Caleb Webber



Caleb Webber was an American politician who served as the 58th President of the United States from 2081 to 2085, and as Governor of his home state of Ohio from 2071 to 2079. He was elected in one of the most controversial presidential elections in United States history, the 2080 presidential election, in which he lost both the Electoral College and popular vote to Green candidate Annie Brown, but due to the presence of three major candidates in the race, Brown did not win a majority in the Electoral College and the U.S. House of Representatives voted Webber in as president.

Early life
Caleb Webber was born in Parma, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, on 11 February 2025. He grew up in an upper-middle-class family on the eastern side of the city. Webber graduated from Padua Franciscan High School in 2043 and attended Miami University, from which he graduated with a law degree in 2047.

Political career
Caleb Webber worked as an attorney from the late 2040s to the early 2060s in the Cleveland area, when he ran for the Ohio House of Representatives and won a seat in 2062, taking office in 2063. He served in this position until 2070, when he was elected Governor of Ohio. He ran as a moderate candidate in the 2080 Republican primaries, with moderate fiscal and social views. After winning the primary, he selected Christine Cho, a well-known law professor from Manhattan, New York City.

2080 presidential election and aftermath
The concrete result of the 2080 presidential election was not known for several months after election day, due to no candidate winning a majority in the Electoral College. Webber placed second in both the popular vote and the Electoral College, but was unexpectedly elected over Annie Brown by the House of Representatives in January 2081 to be U.S. president. Rioting took place in many major metropolitan areas across the country after his election, especially in coastal regions hit hardest by climate change. In response, Webber pledged to "work as much as humanly possible" to fight climate change in office. Just nine days after taking office, on 29 January 2081, the Louisiana Rebellion erupted in Louisiana, Annie Brown's home state, when Governor of Louisiana Cameron Meredith declared independence from the United States (despite Annie Brown being strongly against this.) The war ended on 13 February 2081, and Louisiana was split into two states, West Louisiana and East Louisiana, due to the western part of the state being far more opposed to the conflict than the eastern part.

Presidency, post-Louisiana Rebellion
Caleb Webber became much more popular due to his widely praised response to the Louisiana Rebellion and Webber riots, but when made his opposition to the 35th Amendment, which ultimately abolished the Electoral College, public, his approval ratings plummeted. Vice President Cho resigned on 31 December 2081, citing family concerns, but many media figures speculated that she resigned due to her more left-leaning views clashing with Caleb Webber's centrist/center-right views. Webber selected Justin Gordon, the Republican leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, as his new vice president in January 2082. Webber remained deeply unpopular throughout his term, and lost to Annie Brown in the 2084 presidential election in a massive landslide.

Post-presidency
Caleb Webber retired to his home in Columbus, Ohio after his presidency, where he lived a relatively uneventful life. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2102, but was cured of it with only minor brain damage. He died of natural causes on 23 September 2118 at the age of 93.