Winston Churchill (President Churchill)

Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (1974-1965) was the 29th. and 33rd. President of the United States serving from 1917-1925 and 1937-1949.

Early Life
Churchill was born and raised in New York City, he graduated from West Point in 1896 and served in the Spanish-American War and the Philippines, and retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1906.

Military and Early Political Career
In 1906, Churchill married Alice Roosevelt the daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, the union would produce five children; Theodore, Winston Jr., Edith, Richard, and Margret. Churchill was elected to Congress from Long Island in November of that year and served two terms. In 1910, Churchill was elected Governor of New York defeating Democrat John A. Dix.

Churchill embraced the progressive policies of Theodore Roosevelt early in his career but during his tenure as governor he began to shift towards the constitutional conservatisum of Grover Cleveland.

In 1912, Governor Churchill was re-elected thanks to support from both Taft Republicans and Roosevelt Progressives. In 1914, Churchill was overwhelming re-elected and began preperations for a run for the presidency.

In 1916, Churchill won the Republican nomination over Massachusetts Senator John W. Weeks and Iowa Senator Albert Cummins. Churchill defeated Woodrow Wilson in the November election by a sizable margin.

First Presidency
President Churchill led America to victory in the first world war and led the nation into the economic boom of the 20's.

Churchill was re-elected in a landslide over Wilson in 1920. During his second term in office Churchill directed the ship of state well and by the end of his second term unemployment was the lowest in American history.

Post First Presidency
From 1925 to 1936, Churchill traveled the globe and lectured at many universites around the world, he also found the time to campaign for Republicans in election years.

In 1932, Churchill steep out of retirement to run for the Republican nomination for President against Herbert Hoover, although Churchill won in the primaries he was defeated by Hoover as the Republican convention.

In 1934, Churchill stumpt the country in support of the Republican landslide of that year. This set Churchill up as the front-runner for the 36' nomination

In 1936, Churchill won the Republican nomination over William Borah and Alf Landon, he chose Landon as his running-mate.

Churchill and Landon defeated incumbent President Franklin Roosevelt and his running-mate John Nance Garner in a overwhelming landslide.

2nd. Presidency
During the first mouths of his presidency Churchill set about to grow the American economy through tax cuts and less government. However most of Churchill's second presidency would be dominated by foreign affairs. Churchill saw the threat posed by German, Italian, and Japanese aggresstion, so he convensed Congress to increase the size of the U.S. Armed Forces in preperation for war.

When Germany attacked American baes in the Shetland Islands in December, 1939 America was thrust into a world war.

Trivia

 * Churchill is the only American president to be awarded the Medel of Honor which he during his lifetime (Theodore Roosevelt was awarded the medel postumuslly).


 * Churchill is the only American president to serve in all three branchs of the federal government, he was a Congressman from 1907 to 1910; President from 1917 to 1925 and from 1937 to 1953.