Abraham Lincoln II (Alternity)

Abraham 'Jack' Lincoln II was the grandson of President Abraham Lincoln, son of Robert Todd Lincoln, and 23rd Governor of Illinois. Born in 1873 and just a few months after Reconstruction had ended, Jack grew up in a radically different nation than had existed before the Civil War, and from an early age gained an interest in politics. His father Robert was Secretary of War from 1881 to 1885, galvanizing young Jack's future on the political scene. Completing governmental and law studies at Harvard in 1895, Jack was first thrust onto the national political scene in August 1896, when he gave a persuasive speech on behalf of presidential candidate William McKinley in Charleston, Virginia. Though McKinley lost to William Jennings Bryan that year, Jack was voted to the US House of Representatives for Illinois' 19th District in 1905, a position he served in until 1909. Four years later, in 1912, Jack was elected as the 23rd Governor of Illinois, where he served for three terms, from 1913 to 1925. Following his stint as governor, Jack and his wife Jeanne spent six years in seclusion at a remote location in the Lincoln Rockies (the State of Lincoln) before Jack became one of the most vocal opponents to some of Franklin D. Roosevelt's more socialistic policies.