List of Alternate Presidents

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43. George W. Bush (Republican-Texas) / 46. Dick Cheney (Republican-Wyoming) January 20th 2001-September 11th 2001
43. George W. Bush (Republican-Texas) / vacant September 11th 2001-September 22 2001
43. George W. Bush (Republican-Texas) / 47. Colin Powell (Republican-Virginia) September 22 2001-January 20th 2005
43. George W. Bush (Republican-Texas) / 48. Orrin Hatch (Republican-Utah) January 20th 2005-January 20th 2009
44. Hillary Rodham Clinton (Democrat-New York) / 49. Barack Hussein Obama (Democrat-Illinois) January 20th 2009-September 11th 2011
45. Barack Hussein Obama (Democrat-Illinois) / vacant September 11th 2011-October 9th 2011
45. Barack Hussein Obama (Democrat-Illinois) / 50. John Edwards (Democrat-North Carolina) October 9th 2011-August 4 2012
45. Barack Hussein Obama (Democrat-Illinois) / vacant August 4 2012-December 2 2012
45. Barack Hussein Obama (Democrat-Illinois) / 51. Joe Biden (Democrat-Delaware) December 2 2012-January 20 2013
46. Edward Butler (Republican-New Jersey) / 52. Herman Cain (Republican-Georgia) January 20 2013-March 1 2013
46. Edward Butler (Republican-New Jersey) / vacant March 1 2013-June 2 2013
46. vacant (de jure: Edward Butler (Republican-New Jersey)) / vacant June 2 2013-July 3 2013 (Edward Butler flees to Cuba)
MILITARY RULE July 3 2013-August 9 2015 (Edward Butler is formally impeached. The country goes through a multitude of military rulers and juntas during the second civil war. David Petraeus is de facto acting president for most of 2014, but other than that leadership is regional or congressional)
47. John Boehner (Republican-Ohio) / vacant August 9 2015-September 21 2016 (forced to resign for attempting to delay 2016 elections)
48. Nancy Pelosi (Democrat-California) / vacant September 21 2016-September 22 2016
48. Nancy Pelosi (Democrat-California) / 53. Harry Reid (Democrat-Nevada) September 22 2016-January 20 2017
49. Jerry Brown (Democrat-California) / 54. Barack Hussein Obama (Democrat-Illinois) January 20 2017-January 20 2021
50. Barack Hussein Obama (Democrat-Illinois) / 55. Martin Heinrich (Democrat-New Mexico) January 20 2021-December 31 2028
50. Barack Hussein Obama (Democrat-Illinois) / vacant January 1 2029-January 20 2029 (Heinrich resigns after losing election)
51. Yvette Smith (Democrat-Missouri) / 56. Kate Jenkins (Democrat-Texas) January 20 2029-January 20 2037
52. Paul Canon (Progressive-Florida) / 57. Robert Painter (Progressive-Pennsylvania) January 20 2037-

Defeated tickets:

2000: Al Gore (Democrat-Tennessee) / Joe Lieberman (Democrat-Conneticut)
Ralph Nader (Green-Conneticut) / Winona LaDuke (Green-Minnesota) (no EVs)
2004: John Kerry (Democrat-Massachusetts) / Wesley Clark (Democrat-Arkansas)
2008: John McCain (Republican-Arizona) / Rudolph Giuliani (Republican-New York)
2012: Barack Obama (Democrat-Illinois) (incumbent) / Russ Feingold (Democrat-Wisconsin)
2016: Ron Paul (Republican-Texas) / Rand Paul (Republican-Kentucky)
2020: Ted Cruz (Republican-Texas) / Ben Carson (Republican-Maryland) (no EVs)
2024: Robert Painter (Progressive-Pennsylvania) / Elina Lucero (Progressive-New York)
Rand Paul (Libertarian-Kentucky) / Julie Lund (Libertarian-Georgia) (no EVs)
George P. Bush (Republican-Texas) / Christopher Long (Republican-New York) (no EVs)
2028: Martin Heinrich (Democrat-New Mexico) / Alice Gonzalez (Democrat-Florida)
Chelsea B. Dunn (Progressive-California) / Robert Painter (Progressive-Pennsylvania)
2032: Lucas Belton (Progressive-Illinois) / Gerry Michaels (Progressive-Rhode Island)
2036: Kate Jenkins (Democrat-Texas) / Joyce Cantu (Democrat-West Virginia)

Single EVs given by faithless electors:

2012: Joe Biden (Democrat-Delaware) / William J. Clinton (Democrat-Arkansas) - Senator Biden would serve as Vice President for Obama's lame duck period after losing his senate seat in the election. The vote was given to honor the retiring senator Biden for this service, and the chronically ill former President Clinton. Sadly, neither would survive the war.
2020: Rand Paul (Republican-Kentucky) / John Washington (Independent-Texas) - This is the last electoral vote given to a Republican before the party's dissolution. Rand Paul would defect to the Libertarians and run for president in 2024. The vote was given to prevent a unanimous victory for President Obama.

