Michael Henderson (D-OH)
Born: June 7, 1983 (65 years old)Politician/journalistLeft-wing social democrat; member of Democratic PartyFamily:Renee Henderson nee Holmes; wife, aged 63; lawyer
Thomas Henderson; son, aged 21; deceased
Michelle Henderson; daughter, aged 23; social worker
Tamara Henderson; daughter, aged 20; student
Offices held:Governor of Ohio (2035-2043)
Director of UN Office of Legal Affairs General Legal Division (2025-2033)
Deputy Director of UN Office of Legal Affairs General Legal Division (2021-2025)
Member of UN Office of Legal Affairs General Legal Division (2017-2021)
US Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio (2013-2017)
Chair of the Hamilton County Democratic Party (2011-2013)
Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney (2009-2011)
Enjoying a somewhat unusual rise through politics, Henderson was born in Cincinnati in 1983, and volunteered for Al Gore's 2000 Presidential campaign at the age of 17. Upon graduating Ohio State University
magna cum laude with a Bachelor's Degree of Law in 2005 at 22, he began getting involved in local politics and in 2008, was persuaded to run for Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, defeating Republican incumbent Joe Deters. He oversaw several convictions (approximately 94% of his cases ended in conviction), and became closesly connected to Renee Holmes, an English corporate lawyer working in Cincinnati.
In 2011, he resigned as PA to run for Chair of the Hamilton County Democratic Party at the age of 28, winning on the second ballot. He formed a relationship with Holmes during his two years as chair, even as she moved to New York to work for the United Nations. This was another short-lived office, as President Obama appointed him the US Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio in 2013 at the age of 30, where he served four years. He resigned in January 2017, just before Trump's inauguration and went to pursue a career in the UN, joining the Office of Legal Affairs General Legal Division; he and Holmes were married at this time. He continued his work their nefore being appointed Deputy Director of the GLD in 2021, and his eventural appointment as Director in 2025, a position he held until 2033. He ended his career intending to return to domestic politics, immediately becoming a candidate for Ohio Governor.
He won a close primary and general in 2034, pursuing a labor-oriented agenda in his first term, passing several workers' rights laws in his first term, and pursued his agenda so fervently that an effort to recall him in 2036 proved successful, but he fought off his Republican opponent in the recall election.
Re-elected in 2038, he focused on infrastructure, creating a statewide infrastructure program that led to unemployment in the state dropping to record lows. During this term, his son was killed in a violent car crash, which still affects him to this day. At the end of his second term, he was considering retirement, but has decided to begin his work at returning to politics, beginning work in 2045 as a freelance political analyst, and one in high demand.
