, and he then won a landslide victory against Republican nominee Katherine Cappello in that year’s general election. He was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2053. Alden’s campaign platform included topics such as increased government surveillance, stricter immigration policies, and a concentration on military expansion, as well as the importance of stricter environmental policies, healthcare reform, and a focus on reversing unemployment. He was reelected in 2056 after defeating Republican nominee Bryan Goddard on a similar platform, and was sworn in for a second term on January 20, 2057.

As president, Alden signed into law the Safe Citizens Act of 2053, which created controversial quotas on allowed immigrants according to country of origin, and Surveillance Act of 2056, which increased the powers of the National Security Agency. He also increased military spending by over twenty percent during his first term. Alden supported the building of seven major nuclear reactor facilities across the United States as part of his “Initiative for Clean Energy” (ICE) and increased subsidies for wind and solar power farmers. His many talks with Russian president Aleksei Bodrov and Canadian Prime Minister Art Deschamps led to the Arctic Friends Treaty of 2053 and foundation of the Pan-Arctic-Pacific Alliance (PAPA).