Title: 1916: Wilson vs. TR
Post by: President Johnson on September 10, 2013, 03:34:21 AM
In 1916, President Wilson was norrowly reelected against Republican Charles Evans Huges. What if Teddy Roosevelt had been the GOP nominee. Could he have beaten Wilson?
Title: Re: 1916: Wilson vs. TR
Post by: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on September 10, 2013, 03:49:08 AM
California was close; it wouldn't have taken much. If Hughes had met Governor Hiram Johnson, he likely would have given Hughes his full support, and he could have won.
Title: Re: 1916: Wilson vs. TR
Post by: MATTROSE94 on November 12, 2013, 02:03:07 PM
I assume that Theodore Roosevelt would have won, given that he was a much better candidate that Charles Evans Hughes and given the fact that Woodrow Wilson wasn't that popular in 1916.
Here is the map:
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Former President Theodore Roosevelt (R-NY)/Senator Hiram Johnson (R-CA): 347 Electoral Votes
President Woodrow Wilson (D-NJ)/Vice-President Thomas Marshal (D-IN): 184 Electoral Votes
I assume that Roosevelt handles World War 1 the same as Wilson, but Roosevelt will most likely still die in early 1919, thus enabling Vice-President Johnson to take over as President. I think that Johnson would have been defeated in 1920 due to the post World War 1 recession, likely by James Cox, who probably would have picked William Gibbs McAdoo or John Davis as his running-mate instead of Franklin Roosevelt.
Here is the map:
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Former President Theodore Roosevelt (R-NY)/Senator Hiram Johnson (R-CA): 347 Electoral Votes
President Woodrow Wilson (D-NJ)/Vice-President Thomas Marshal (D-IN): 184 Electoral Votes
I assume that Roosevelt handles World War 1 the same as Wilson, but Roosevelt will most likely still die in early 1919, thus enabling Vice-President Johnson to take over as President. I think that Johnson would have been defeated in 1920 due to the post World War 1 recession, likely by James Cox, who probably would have picked William Gibbs McAdoo or John Davis as his running-mate instead of Franklin Roosevelt.