Abraham U. Jackson

Abraham Ulysses Jackson (born 1857) is a Vesperian politician serving as the 40th Vice President of the United States since March 4th, 1917 and is the United States Senator-elect from Pencia. He previously was the 44th Governor of Pencia from 1905 until 1917, and was previously the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Pencia under Governor Leonard P. Wells from 1903 until 1905. Jackson became prominent in local Federalist circles in Pencia early in his career, and rose to such prominence in local politics that he became Federalist Leonard P. Wells's running mate in the 1902 gubernatorial election, which they won extremely narrowly. When Wells died in office in 1905, Jackson succeeded him as Governor of Pencia. He was re-elected in 1906, 1910 and 1914. He ran for the Federalist nomination for president in the 1916 United States presidential election, but was defeated in the primaries by the Governor of Totford, Frederick R. Hamilton. As a compromise, Jackson was nominated for Vice President by the Federalists. In the general election, the Hamilton-Jackson ticket defeated the Edwards-Scott ticket, and Jackson was inaugurated as the 40th Vice President of the United States on March 4th, 1917. Jackson was not renominated for Vice President by the Federalist Party in the 1920 presidential election, which led to him running for U.S. Senator in his home state of Pencia. He was elected to the Senate, becoming the first incumbent Vice President to win election to the senate while in office.