William Seymour

William Frederick Seymour (18 March 1775 – 5 June 1847) was the first President of Tandori (1831–43), the Marshal of the Taorian Army during the last years of the Taorian Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of Tandori.

Widely admired for his strong confidence and leadership qualities, Seymour was unaminously elected President in the first three national elections. He oversaw the creation of a stable, well-financed national government that maintained total neutrality during his administration, and the establishment of a prominent and successful national bank.

Born into a lower middle-class family in the town of Preston, Lancashire in Great Britain, at an early age his family immigrated to the British colony of Tandori in search for better opportunities. At the age of 20, Seymour moved to northern London and joined the British Army, where he served for fourteen years and participated in various wars. He later moved back to Tandori and settled in Sawell Bay in early 1820.

Shortly after the Taorian Revolutionary War began, Seymour was commisioned as a major general by Congress. In that command, he mainly participated in the Battles of Taunton and Fort Stanley, where he and his men successfully defeated British troops who unsucessfully attempted to invade northern Tandori. After a few more key battles in Opaheke and Riverford, he was commisioned as Marshal of the Taorian Army in 1825 and was successfully able to force the British garrison out of Kaimaumau and Cocos Kealing in 1826 and 1827 respectively, despite being heavily outnumbered in terms of troop size. Once the war officially ended in 1828, the position stayed unoccupied until Edmund Rodgers was appointed the position in 1943 during World War II.

Seymour was unanimously elected as President by Congress in 1831, and aimed to consolidate the national government's power. He supported financial minister Paul Bacon's programs to pay off all debts, establish a permanent national bank, and an effective tax system. He further strained relations with the United Kingdom following the Pacific Scandal in 1837, but was able to quickly improve relations with the Treaties of 1838. Due to being a devout conservative, industrialism was largely ignored and a national railroad system wasn't built in Tandori until the early 20th century. He later resigned after his third term as President ended in 1843, and retired to his home in Sawell Bay, where he died in 1847.

Early life
William Frederick Seymour was born in the town of Preston, Lancashire on 18 March 1775, as the eldest of six children to Frederick Seymour and Margaret Hudson. Frederick primarily worked as a textile worker and a blacksmith in nearby Penwortham. However, at the age of three his family emigrated from Great Britain to the British colony of Tandori near modern-day Homai in search of a new life. Due to this, Seymour primarily spent his childhood around people of various backgrounds, most frequently Maori natives of the land.