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James Dean
37th President of the United States
In office January 20, 1969 – January 20, 1977
Vice President	Eugene McCarthy (1969–1977)
Preceded by	Lyndon B. Johnson
Succeeded by	Bob Dole
Personal details
Born	James Byron Dean (1931-02-08)February 8, 1931 Marion, Indiana, U.S.
Died	August 17, 2003(2003-08-17) (aged 72) Washington D.C., U.S.
Resting place	James Dean Presidential Library and Museum
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Lucy Dean ​ ​ (m. 1932; died 1985)​
Children	Cindy Dean
Parents	Mildred Marie Winton Dean
Occupation	Politician Actor
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James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 - August 17, 2003) was a politician, actor and racing-sport enthusiast who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969-1977. Dean performed as a highly successful actor and cultural-personality from the 1950s to mid 1960s. In 1968 he ran for the presidency of the United States winning in a historic landslide victory against challenger Richard Nixon and later Nelson Rockefeller in 1972. His terms were marked by successful diplomatic, societal and environmental policy continuing the Great Society programs of Lyndon Baines Johnson. Historians generally rank James Dean as one of the five best presidents .

James Dean was born in Marion, Indiana and proved to be highly successful in high school, later going on to major pre-law in Santa Monica College before switching to a major in drama at UCLA. From here he achieved a highly successful acting career including roles in Rebel Without A Cause (1955), East Of Eden (1955) and Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956). It was also in this era he began his auto-racing hobby and won an iconic victory at the 1955 Salinas Road Race. He became an icon of teenage-rebellion and disillusionment and continued his acting roles throughout the first half of the 1960s. In 1966 he withdrew from public life and disappeared from all public appearances citing personal matters.

In 1968, he unexpectedly announced his candidacy for the presidential election on a platform against the Vietnam War which was met with immense public support allowing Dean to become the Democratic nominee. Nationwide he was met with extremely high poll numbers however a minority of Southern Baptists skeptical of his credentials would found the Anti-Dean Association (ADA). He would go on to win the 1968 election in the largest landslide in US history with over 75% of the popular vote and 512 electoral votes. On the first day of office he ordered the withdrawal of all military forces in Vietnam signing peace accords with the North Vietnamese government and ordering a presidential pardon of all draft-dodgers.

On May 13, 1969 members of the Anti-Dean Association committed the largest act of domestic terrorism in United States history when they hijacked the nation’s system of air-raid sirens at extremely high volumes resulting in 86,509 deaths and mass deafness including disfiguring James Dean. In response, Dean founded the Department Of Technology to promote hearing devices with the United States fully eradicating deafness by July 4th of the year. Members of the ADA were sent to rehabilitation camps to teach American values. The incident was met with sympathies from the international community including Leonid Brezhnev and Mao Zedong .

Later in 1969 following the Apollo 11 Disaster, Dean terminated the Apollo program and re-directed NASA’s efforts to satellite missions including the construction of the Crusader Probe. He also promoted skywatching societies across the nation to maintain interest in space. In 1970 President Dean founded the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and hosted the first International Climate Meeting in New York to raise concerns of global warming . Throughout his first term he pursued policies of racial equality including the forced desegregation of all schools and mandating Native-American representation on boards of National-Parks including the symbolic returning of Mt Rushmore to indigenous owners.

James Dean was re-elected in 1972 to another landslide against Republican challenger Nelson Rockefeller. His second term emphasised diplomacy including organising peace talks between Egypt and Israel in Cairo during the Yom-Kippur War of 1973 which ultimately lead to a ceasefire. He also invited Soviet Premiere Leonid Brezhnev to various monuments of America thawing Cold War tensions. His environmentalist policies continued with the Wilderness-Sanctuary Act to limit exploitation of national parks and in particular mining of the Permian Basin Superorganism. Following the 1976 George-Washington Hoax broadcasted by the Delaware Double Journal he signed the Media Integrity Act of 1976 introducing penalties for news institutions promoting misinformation. On January 6th, 1977 towards the end of his presidency, ADA members attempted an insurrection at the US Capitol Building causing severe damage including the shooting down of the Statue Of Freedom ultimately crushing 150 individuals with the incident prompting a federal investigation. Dean ended his presidency on the highest approval rating for any departing president at 89%.

James Dean is widely regarded as being in the upper-tier of US Presidents with scholars lauding his crisis-management, environmental action and perusal of racial equality. A minority however have criticised Dean for his price-controls and fiscal policy sometimes cited as the reasons for the Stagflation of the late 1970s. His presidency has also been the subject of numerous conspiracy theories largely promoted by former members of the ADA and modern figures such as Alex Jones.

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