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37. Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974)
38. Gerald Ford (1974-1977)
39. Ronald Reagan (1977-1981)
40. Jimmy Carter (1981-1984)
41. Walter Mondale (1984-1989)
42. Robert Dole (1989-1997)
43. George W Bush (1997-2001)
44. Al Gore (2001-2002)
45. Joe Liebermann (2002-2009)
46. Willard M. Romney (2009-2017)

defeated candidates:

1968: Hubert Humphrey
1972: George McGovern
1976: Jerry Brown
1980: Ronald Reagan (inc.)
1984: George Bush
1988: Walter Mondale (inc.)
1992: Michael Dukakis
1996: Paul Tsongas
2000: George W. Bush (inc.)
2004: Orrin Hatch
2008: Bill Clinton
2012: John Edwards

[bagelman]

Here's a less serious list based on a series of comedy point and click video games I like:

Presidents:

41. George Bush (Republican-Texas) 1989-1997
42. Bob Kerrey (Democrat-Nebraska) 1997-2001
43. Lucas Blush (Republican-Oregon) 2001-2004 †
44. Fred Thompson (Republican-Tennessee) 2004-2005
45. Max Freelance (Democrat-New York) 2005-2008 * 
46. Donald "Superball" Bradley (Democrat-Virginia) 2008- **


*Went missing and was deemed incapacitated as a result. This was after a multitude of impeachment attempts, with bipartisan support, none of which held legal merit. Known for using the royal "we" in speeches, not caring about his approval ratings, openly making fun of congressional opponents, and referring to the people as his subjects. Widely popular among political bystanders, wildly unpopular with most everyone else. To his credit, correctly predicted the threat of a rogue Egypt and was strong on terror.
**Originally as acting president

Vice presidents

44. Dan Quayle (Republican-Indiana) 1989-1997
45. Al Gore (Democrat-Tennessee) 1997-2001
46. Fred Thompson (Republican-Tennessee) 2001-2004
47. George W. Bush (Republican-Texas) 2004-2005
48. Gordon Spitzer (Democrat-California) 2005 ¹
  vacant from November 2005- January 2006
49. Donald "Superball" Bradley (Democrat-Virginia) 2006-2008 ²
  vacant from May 2008-January 2009. ³
50. Richard A. "Dick" Gephardt (Democrat-Missouri) 2009-

1: Elected while in California, changed residence to New York while in office, originally born in New Jersey. Arrested on criminal charges and impeached shortly before being convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in October 2005. Died in prison after a heavy object fell on him.
2: Former Secret Service agent and secretary and known for bipartisan savvy. Confirmed by congress in January 2006.
3. Long delay caused by GOP congress refusal to confirm a Vice President, which backfired during the election.

Defeated tickets:

1988: Gary Hart (Democrat-Colorado) / Joe Biden (Democrat-Delaware)
1992: William J. Clinton (Democrat-Arkansas) / Michael Dukakis (Democrat-Massachusetts)
1996: Robert Dole (Republican-Kansas) / Richard Lugar (Republican-Indiana)
2000: Bob Kerrey (Democrat-Nebraska) ¹ / Al Gore (Democrat-Tennessee) (incumbents)
2004:
Stanley A. Lincoln (Republican-District of Columbia) ² / Chuck Tyom (Republican-New Jersey) ³
Ralph Nader (Green-Conneticut) /  Peter Camejo (Green-California) ⁴
2008:
Mike Huckabee (Republican-Arkansas) / Rick Perry (Republican-Texas)
Gary Johnson (Libertarian-New Mexico) / Bob Barr (Libertarian-Georgia)
PJ "Whizzer" Jenkins (Prohibition-West Dakota) ⁵ / Gene Amondson (Prohibition-Washington)
2012: Jerald "Peepers" Smathers (Republican-North Dakota) / Chris Christie (Republican-New Jersey)

