Norton I, the man who claimed to be the emperor of the United States.

 In September 1859, King Norton I, the emperor who ruled the United States, visited the editor of San Francisco's Bullitton magazine. He showed up in a blue-yellow army colonel's uniform and said, "Jim is the emperor of the United States." His story was so interesting that the editor agreed to publish the visitor's declaration on the front page of the newspaper that the legendary reign of Emperor Joshua Abraham Norton began over the next 20 years. A week later, he issued a second statement stating that he would remove the presidency and dissolve parliament on the grounds of corruption by senior officials, and that the emperor would personally take care of the affairs afterwards, San Francisco citizens of San Francisco were delighted. When the administration of Washington ignored his second proclamation, Norton ordered the U.S. Army Chief of Staff to "advade the Capitol with the necessary forces and dissolve Congress." Each state of the United States dispatched a delegation to the San Francisco Concert Hall to pay tribute to the emperor and take legal necessary amendments. Following such an order, the emperor declared himself to be Mexico's guardian because it was clear that the Mexicans were incapable of solving their problems on their own. The gloomy boarding house with portraits of Napoleon and Queen Victoria on the wall was the palace of Emperor Norton. In the afternoon, he led two hybrids wandering the streets, checking the timetable for sewers and buses, checking to see if the people paid respect. On Sundays, he attended Ebae by changing churches so that the sects of each denomination would not be jealous. Each theater had a special seat for him, and the audience would solemnly shut up and stand up to show respect when he entered. Once, a young police officer who insisted on principles arrested him, and all citizens burst into anger, and the police chief apologized on his face as he released Emperor Norton under his authority. The city council formed an envoy to greet the emperor, and the emperor graciously agreed to forget it, and in 1861 when the Civil War broke out, he expressed deep concern and summoned President Lynch and Confederate President Jefferson Davis to San Francisco to mediate the situation. During his reign, he was with the citizens of San Francisco. Accommodation, meals, and transportation were free for him. One day, when the Central Pacific Railway Company refused to allow the emperor to eat in a dining car for free, he was suspended. When the railroad company publicly apologized and gave him a golden pass, a lifetime pass, he relieved his anger. But the emperor was always short of cash, so he decided to collect taxes for 25 to 50 cents a week, and the bank offered three dollars a week, and all the citizens of San Francisco laughed, but the king paid taxes. The citizens of San Francisco were loyal subjects of the Empire. When he died on January 8, 1880, more than 10,000 citizens visited the shrine for two days. In 1934, a marble tombstone was built in his tomb at Woodron Cemetery. The epitaph is simply <Emperor of the United States, Mexican guardian Norton I, 1819-1880>. The true charm of Joshua Norton is well illustrated in a San Francisco newspaper article that reported his death. Emperor Norton killed no one, robbed no one, and expelled no one.