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Nathan Pascal Zandstra (1948-1988) was a prominent U.S. politician from the state of Oceanic who served as Senator from 1985 to 1988. He was born in 1955 in Manchester, New Hampshire, Albany from a Dutch ancestry of immigrants. He formed the Bull Moose Party along with Robert F. Kennedy in 1984, now known as the Progressive Party. He died in 1988 following a contraction of pneumonia.

Death
In the aftermath of the 1988 incidents in the Progressive Party, Zandstra held a four hour long concession speech to an empty square. The weather was foul, and he had been warned beforehand that turnout would be close to zero. Despite the conditions, Zandstra refused to wear a coat or travel by car, comparing himself to William Henry Harrison, the 9th President of the U.S. Some suggest Zandstra may have omitted the fate of Harrison, by mistake.

Shortly after the speech, Nathan Zandstra was hospitalized with difficulty of breathing and general discomfort. Zandstra was quickly diagnosed with pneumonia, but refused treatment. Some say his sanity had become dangerously affected by the events of 1988, and that he failed to realize the gravity of his health situation. He died less than a week later, with the official cause of death being pneumonia, but his mental health having heavily deteriorated.