Theodore Sanders

A politician played by Theodore#2490.

Early Life and Military Service
Sanders grew up in Alexandria, Virginia with his parents and older brother. He lost his mother at a young age and his father spent so much time working he barely ever saw his sons.

Sanders met his wife Alice at the High School they both attended. They married in 1931 months after they finished High School. He attended college for 4 years and then became a teacher at the elementary school he had attended. His son Dimitri was born in 1940.

After working as a teacher for six years he enlisted in the military after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He ended up in Europe where he served in the remainder in the war, eventually ending up under the command of Dwight D. Eisenhower. While overseas his wife fell ill and died in 1943. His brother would take care of his son the rest of the time Sanders was overseas.

Sanders returned to America in 1945 where did some private tutoring while raising his son. He decided to run for Congress in 1946 as his local representative was retiring.

Time in Office
Sanders easily won his seat in the 1946 elections. Once in office, he pushed legislation to end any threat of Fascism in America and to increase the railway presence in the country hoping to expand the effects of Roosevelt‘s New Deal. One of Virginia‘s Senate seats was open in 1948 so Sanders ran on continuing the effects of the New Deal And stopping the reversal of its policies. He easily won that Novembe.

Assault by MacArthur
Sanders would condemn the actions taken by the India government in arresting Communists fearing that the anti-communist fever would start encroaching on free speech. Afterwards many wondered if he was a communist sympathizer. One day during the confirmation hearing of Senator Eisenhower to the Secretary of Defense postition General MacArthur and a huge group of soldiers came to illegally arrest Sanders. Senator Eisenhower came to Sanders’ defense but once the President arrived, Sanders gave himself in to ensure the safety of everyone there. Sanders was then tortured by soldiers under the command of MacArthur. They tried to force him to say he was a communist and when Sanders refused they continued torturing him until he was unconscious. He was then dumped naked, where he stayed overnight. He was found that next day and was quickly brought to the hospital. He stayed there for a few week’s before he made a full recovery and reassumed his work at the Senate.