Emperor Norton

Joshua Norton, or as he preferred to be called, Norton I, proclaimed himself Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico in 1859.

http://www.discordia.org/~keeper/norton.html

Newspaper article of his death.

http://www.zpub.com/sf/history/nort.html

Made his own currency.

Issued many http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/norton.html |proclamations Excerpt from Principia Discordia: Discordians believe everybody should live like Norton.