List of Alternate Presidents

[Lord Byron]

Double Assassination
JFK and LBJ ride in the same limo on November 22, 1963 and are killed by Lee Harvey Oswald.

35.  John F. Kennedy (D) January 20, 1961-November 22, 1963*
36.  John McCormack (D) November 22, 1963-January 20, 1965
37.  Robert Kennedy (D) January 20, 1965-January 20, 1969
38.  Richard Nixon (R) January 20, 1969-April 10, 1972*
39.  Spiro Agnew (R) April 10, 1972-November 11, 1973*
40.  John Volpe (R) November 11, 1973-January 20, 1977
41.  Jerry Brown (D) January 20, 1977-January 20, 1981
42.  Ronald Reagan (R) January 20, 1981-January 20, 1989
43.  Robert Dole (R) January 20, 1989-January 20, 1993
44.  Albert Gore, Jr. (D) January 20, 1993-January 20, 2001
45.  Robert Graham (D) January 20, 2001-September 19, 2001*
46.  Bill Richardson (D) September 19, 2001-January 20, 2009*
47.  Jeb Bush (R) January 20, 2009-present

36.  Took over after the JFK-LBJ assassination but elected not to run in 1964.  (Needless to say, several high ranking Secret Service officials resigned in the aftermath of the double assassination)
38.  Killed by Arthur Bremer during a campaign stop.
39.  Forced to resign after his tax evasion became public.
45.  Killed when a hijacked plane hit the White House.
46.  First Hispanic president.  He does well enough to be reelected, but between Katrina and the economy, his vice-president, John Kerry, loses in 2008.

[Lord Byron]

A Really Bad Day

(Inspired by Bucky Rea's Bad Day in Camelot. I don't know if I should count the ones on November 22.)

List of presidents
35.  John F. Kennedy (D) January 20, 1961-November 22, 1963
36.  Lyndon Johnson (D) November 22, 1963-November 22, 1963
37.  John McCormack (D) November 22, 1963-November 22, 1963*
38.  Dean Rusk (D) November 22, 1963-November 22, 1963*
39.  Robert Kennedy (D) November 22, 1963-January 20, 1969
40.  Richard Nixon (R) January 20, 1969-August 21, 1974
41.  Hiram Fong (R) August 21, 1974-January 20, 1977*
42.  Jimmy Carter (D) January 20, 1977-January 20, 1981
43.  Robert Dole (R) January 20, 1981-January 20, 1989
44.  Jack Kemp (R) January 20, 1989-January 20, 1993
45.  Mario Cuomo (D) January 20, 1993-January 20, 2001
46.  John McCain (R) January 20, 2001-September 18, 2001*
47.  Jeb Bush (R) July 2, 2001-January 20, 2009
48.  Bill Richardson (D) January 20, 2009-*

1. John F. Kennedy is assassinated as OTL.
2. Lyndon Johnson is killed when Air Force One crashes on takeoff from Dallas.
3. John McCormack suffers a massive heart attack and dies after hearing the news of Johnson's death.
4. After Carl Hayden declines to take over, Rusk is now president...at least until his plane is struck by lightning.
5. Robert Kennedy takes over and wins election in 1964, but Vietnam and the riots of the 1960s doom his reelection election.
6. First Asian American president.
7. Killed in the 9/18 attacks.
8. First Mexican-American president.