1. In 1997, President Kerrey gave a federal grant to a tech company doing medical experiments to heal seriously injured animals. Three years later a robotically augmented hyena killed one and caused several injuries in Los Angeles, California.  Outsourcing of American jobs to Russia happened under Kerrey, making him reviled by the base.
2. Lead all polls in June by at least 60% after locking the nomination. Terrible debater and reviled by the south for constantly invoking the name of distant relative Abe Lincoln. Supported a return to "log cabin schools" which meant drastically reducing federal funding. Opposed what he called "NIMBY" legislation which lead to him being labeled as anti-environment, refused to promise a renewal of the Blush tax cuts, and refused to criticize Blush's less popular polices. Two ugly scandals also broke out during his campaign, claims that he was a secret atheist (probably false) and an affair (probably true as he would marry her years after the election). After his defeat he had a temper tantrum and was arrested for disorderly conduct.
3. Died very shortly after the election in an automobile accident. Possible mafia ties.
4. Managed to get more votes than Lincoln, best third party result since 1912. Did not run in 2000, and did poorly in 2008.
5. Wanted to ban alcohol and soda, but managed to get "America's third oldest party" back in major news networks for the first time in probably over 50 years.

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39. Jimmy Carter (Democrat-Georgia) 1977-1981
40. George Bush (Republican-Texas) 1981-1989
41. Walter Mondale (Democrat-Minnesota) 1989-1997
42. Mario Cuomo (Democrat-New York) 1997-2001
43. George W. Bush (Republican-Texas) 2001-2009
44. Hillary R. Clinton (Democrat-New York) 2009-2017

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38. Gerald R. Ford (1974-1981)
39. Edward “Ted” Kennedy (1981-1983)
40. Sargent Shriver (1983-1985)
41. Bob Dole (1985-1993)
42. Bob Kerrey (1993-2001)
43. John McCain (2001-2005)
44. Bob Graham (2005-2013)

[bagelman]

I used color in my previous post, why isn't it showing up?

You didn't format it right. You have it (color=red)(/color)President Whateverface when it needs to be (color=red)President Whateverface(/color) (keep the square brackets of course)

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37. Richard Nixon 1969-1977
38. Henry Jackson 1977-1978
39. Robert Byrd 1978-1981
40. Ronald Reagan 1981-1989
41. George Bush 1989-1997
42. Ross Perot 1997-2001

Defeated Tickets:

1968: Robert Kennedy (D-MA), George Wallace (AIP-AL)
1972: Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)
1976: Bob Dole (R-KS)
1980: Robert Byrd (inc.) (D-WV), George McGovern (D-SD)
1984: Geraldine Ferraro (TD-NY), Howard Zinn (D-CA)
1988: Howard Zinn (D-CA), Lyndon LaRouche (TD-VA)
1992: Ross Perot (I-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-DC)
1996: Jay Danforth (R-MO)
2000: Ross Perot (inc.) (Rf-TX), Ralph Nader (D-CT)

In this world the watergate scandal is delayed for years, breaking just in tim to become an October surprise in the 1976 election. The dull Bob Dole was basically running as a third term of the still popular Nixon against a Democratic ticket seen as too right-wing by their base, this ticket being a desperate last minute compromise to prevent George Wallace (D-AL) from becoming the nominee. Nixon would never be charged with anything under the watergate scandal, and would eventually be pardoned by Ronald Reagan, but Dole was doomed. Henry Jackson wouldn't get the chance to fully implement his interventionist foreign policy, dying less than a year into his presidency in January 1978. The old southern democrat Robert Byrd would enter office, and say the n-word on live TV at least twice. Racial slurs would not be a successful method to improve the economy and neither would his supreme court nominees being rejected or Jackson's foreign adventures falling apart without his leadership. Byrd would refuse to cooperate with liberal northerners from his own party and would suffer the fate of John Tyler; banishment from the party, who would nominate the liberal George McGovern in 1980 to spite him. With the Democrats divided and loathed, Reagan would win in a landslide. 

The Democratic party would react to this by shifting so far left as to defy what would normally be considered a realistic political timeline and nominate California congressman, activist, and author Howard Zinn. Feeling their party hijacked by radicals and activists, Ted Kennedy would organize a run under the "True Democrat Party". Reagan is said to have laughed out loud at this news, but Kennedy had a brilliant plan that neither the president nor the crazy pinko Zinn could hope to outsmart. A plan that probably wouldn't have actually lead to him becoming president, just winning several states to make sure that the Democratic party would know not to nominate any socialists ever again. A plan he never got to execute because he was assassinated by an Ulster unionist businessman in August who attempted to pin the crime on a hobo. This businessman had been photographed shaking hands with VP nominee Ferraro, leading to a conspiracy that she was involved, thus tanking the TD party's campaign.

