![]() However, he still would have assumed office on the 20th as per the Constitution. Because January 20th was a Sunday, Walker had to be inaugurated on Monday (Dr. In attendance were Frank and Claire Underwood. On January 21, 2013, President-elect Walker took the oath of office and was officially sworn-in as the 45th President of the United States. President Walker delivering inaugural address on January 21, 2013. Main article: Inauguration of Garrett Walker Lieutenant Governor John Hickenlooper (who previously served as Mayor of Denver, Colorado) ascended to the governorship to serve out the remainder of Walker's term and was elected to a full four-year term in the 2014 elections. While carrying the Obama states from 2008 (as well as swing states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Virginia, Colorado, Nevada), he also held onto Indiana and North Carolina. Following his election to the presidency, Walker resigned as Colorado's 41st Governor in December 2012 to focus on his transition as President. ![]() In 2012, Walker was elected with 70 million votes and sworn in as the 45th President of the United States of America, defeating the Republican nominee, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, garnering 54.5 percent to Romney's 43.8 percent of the nationwide vote. Congressman Tom Tancredo of the Constitution Party and Dan Maes, with Walker garnering 912,005 votes (51.05 percent) compared to Tancredo's 651,232 votes (36.43 percent) and Maes' 199,034 votes (11.13 percent). Bob Beauprez (having succeeded two-term Republican Bill Owens) to the governor's mansion with 57.0 percent of the statewide vote and re-elected in 2010 in a three-way race, defeating former Republican U.S. Some time before his election to the Presidency, Walker was the Governor of Colorado, having been elected in 2006 defeating Republican U.S. The two would go on to become good friends. of Pioneer Airlines of which Raymond Tusk owned a third of shares. Prior to entering politics, Garrett had a career in the private sector including being C.E.O. 2.2.3 Frank Underwood Vice Presidential nomination.Walker and his family returned to their former lives as private citizens. ![]() President Walker resigned in 2014, allowing Underwood to become the 46th President of the United States and completing his year-long plan to seek vengeance on Walker and take his office. Walker resigned to let the country begin to heal, rather than to face the possibility of conviction. Underwood would go on to continue his schemes and with multiple conflicts with Walker and their mutual associate Raymond Tusk, Underwood managed to set in motion events that caused the country to call for Walker's impeachment. Walker selected Underwood to take Matthews' place as his second Vice President. This was a motion that was set into play by Frank Underwood after Walker had passed Underwood up as his Secretary of State. His first Vice President, Jim Matthews, eventually left office to run for another term as the Governor of Pennsylvania, feeling useless as the Vice President. He went on to pass an education reform bill and attempted to pass a watershed bill that was voted down in the House. A former Governor of Colorado, Walker was publicly inaugurated as President on January 20, 2013. Garrett Allan Walker (born July 18, 1962) is a politician who served as the 45th President of the United States.
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