Alexander Holt

Alexander Holt is a human from the 2005 IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Alexander Holt is an opportunistic United States senator. He has ambitions to become the President of the United States.

Fiction

2005 IDW continuity

Alexander Holt met with General Deacon about American troop deployments in the Gulf region. Senator Holt feared that troop withdrawals from the area would adversely affect the oil company that funds his office. The General reassured him that instability in the area is good for business and that the US military was there for the long term. Unbeknownst to Senator Holt, General Deacon had been replaced by a Decepticon facsimile. Runabout was nearby and secretly tagged the Senator as a "primary target".

Nine months later Megatron ordered Skywarp and Thundercracker to bomb the El Jira Power Plant, providing that instability. Senator Holt was later seen on TV being interviewed by Arcee Arthur and advocating US involvement. Escalation #2

Deacon's facsimile later attended an emergency session of the National Security Council regarding sightings of a UFO crashing into the Gulf of Mexico. He was pulled out of the meeting by a phone call from Senator Holt. Deacon's facsimile agreed with Senator Holt that Alpha-Scenario should proceed as planned. Devastation #3

Notes

• Since the events of Devastation, the continuity has been taken in new directions, so we are not likely to learn more about Senator Holt's presidential ambitions or the mysterious Alpha-Scenario.
• Although never explicitly revealed, it seems Alexander Holt was replaced with a facsimile sometime after being tagged as a target by Runabout.