John Spellman (HSE)

John Spellman was the final Governor of Washington State, and the first President of the Republic of Cascadia (HSE). After U.S. President Walter Mondale (HSE) declared that the United States would be using military action to counter Soviet deployment of nuclear weapons in British Columbia, Spellman was the first of all state governors to declare independence, beginning the Dissolution of the United States (HSE).