Howard Zinn would be nominated again, and many in both the party and the general public took solace in the idea he would be more elected and palatable this time. This idea turned out to be false as Zinn decided to campaign more aggressively than in '84, hoping that it would work better than last time. Instead he was seen as just as radical as before. The True Democrat party would be hijacked by LaRouche and his movement after the establishment Democrats had switched back to the Democratic party, trying in vain to take it back from Zinn & co. He would be that party's nominee for every election until 2004. 1988 would thus be another GOP landslide.

Ross Perot's Reform party would replace the Democrats as the rival to the GOP in the 1990s. In 2000 the Democrats would nominate Ralph Nader, the last Democratic nominee of note. "America's oldest and most forward thinking party" continues to nominate candidates and have a following among African-Americans and some strong liberals. Bernie Sanders would become a Democratic member of congress after suffering a falling out with the Reform party.

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1901-1905 William McKinley (Republican)
1905-1909 William J. Bryan (Democratic)
1909-1910 Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
1910-1913 William H. Taft (Republican)
1913-1919 Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
1919-1921 Thomas Marshall (Democratic)
1921-1925 A. Mitchell Palmer (Democratic)
1925-1933 Al Smith (Democratic)
1933-1941 Norman Thomas (Socialist)
1941-1945 Roger Babson (Prohibition)
1945-1949 Norman Thomas (Socialist)
1949-1953 Henry Wallace (Progressive)
1953-1961 Eric Hass (Socialist Labor)
1961-1969 Orval Faubus (Nationalist)
1969-1973 Fred Halstead (Socialist Workers)
1973-1977 Louis Fisher (Socialist Labor)
1977-1985 Peter Camejo (Socialist Workers)
1985-1989 Gus Hall (Communist Party USSA)
1989-1993 Lyndon LaRouche (National Movement)
1993-2000 Ron Daniels (Peace and Freedom)

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(This is just a random unrealistic scenario/though experiment I had about who would win each election if the running mates were the presidential candidates. Involves a large amount of assassinations and stuff in order to justify why certain winning candidates don't run for reelection.)

The Tournament of Second Bananas

Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX/Hubert Humphrey (D-MN): 1961-1962[1]
Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)/Vacant: 1962-1965
Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)/Edmund Muskie (D-ME): 1965-1969
Spiro Agnew (R-MD)/Bob Dole (R-KS): 1969-1973[2]
Bob Dole (R-KS)/George H. W. Bush (R-TX): 1973-1981
Walter Mondale (D-MN)/Geraldine Ferraro (D-NY): 1981-1981[3]
Geraldine Ferraro (D-NY)/Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX): 1981-1989
Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX)/Al Gore (D-TN): 1989-1991[4]
Al Gore (D-TN)/Joe Lieberman (D-CT): 1991-2001
Dick Cheney(R-WY)/John McCain(R-AZ): 2001-2009
Joe Biden (D-DE)/Hillary Clinton(D-NY): 2009-2017

[1]Assassinated becasue... reasons...
[2]Resigns due to the same tax scandals as IRL
[3]Assassinated by John Hinckley Jr
[4]Another lazily written assassination

(The conclusion I've come to in this, is that Republican running mates usually suck. )

Bush would win in 1984

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1909-1913 William H. Taft (Republican)
1913-1919 Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
1919-1921 Thomas Marshall (Democratic)
1921-1925 A. Mitchell Palmer (Democratic)
1925-1933 Al Smith (Democratic)
1933-1941 Norman Thomas (Socialist)
1941-1945 Roger Babson (Prohibition)
1945-1949 Norman Thomas (Socialist)
1949-1953 Henry Wallace (Progressive)
1953-1961 Eric Hass (Socialist Labor)
1961-1969 Orval Faubus (Nationalist)
1969-1973 Fred Halstead (Socialist Workers)
1973-1977 Louis Fisher (Socialist Labor)
1977-1985 Peter Camejo (Socialist Workers)
1985-1989 Gus Hall (Communist Party USSA)
1989-1993 Lyndon LaRouche (National Movement)
1993-2000 Ron Daniels (Peace and Freedom)
2000-2010 (Military Junta after December 2000 Coup)
2010-2017 Barack H. Obama (New Democracy)



Can anyone can figure out the pattern behind this list?