Hayden Sidun

Hayden Sidun
50th President of the United States
In office January 20, 2053 – January 20, 2061
Vice President	Lauren Underwood
Preceded by	Jake LaTurner
Succeeded by	Ethan Kelly
United States Senator from Washington
In office January 3, 2049 – January 20, 2053
Preceded by	Joe Nguyen
Succeeded by	Kellen Hoard
26th Governor of Washington
In office January 16, 2041 – January 3, 2049
Lieutenant	Liz Lovelett
Preceded by	Rebecca Saldaña
Succeeded by	Liz Lovelett
15th United States Secretary of Education
In office January 20, 2037 – January 20, 2040
President	Jon Ossoff
Preceded by	Elsie Arntzen
Succeeded by	Jamaal Bowman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's 7th district
In office January 3, 2033 – January 20, 2037
Preceded by	Pramila Jayapal
Succeeded by	Shae Dolan
Personal details
Born	Hayden John Sidun June 4, 2004 (age 70) Walnut Creek, California, U.S.
Political party	Independent (2062-present) Democratic (2022-2062)
Alma mater	University of Washington (BA, MA, PhD) George Mason University (MEd, JD)

Hayden John Sidun (born June 4, 2004) is an American politician and author who served as the 50th President of the United States from 2053 to 2061. Before his presidency, he represented Washington in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate and served as the 26th Governor of Washington and as the 15th United States Secretary of Education. He is a registered independent and a former member of the Democratic Party.

Born and raised in the East Bay Area of California, Sidun attended the University of Washington, graduating with a bachelor of arts in political science in 2024, a master of arts in political science in 2026, and a PhD in political science in 2030. Sidun also attended George Mason University while serving as a government official, receiving a master of education in 2035 and a juris doctor in 2039. Aside from English, he is fluent in Spanish, French, and Esperanto, and he is the author of over 200 novels and short stories.

Sidun was a member of the Boy Scouts of America during his teenage years, eventually becoming an Eagle Scout and a member of the Order of the Arrow; he would later go on to say that he resented the organization due to their discrimination against atheists and agnostics. During his formative years, Sidun worked as a barista at Starbucks and was a local political operative. He moved to Seattle in 2023 and worked as an executive assistant and caseworker for U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal while attending the University of Washington. In 2026, Sidun began teaching civics at Newport High School in Bellevue, Washington. He also became involved with the Washington State Democratic Party, leading to him becoming a delegate to the 2032 Democratic National Convention and winning a seat on the party's governing committee.

Following the announcement that Jayapal would retire in 2032, Sidun was recruited by Brand New Congress and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to run for the seat. After being endorsed by those two organizations and other progressive organizations, including the Justice Democrats and the Sunrise Movement, he defeated four other candidates for the Democratic nomination and received the endorsements of prominent local, state, and national leaders, including all Democrats in Washington's congressional delegation. Accruing a lot of national attention because of his age, Sidun defeated his Republican opponent in a landslide and was easily re-elected in 2034 and 2036. Serving from ages 28 to 32, he was the youngest member of Congress for his first term in the House of Representatives and was the first member of Congress born in the 21st century. He left the House of Representatives to become secretary of education on January 20, 2037, and was succeeded by activist Shae Dolan.

Following the 2036 presidential election, which resulted in the victory of Jon Ossoff, Sidun was named as a possible pick for secretary of education and publicly expressed interest in the job, citing his teaching degree and classroom experience. Following reports that he was being vetted and considered for the job, Sidun was nominated to serve as secretary of education on December 7, 2036. He was confirmed by a 88-12 vote in the Senate on January 20, 2037, and sworn in the same day. At age 32, Sidun was the youngest Cabinet secretary in U.S. history. He resigned on January 20, 2040, and was replaced by Democratic congressman Jamaal Bowman.

Sidun declared his candidacy for governor of Washington in the 2040 gubernatorial election on February 10, 2040. With little opposition in the Democratic primary, he was nominated and defeated former Republican congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler in the general election. Taking office at age 36, he was the first U.S. governor born in the 21st century and was the youngest sitting governor in the country throughout his tenure. He was re-elected in 2044, defeating longtime state senator Brad Hawkins, and retired in 2048 to run for the U.S. Senate. He resigned the office on January 3, 2049, two hours before taking office in the U.S. Senate; he was succeeded by lieutenant governor Liz Lovelett, who was also the governor-elect.

On March 8, 2047, Sidun announced he would run for the U.S. Senate in 2048 following U.S. Senator Joe Nguyen's announcement that he would not seek another term. Sidun was the clear frontrunner for the Democratic nomination once he entered the race and defeated Republican state senator Jeremie Dufault in the general election. Sidun was consistently ranked as one of the most liberal and bipartisan members of Congress throughout his tenure. Serving from ages 44 to 48, he was the youngest sitting senator for the entirety of his tenure and was the first U.S. senator born in the 21st century. Sidun resigned the seat on January 20, 2053, just two hours before taking office as president, and was succeeded by Democratic congressman Kellen Hoard.

Sidun launched his campaign in the 2052 presidential election on February 17, 2051. On July 10, 2052, following a very close and contested primary, he was formally nominated for the presidency at the 2052 Democratic National Convention in St. Louis, Missouri. With Illinois senator Lauren Underwood as his running mate, he defeated Republican vice president Kat Cammack in the general election. Sidun was inaugurated for his first term on January 20, 2053. In 2056, he defeated Republican senator Daniel Cameron and was inaugurated for his second term on January 20, 2057. He left office on January 20, 2061, with a 56% approval rating, and was succeeded by Maryland governor Ethan Kelly. Sidun is the first openly atheist, the first openly LGBT, and the first Generation Z president in U.S. history; he is also the first president born in the 21st century.

After leaving office, Sidun and his wife moved to Falls Church, Virginia. In 2061, Sidun became a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution and founded New Generation, a DC-based political action committee to elect young, progressive candidates to public office. He was also brought onto the faculty of Georgetown University as a political science professor in 2061. Sidun has also focused on his writing career, having published over 150 novels and short stories since leaving office. In 2062, Sidun left the Democratic Party and became a registered independent, citing his disdain for political parties and the two-party system as reasons for his departure. The Hayden Sidun Presidential Library and Museum opened in 2064 in Seattle in partnership with and on the campus of the University of Washington. In 2065, Sidun and his wife moved to Monterey, California; he subsequently became a political science professor at the University of California, Berkeley and continued teaching until his retirement from academia in 2074.

In 2062, Sidun received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2064, Sidun and his wife were separately awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for their years of public service. His works of fiction have won him multiple awards, including four Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction and, in 2068, the Nobel Prize in Literature. In addition, Sidun has also received honorary degrees in public policy and law from various colleges and institutions around the world. He was inducted into the California Hall of Fame in 2068.

Sidun and his wife currently live in Monterey, California. They also own houses in Seattle, Washington, and Falls Church, Virginia.

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