List of Prime Ministers of the Union of Royal American States

National Flag and Standard of the Union of Royal American States, adopted in 1805

The Prime Minister of the Union of Royal American States was the head of government (excluding the monarch), and the leader of the executive branch of government in the Parliamentary system that is the URAS.

The Prime Minister was not elected, and the monarch had the duty to select whoever he saw fit to hold the position. The monarch could choose any person he wanted that had announced they were running, giving the possibly to dozens (if not hundreds) of people being chosen, from a variety of parties, some of them from the same party. But in most cases, the monarch listed to popular opinion to prevent unrest, and thus most candidates ran political campaigns to demonstrate their popularity in the country; or, more commonly, allowed their political party backers to do the campaigning for them. Over the years, many campaigns were corrupt, and blackmailed or bribed populations into holding paradies and rallies to make the monarch choose their candidate. Starting in 1836, a basic polling system started to be used to gage where the public stood, although it was common for the polls to be off by several points.

Prime Ministers could serve only two terms of four years each, although they could run again after the next election. The Prime Minister could be dismissed at any time, since they technically served at the pleasure of the monarch; but most monarchs choose to keep their hands off of administration business during their terms in office. When the monarchy came into existence on January 1, 1805, King Andrew I appointed General William Henry Harrison to be interim Prime Minister; he had all acting powers of the Prime Minister, although was not considered official, since the King was still forming his government. This action took place in the middle of the Second Seven Years War, creating an unbalanced base to form a new government, and pushing plans for creating permanent structures back several years. In 1808, William Henry Harrison was officially inducted as the First Prime Minister of the Union of Royal American States, meaning his first term of four years started that year.

Prime Ministers of the Union of Royal American States

#	Name	Term	Party	Viceroy	State Represented	Terms	Portrait
1	William Henry Harrison	1808-1816	Crown Party	Henry Dearborn, Henry Clay	Virginia	2
2	Henry Clay	1816-1824	Crown Party	Hunter DeRensis	Virginia	2
3	Hunter DeRensis	1824-1832	Whig Party	Harrison Gray Otis, Oliver Hazard Perry	Pennsylvania	2
4	Oliver Hazard Perry	1832-1836	Crown Party	Martin Van Buren	Rhode Island	1
5	Lewis Cass	1836-1844	Unionist Party	James Barbour, Martin Van Buren	North Ontario	2
6	James Buchanan	1844-1852	Whig Party	Abel P. Upshur	Pennsylvania	2
7	Martin Van Buren	1852-1856	Crown Party	Stephen A. Douglas	New York	1
8	Abraham Lincoln	1856-1864	Crown Party	Daniel S. Dickinson	Illinoisa	2
9	Hannibal Glas	1864-1869	Whig Party	Hamilton Fish	New York	1 1/4
10	Hamilton Fish	1869-1876	Whig Party	Charles O'Conor, Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen	New York	1 3/4
11	Nathaniel T. McClure	1876-1884	Crown Party	Allen G. Thurman	Pennsylvania	2
12	James Garfield	1884-1888	Whig Party	James G. Blaine	Polypotamia	1
13	James G. Blaine	1888-1892	Whig Party	John W. Foster	Maine	1
14	Grover Cleveland	1892-1900	Crown Party	Thomas F. Bayard, Melville Fuller	New York	2
15	Joseph B. Foraker	1900-1908	Whig Party	John Hay, Henry Cabot Lodge	Polypotamia	2
16	Ambrose Layne	1908-1912	Green Party	Henry Cabot Lodge	New Jersey	1
17	Mahlon Pitney	1912-1920	Crown Party	Eugene Foss	New Jersey	2
18	Ambrose Layne	1920-1922	Green Party	Upton Sinclair	New Jersey	1/2
19	Upton Sinclair	1922-1928	Green Party	Hiram Johnson	Maryland	1 1/2
20	James A. Reed	1928-1936	Crown Party	Henrik Shipstead	Polypotamia	2
21	Alf Landon	1936-1940	Whig Party	Arthur H. Vandenberg	Polypotamia	1
22	William O. Douglas	1940-1944	Green Party	Fiorello La Guardia	Newfoundland	1
23	Thomas E. Dewey	1944-1948	Whig Party	Joseph W. Martin Jr.	New York	1
24	Robert Taft	1948-1953	Crown Party	Strom Thurmond	Polypotamia	1 1/4
25	Strom Thurmond	1953-1956	Crown Party	Carlos Prio Socarras	South Carolina	3/4