With the rising international tensions of the early 1930s, it was not a surprise that the American electorate was looking for a hero. Other than the Wild Indian Wars of the American West, America had known peace since the war against Napoleon, but Americans had fought. And so, in the election of 1932, the Federalists brought forth as their candidate the governor of New York, Martin Roosevelt. Martin Roosevelt had won fame as a volunteer in the Global War on the front lines between the Dominion and Korsgaardist Mexico, and shown himself capable in governance of his home state. He was a comforting figure to the USA in an increasingly uncertain world, and also enjoyed a high opinion in the neighboring Dominion of Southern America. Martin Roosevelt enjoyed a commanding victory in the presidential election of 1932.
President Roosevelt had promised to combat the threat of international Thuggieism, but was against the provision of the Thuggie Suppression Act that barred Hindoos from entering the USA solely on the basis of race. He had known several Southron Hindoos in his youth. Therefore his administration encouraged and supported the middle route taken by the Supreme Court when it set aside that section of the act.
Roosevelt himself had been at the Olympics when the St. Petersburg Slaughter had occurred, and had gone to London afterwards for the funerals and to confer with the new Prime Minister, Thomas. And so President Roosevelt was in the Imperial Capital when Black Friday occurred, and heard in person the impassioned speech Prime Minister Thomas made to a shocked nation, promising nothing except blood, and in the end, victory.
President Roosevelt managed to slip past the Malthusian forces to return to America, and rallied America to become the Arsenal of the Allies, Britain and Russia, as they set out to counter the rising tide of Malthusianism. President Roosevelt also sought to place America on the path of preparedness, should war come to her shores, given the aggressive nature of the Malthusian Manifesto.
President Martin Roosevelt:
