Thomas Rundham

Thomas Rundham is the current Senator of Ohio by self appointment

Early Life
Thomas was born on December 12th, 1892 in Akron, Ohio to parents Ernst and Regina Rundham. He grew up the oldest of 6 siblings.

Thomas grew up in poverty working on his father's farm until, in 1912, his wealthy industralist uncle paid for Thomas to attend Medical school.

There he met his wife and in 1915 they married and went to have 5 children, they were married till her death in 1947.

He would study medicine till in 1917 when he volunteered with the red cross to work as an ambulance driver in Europe. After the end of the war, Rundham would return to Cleveland, Ohio and later moving to New York making money as an investor. In 1926 he moved back to Akron, Ohio to help on his fathers farm and in 1932 moved to Cleveland.

Early Political Career
Thomas first began his entry into politics in 1936 where he mounted an unsuccessful run for city council in his city of Cleveland. He would soon go on to found True Fox in 1937 where he began publishing opinion papers on national politics. In 1941 he would run for Mayor of Cleveland and win and in 1946 run for governor of Ohio

Tenure:
During his time as Governor Rundham modified the Ohio constituion to extend term length to 4 instead of 2 years. He also signed an executive order ending discrimination and segregation in government offices. He would also be the first to enact veterans support legislation in response to several Town Hall occupations across the state. He further went on to sign highway legislation

Unsuccesful Presidental Campaign
In 1948 Rundham ran for president and lost to Estes Kefauver.

Senator
In 1949 Robert Taft resigned from the Senate due to health issues and Rundham appointed himself to the position. During his time as Senator, he enacted a filibuster on a Department of Education bill and was forced out the Senate chamber as a result. That same year he proposed a Federal Highway bill that was quickly passed and signed into law. In 1949 Rundham was elected Senate Majority Leader.

Religious affilaition
Rundham is a member of the Mormon church and has gone as far to establish his own branch of the church. Although many would attribute this more to a cult instead of a religion.