Ackerman/Grant Era

  • Elizabeth Grant Born

    Copley Hospital in Stowe Vermont
  • Alexander Ackerman Born

    Transylvania Regional Hospital in Brevard, North Carolina
  • Benjamin Bassett Born

    North Manchester General Hospital Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Elizabeth Grant joins the US Army

    18 years old
  • Alexander Ackerman attends undergrad

    Duke University in Durham, North carolina
  • Elizabeth Grant leaves the US Army, attends University

    21 years old, Vermont State University
  • Ben Bassett attends undergrad

    18 years old, Oxford University England
  • Elizabeth Grant Graduates Undergrad

    Vermont State University bachelors in Political Science. Takes gap year in Saudi Arabia learning Eastern Philosophy
  • Alexander Ackerman Graduates Undergrad

    Duke University bachelors in Policy Studies and Economics Double Major.
  • Alexander & Elizabeth attend Law School

    Harvard University, 22 and 23
  • Ben Bassett Graduates Undergrad

    22 years old, bachelors in Policy Studies with a minor in Business. Moves to NY shortly after
  • Ben Bassett Attends New York University

    22 years old, Paralegal Studies program
  • Alexander & Elizabeth Graduate Law School

    Harvard University, 25 and 26, respectively
  • Alexander becomes Constitutional Lawyer

    Ackerman passes the bar and becomes an attorney at 25.
  • Ben Bassett Graduates NYU

    24 years old, Paralegal certified
  • Elizabeth Becomes Civil Litigation Lawyer

    Passes the bar the second time around, 27 years old. Moves to NYC shortly after.
  • Bassett Hired to Work for Ackerman

    On a trip to NY, Alex meets Ben and hires him on the spot to come work for him in Boston, 24 and 26.
  • Elizabeth moves back to Vermont

    28 years old, Elizabeth moves to Montpelier after struggling as a lawyer in New York.
  • Alexander Ackerman becomes US Senator of Massachusetts

    30 years old, Ackerman moves to Washington DC to begin his 6 year term.
  • Elizabeth Grant becomes US Senator for Vermont

    31, Elizabeth Grant moves to Washington DC to begin her 6 year term.
  • Bassett moves back to New York

    28 years old
  • Bassett begins dating boyfriend

    28 years old, Masters in Finance and works on Wallstreet.
  • Bassett and his boyfriend move to Washington DC

    30 years old, dating for 2 years. Bassett gets a job as a paralegal in the Library of Congress.
  • Bassett and his Boyfriend break up

    32, boyfriend of 4 years was cheating on him with a woman he had been seeing, his real motivation for moving to DC. He meets with Alexander shortly after and moves in with him.