According to the Constitution of Kania, the President of Kania is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Kania. The president is the command-in-chief of the Kanian Defense Forces, and ultimate head of the executive and legislative branches of the government. The president is directly-elected by the people of Kania to a six-year term which is renewable for as long as the candidate is able to run for office. This was affirmed by the constitution which prevents terms limits from being imposed upon the presidency. Upon the president's death, resignation, inability to continue running the office, or impeachment, the Vice President of Kania takes over. The President must by thirty years of age to run, and a "natural-born" citizen of Kania, or from another nation but of proven African heritage to run for office.
This list includes all individuals sworn into the presidency following Kania's independence in 16 December 1756. The first president of Kania was Roger Kane, and the current president is Alexander Kane, a direct descendant of the nation's first president. Since 1756, 27 people have been sworn in as the President of Kania. Of these 28 presidencies (counting Andrew Reece's two non-consecutive terms), two have died in office (Gregory Fawkes and Horatio Ives), two resigned (Theodore Copperfield and Samuel Nelson), and one impeached (Martin Clement). There have been very few landmark elections; Martin Clement was the first biracial president of Kania, and he was also the first and only president of Kania to be impeached.
List of Presidents of Kania[]
Federalist (17) Liberal (7) None (3) | |||||||||||
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№ | Portrait | President | State | Term of office | Party | Term | Previous office | Vice President | |||
1 | Roger Kane 5 October 1693 – 5 October 1775 (aged 81) |
None (Virginia) |
16 December 1756 – 21 December 1768 |
Independent | 1 (1756) |
Governor-General of Kania (1750–1756) |
Oswald Gilbertson 16 December 1756 – 21 December 1762 | ||||
2 (1762) |
Alexander North 21 December 1762 – 21 December 1768 | ||||||||||
2 | Gregory Fawkes 24 June 1721 – 11 July 1776 (aged 54) |
None (England) |
21 December 1768 – 11 May 1776 |
Federalist | 3 (1768) |
Secretary of Treasury (1762–1768) |
Lawrence Ashmead | ||||
4 (1774) |
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3 | Lawrence Ashmead 24 June 1721 – 11 July 1776 (aged 54) |
None (New York) |
11 May 1776 – 21 December 1780 |
Federalist | 3rd Vice President of of Kania (1774–1776) |
Vacant 11 May 1776 – 21 December 1780 | |||||
4 | Solomon Bragge 9 May 1737 – 3 July 1819 (aged 82) |
Judah | 21 December 1780 – 21 December 1786 |
Federalist | 5 (1786) |
Secretary of State (1776–1780) |
Benjamin Willis | ||||
5 | Matthew Briggs 18 June 1739 – 5 September 1814 (aged 75) |
Benjamin | 21 December 1786 – 21 December 1798 |
Federalist | 6 (1786) |
Secretary of War (1768–1780) |
Spencer Poole | ||||
7 (1792) | |||||||||||
6 | Martin Clement 22 November 1761 – 1 May 1849 (aged 87) |
Naphtali | 21 December 1798 – 7 April 1801 |
Liberal | 8 (1798) |
Governor of Naphtali (1792–1798) |
Constantine Arment | ||||
7 | Constantine Arment 23 October 1755 – 13 June 1826 (aged 71) |
Manasseh | 7 April 1801 – 21 December 1810 |
Liberal | 6th Vice President of of Kania (1798–1801) |
Vacant 7 April 1801 – 21 December 1804 | |||||
9 (1804) |
Camron Bradley 21 December 1804 – 21 December 1810 | ||||||||||
8 | Hubert Reece 11 August 1754 – 29 December 1836 (aged 82) |
Zebulun | 21 December 1810 – 21 December 1816 |
Liberal | 10 (1810) |
Senator from Zebulun (1786–1810) |
Devin Hart | ||||
9 | Robert Elwin 13 September 1776 – 4 June 1847 (aged 70) |
Benjamin | 21 December 1816 – 21 December 1828 |
Independent | 11 (1816) |
Kanian Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1813–1816) |
Quinn Cain | ||||
12 (1822) | |||||||||||
10 | Andrew Reece 27 February 1787 – 19 April 1878 (aged 82) |
Zebulun | 21 December 1828 – 21 December 1832 |
Liberal | 13 (1828) |
Senator from Zebulun (1822–1828) |
Taylor Wilkonson | ||||
11 | Christopher Wright 3 March 1801 – 10 August 1873 (aged 72) |
Issachar | 21 December 1834 – 21 December 1840 |
