James McAuley

James McAuley
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President of the Honookee Republic
In office 9 February 1891 – 16 May 1891
Prime Minister	William Frady Walter Linsley
Preceded by	position created
Succeeded by	position abolished
Constituency	Baynice
Senator from Baynice, Rio Blanco
In office 1 August 1878 – 1 August 1890
Preceded by	Daniel Bergmann (pro tempore)
Succeeded by	Eli Naismith
Senator from Baynice, Honookee Republic
In office 9 February 1891 – 16 May 1891
Preceded by	position created
Succeeded by	position abolished
Personal details
Born	27 January 1829 Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
Died	28 July 1907 (aged 78) Cheyenne, Baynice, Rio Blanco
Political party	Democrat (1851-1878) Home Guard (1878-1891) Northerners' Front (1891-1907)
Spouse(s)	Valeria Howell
Children	Nathaniel, Sarah, Jefferson
Profession	Politician, corn farmer
Religion	Episcopal

James Xenocrates McAuley (/ˈmæk(ə)lɪ/, as pronounced by his descendants, or /ˌməˈkɒːlɪ/; 27 January 1829—28 July 1907) was an American-born Rioblancoan politician, senator from Baynice from 1878 to 1890 and first and only President of the Honookee Republic.

Biography

Born to third-generation Irish Americans in Poughkeepsie, New York, McAuley moved to Davenport, Iowa in 1847, to assist his uncle in the corn fields.

After moving to Cheyenne in 1867, he signed the Rioblancoan Declaration of Independence as a delegate from Baynice. McAuley was later elected Senator from his home state.

Reconfirmed three times in office, in 1890, when visiting the states of Uinta and northern Yuma, he saw that the people were not happy to be in Rioblancoan territory and wished to secede or return to the United States; this would make him draft the Honookee Declaration of Independence and found the Northerners' Front, along with William Frady.

The Declaration of Independence of the Honookee Republic would be made in effect on 9 February 1891 and the national territory would claim the states of Uinta, Baynice and northern Yuma. The Rioblancoan Civil War would soon start: after some initial conquers in the Rioblancoan states of Moffat and Yuma, the Honookee Republic would soon start losing territory, to the point where the claim of Uinta would only be theoretical, as it was fully controlled by Rio Blanco.

After the Honookees lost the war, McAuley and Frady were arrested for treason and sentenced to thirty-five years in jail; McAuley would be later released in 1906, after serving fifteen years, citing health issues. He died a year later in his sleep at the age of 78, in his house in Cheyenne.