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= George Sherman Harris(FICTION) =

This article is about the 6th president of the United States George Sherman Harris(May 8, 1771 - October 5, 1839)was an Bermudan revolutionist, governor, writer, and ambassador who served as the 6th president of the United States From December 1, 1817 to October 5, 1839 before his presidency Harris served as the governor of Georgia and a major political figure in the War of 1812 and was a war hero in the Battle of Lake Erie and even ran for president in 1808 but lost to James Madison Harris's wife Louisa and James Monroe both were big parts of Harris's life

Harris's life before the presidency was humble he served as the ambassador to Spain in the James Monroe Administration and was a anti slavery president being the first president to not own slaves but before his popularity life was hard he did not have money to go to school and was self taught witch didn't help him to get a job people would not trust him and thought he was not a good speaker and it didn't help that back in the days only very skilled men would take on jobs like lawyers, doctors, and much more and at the time when Harris became a lawyer he was only 19 and was a military general at 20

= Early Life = George Sherman Harris was born in North Shore Village, Bermuda in May 8, 1771 in a small house to his parents Augustine and Arreola at age 15 Harris's father died and his mother died a year later after the death of his parents he was adopted by John Adams Harris never had been to school before and couldn't talk until age 8 and at age 16 he was sent to school and had a bad time he was picked on because he had trouble speaking and couldn't read so at age 17 he had to go to special ed classes when he was introduced to his teacher James Monroe he quickly made a connection to the future president

At age 19 Harris had went from average 34% in class to an average 97% after his special classes he was allowed to return to college at Swarthmore College when he met Louisa Johnson who was 15 at the time Harris immediately made a connection with Louisa and wrote a poem about her his desire for Louisa was no doubt but he had other problems since he was the adopted son of the first Vice President he would get constantly targeted and picked on but he didn't let that stop him from doing his dreams when he was 22 he got his masters degree and he was done with school and at age 23 he became the Governor of Georgia with some help with James Monroe After he became the Governor Harris started to be a regular at James Monroe's parties and Harris was getting more into politics after his father became president and he even though about running as president in 1800 but he did not want to run against his adoptive father but he still wanted to be president and when he was only 35 he became 4th Vice President of the United States with more help with James Monroe and at age 30 he Married Louisa Johnson and 15 years later Louisa talked him in to running for president and he did again James campaigned hard and he almost won but lost to James Madison but Harris still became Vice President In 1813 Harris was a shining star in the military in the Battle of Lake Erie with a decisive US victory and was gifted the golden heart and a new house where he lived in with his wife Louisa it was fairly large for the time that's not all Harris was succeeding in Harris also served as an ambassador during James Monroe and was very fond of the country reportedly having the best time of his life in Spain and made many new friends and at his birthplace Bermuda he also loved the experience at his home and brought Louisa to the trip

= Early Political Career (1794-1815) = In May 7, 1794 after graduating from college Harris became the governor of Georgia and started his early political career in his early life as a governor he was fairly popular among the people of Atlanta and was one of the best governors in us history