Independent | 14 (1834) |
Senator from Issachar (1822–1828) |
Brynn Barrett | ||||
12 | Andrew Reece 27 February 1787 – 19 April 1878 (aged 82) |
Zebulun | 21 December 1840 – 21 December 1846 |
Liberal | 15 (1840) |
10th President of Kania (1828–1834) |
Eugene Morgantheu | ||||
13 | Daniel Durrant 25 October 1813 – 17 January 1882 (aged 68) |
Levi | 21 December 1846 – 21 December 1858 |
Federalist | 16 (1846) |
Secretary of Agriculture (1844–1846) |
Marcel Collins | ||||
17 (1852) | |||||||||||
14 | Josiah Lawson 5 March 1819 – 20 June 1903 (aged 84) |
Manasseh | 21 December 1858 – 21 December 1876 |
Federalist | 18 (1858) |
Secretary of State (1844–1846) |
Roderick Scrimgeour | ||||
19 (1864) | |||||||||||
20 (1870) | |||||||||||
15 | Miles Davidson 4 June 1802 – 12 September 1889 (aged 87) |
Dan | 21 December 1876 – 21 December 1882 |
Federalist | 21 (1876) |
Governor of Ashur (1864–1876) |
Gene Baxter | ||||
16 | Roland Reece 2 December 1828 – 28 July 1913 (aged 84) |
Naphtali | 21 December 1882 – 21 December 1894 |
Liberal | 22 (1882) |
Kanian Ambassador to France (1878–1882) |
Douglas Wolfe | ||||
23 (1888) | |||||||||||
17 | Simon Reece 16 April 1863 – 29 April 1959 (aged 96) |
Naphtali | 21 December 1894 – 21 December 1900 |
Liberal | 24 (1894) |
Kanian Ambassador to France (1878–1882) |
Rhys Thornton | ||||
18 | Theodore Coppersmith 11 September 1842 – 16 June 1920 (aged 77) |
Simeon | 21 December 1900 – 16 June 1910 |
Liberal | 25 (1900) |
Senator from Reuben (1878–1882) |
Jonathan Wright | ||||
26 (1908) |
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19 | Jonathan Wright 17 November 1831 – 18 July 1918 (aged 86) |
Ashur | 16 June 1910 – 21 December 1912 |
Federalist | 18th Vice President of of Kania (1900–1910) |
Vacant 16 June 1910 – 21 December 1912 | |||||
20 | Henry Kane 6 February 1875 – 10 May 1964 (aged 89) |
Judah | 21 December 1912 – 21 December 1930 |
Federalist | 27 (1912) |
Kanian Ambassador to the United States (1908–1912) |
Harrison Clarke | ||||
28 (1918) | |||||||||||
29 (1924) | |||||||||||
21 | Lucas Marrison 27 August 1879 – 4 January 1952 (aged 72) |
Manasseh | 21 December 1930 – 21 December 1942 |
Federalist | 30 (1930) |
Senator from Manasseh (1900–1930) |
Damian Winters | ||||
31 (1936) | |||||||||||
22 | Elliot Johnson 19 August 1896 – 28 October 1987 (aged 91) |
Ephraim | 21 December 1942 – 21 December 1948 |
Federalist | 32 (1942) |
Secretary of Health (1936–1942) |
Fabien Robiquet | ||||
23 | Horatio Ives 10 June 1894 – 20 May 1967 (aged 72) |
Issacar | 21 December 1948 – 20 April 1967 |
Federalist | 33 (1948) |
Secretary of War (1942–1948) |
Leo Anderson 21 December 1948 – 21 December 1960 | ||||
34 (1954) | |||||||||||
35 (1960) |
Robert Hopkins 21 December 1960 – 20 April 1967 | ||||||||||
36 (1966) |
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24 | Robert Hopkins 17 September 1904 – 29 November 1983 (aged 79) |
Levi | 20 April 1967 – 21 December 1972 |
Federalist | 23rd Vice President of of Kania (1960–1967) |
Vacant 20 April 1967 – 21 December 1972 | |||||
25 | Richard Wilcott 23 April 1922 (age 88) |
Gad | 21 December 1972 – 21 December 1978 |
Federalist | 37 (1972) |
Secretary of Transportation (1966–1972) |
Luke Wright | ||||
26 | Samuel Nelson 7 March 1927 (age 89) |
Judah | 21 December 1978 – 17 September 1997 |
Federalist | 38 (1978) |
Governor of Judah (1960–1978) |
Julius Rockford 21 December 1978 – 21 December 1990 | ||||
39 (1984) | |||||||||||
40 (1990) |
Alexander Kane 21 December 1990 – 17 September 1997 | ||||||||||
41 (1996) |
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27 | Alexander Kane 17 May 1945 (age 70) |
Judah | 21 December 1858 – 21 December 1876 |
Federalist | 26th Vice President of of Kania (1990–1997) |
Vacant 17 September 1997 – 21 December 2002 | |||||
42 (2002) |
Hurbert Albright 17 September 1997 – 21 December 2008 | ||||||||||
43 (2008) | |||||||||||
44 (2014) |
Atasha Mayer 21 December 2014 – Present |
Living former presidents[]
Currently, there are two living former presidents. The most recent death of a former president was that of Robert Hopkins (1967–72) on 29 November 1983, aged 79. Pictured in order of service: