List of Alternate Presidents

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40. Died in office from incurable cancer in 1975 and succeeded by Vice President Fred Harris.

41. President Harris won a full term in 1976 with his running mate, Senator Ryan De Graffenried of Alabama. However, it would be dominated by a recession further exacerbated by the OPEC oil embargo and an unpopular decision to send US Marines to the Kingdom of (South) Italy to stop a military invasion by Communist North Italy that was triggered by South Italy’s decision to allow the exiled Shah of Iran to seek medical treatment (resulting in the taking of hostages at the South Italian embassy in Teheran by students connected to the Iranian Tudeh party). Although the South defeated the North and united Italy, President Harris lost the support of much of his base that opposed military intervention in Italy. Harris survived a primary challenge from Senator Russell Long of Louisiana, son of President Huey Long, and regarded as the “Lion of the Senate”. 

42. Jerry Brown campaigned on a platform of environmental protection and cutting wasteful spending which he referred to as an “Era of Limits.” Despite the ratification of the Balanced Budget Amendment and creation of over one million jobs, President Brown refused to run for a second term. First Lady Linda Ronstadt Brown returned to California after 18 months of marriage. Vice President John Tower resigned from office on December 23, 1979 after admitting a drinking problem and an extramarital affair (there were reports that Tower and his close friend Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, brother of the former President, were caught inflagrante delicto with a waitress at a restaurant near Capitol Hill).

43. Jay Rockefeller was born into a Democratic Republican family and was a cousin of Nelson Rockefeller (US Senator from New York: 1957-1965, Secretary of State: 1965-1969). As the Democratic Republicans became dominated by Southerners and social conservatives and Labor was dominated by trade unionists, Euro-socialists, atheists, protectionists and economic Luddites, Rockefeller felt that he had no home in either party. The Progressive Party attracted socially liberal white collar and middle-class voters from the two parties who rejected the ideological extremes. Rockefeller joined the Progressives in 1977 and was elected Governor of New York over Democratic Republican incumbent Hugh Carey and Labor nominee Bella Abzug. By 1984, the Progressive Party grew in popularity (it won control of the House of Representatives in 1982). Rockefeller and his running mate, Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, won the election (after winning California with a 564 vote margin over Labor nominee, Senator Ralph Nader of Connecticut).

Rockefeller’s Presidency coincided with the end of Communism in Europe begun with the unification of Italy during the Harris administration and the transitions to democracy in Greece, Austria and Yugoslavia during the Brown administration. Also, talks began on a North American Free Trade Treaty with Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. NAFTA was created with the purpose of competing with the United Kingdom and its dominions in Jamaica, Bahamas, Grenada and Guyana.

44. President Leahy followed the popular Rockefeller administration and got Congress to ratify NAFTA. In 1994, all European countries signed a charter creating the United Nations of Europe (UNE) with its headquarters in Geneva and an international war crimes court in The Hague. But after twelve years of Progressive Presidents and rising unemployment, the voters sought a change and elected Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, a moderate Democratic Republican, to the White House.

45. The Alexander administration saw further opening of free trade barriers and the Tax Reform Act of 1998. On the foreign front, Secretary of State Howard Baker’s mediation of a peace treaty ending the Egyptian-Tunisian War (1999-2000) and efforts to win international recognition of Kurdistan earned himself the Nobel Peace Prize.

46. With Labor’s political fortunes on the decline, the party splintered with Dennis Kucinich, a California transplant born in Cleveland and a San Francisco Supervisor, leading the pacifist and urban blue-collar wing out of the party and forming the Socialist Party of Labor. With low-income voters forming the base of the Socialists, Kucinich was elected Mayor of San Francisco in 1991 and Governor of California in 1998 where he presided over the growth in the size of state government, the terra-formation of the southeastern California desert, and doubled the number of public schools in the state. With the Democratic Republicans nominating Vice President John McCain and Progressives nominating Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, the time was right for Kucinich to run for President. His running mate, New York City Mayor Al Sharpton, became the first African-American to run on a major party ticket. With the Socialists taking 98 percent of the black vote, the Socialists made inroads into the South and for the first time won the states of Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida. Kucinich’s promise to terraform unused desert land resulted in winning every interior western state except Arizona.

While President Kucinich achieved the creation of the Department of Peace, he lost political capital with diplomatic recognition of the UNE, passage of the Cap and Trade Act of 2006, an embezzlement scandal at HUD, Federal takeovers of foreign owned textile mills in the South, and the resignation of Vice President Sharpton’s Chief of Staff for accepting bribes to redirect public school construction to his politically connected friends.

47. Andrew Cuomo, son of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo (1985-1995), followed in his father’s political footsteps. Andrew was elected to the New York State Senate in 1998 where he served two terms. He was elected Governor in 2002 and re-elected in 2006 with a record 74 percent. His working relationship with New York City Mayor Charles Schumer resulted in landmark pension reform for state and city employees. Using the line item veto more times than previous Governors, spending was cut by 95 percent and the budgets were balanced on time. During his 2008 campaign for President, a potential headache was avoided when Senator Elliot Spitzer resigned in the wake of the “DC Madam” scandal. Cuomo appointed Congressman Christine Quinn, the Senate’s first openly gay member.

To make up for his lack of experience in foreign affairs, Cuomo selected US Senator and former diplomat Jon Huntsman of Utah as his running mate. The Progressive ticket split the South with Democratic Republican nominee Rick Perry of Texas, swept the Northeast and cut into Kucinich’s western support to win the White House. To date, Cuomo enjoys 60 percent job approval ratings and is favored to win reelection next year.

[Captain Chaos]

Why is the Vice Presidency vacant for the entire Gingrich administration (2003-2009)?

[Captain Chaos]

Roar of the Lion: Teddy in '72

1972: Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)/Birch Bayh (D-IN)
1976: Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)/Birch Bayh (D-IN)
1980: Howard Baker (R-TN) [1]/Robert Finch (R-CA)
1981: Robert Finch (R-CA)/John Anderson (R-IL)
1984: Lawton Chiles (D-FL)*/Elizabeth Holtzman (R-NY) [2]
1988: Robert Dole (R-KS)/Gordon Humphrey (R-NH)
1992: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (D-NY)/Jim Folsom, Jr. (D-AL)
1996: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (D-NY)/Jim Folsom, Jr. (D-AL)
2000: Jim Folsom, Jr. (D-AL)/Richard Lamm (D-CO)
2004: Norman B. Coleman, Jr. (R-MN) [3]/J.C. Watts (R-OK) [4]
2008: Bill Nelson (D-FL)/Harold Ford, Jr. (D-TN) [5]

[1] Assassinated by John Hinckley
[2] First female and first Jewish Vice President
[3] First Jewish President
[4] First African-American Vice President
[5] Second African-American Vice President
*did not seek reelection after admitting that he suffered from depression

Losing Tickets
1972: Richard M. Nixon (R-CA)/Spiro T. Agnew (R-MD)
1976: Ronald Reagan (R-CA)/Richard Schweiker (R-PA)
1980: Birch Bayh (D-IN)/John Glenn (D-OH)
1984: Robert Finch (R-CA)/John Anderson (R-IL)
1988: Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY)/Paul Simon (D-IL)
1992: Robert Dole (R-KS)/Phil Gramm (R-TX) [1]
1996: Carroll Campbell (R-SC)/Dirk Kempthorne (R-ID)
2000: Gordon Humphrey (R-NH)/Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
2004: Jim Folsom, Jr. (D-AL)/Richard Lamm (D-CO)
2008: Norman B. Coleman, Jr. (R-MN)/J.C. Watts (R-OK)

[1]Vice President Humphrey decided not to seek reelection in 1992. He returned to New Hampshire to run for Governor and was elected that year. Served from 1993-1999

[Captain Chaos]

Calhoun is really scary in that photo

[Captain Chaos]

How long did Fillmore serve as President?

[Captain Chaos]

#41 Michael S. Dukakis (D-MA) (1989-1993)
#42 Robert J. Dole (R-KS) (1993-2001)
#43 Jack F. Kemp (R-NY) (2001-2009)
#44 Barack H. Obama (D-IL) (2009-present)

Wow!!!! What a comprehensive list. Took me five minutes to read the whole thing

[Captain Chaos]

A Failed FDR Presidency

With the failure of the New Deal, Roosevelt becomes a one-term President. With the Republicans taking over, World War II ends in victory for Nazi Germany and results in a much different world.

32. Franklin D. Roosevelt (D-NY): 1933-1937
33. Alfred M. Landon (R-KS): 1937-1945
34. Philip F. LaFollette (R-WI): 1945-1949
35. Sheridan Downey (D-CA): 1949-1950
36. Spessard Holland (D-FL): 1950-1953
37. Thomas Dewey (R-NY): 1953-1961
38. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (D-MA): 1961-1969
39. Hubert H. Humphrey (R , P-MN): 1969-1975
40. Stewart Udall (P-AZ): 1975-1981
41. Robert Rickover (D-VA): 1981-1989
42. Thomas Kean (R-NJ): 1989-1993
43. Newton L. McPherson* (R-PA): 1993-1997
44. Olympia Snowe (P-ME): 1997-2005
45. Sam Brownback (CD-KS): 2005-Present

Notes:
35. Assassinated by Puerto Rican nationalists during campaign stop in Florida.

38. Hero of Japanese-American War (1941-1943) (no Lend Lease Act during the Landon administration and no German declaration of war on the USA), Kennedy parlayed his war hero status with his election to the US House of Representatives in 1946. After two terms, JPK was elected Governor of Massachusetts in 1950. In 1953, Kennedy was elected to the US Senate in a special election to fill the seat of Vice President Henry Cabot Lodge. In 1960, Kennedy became the first Roman Catholic President. Upon taking office, JPK ordered Marines withdrawn from the Philippines in response to Dewey’s unpopular policies to quell a revolt there. In 1962, Filipinos overwhelmingly voted for independence. Also during this time, Kuomintang (Nationalist) China granted autonomy to Manchuria, Hong Kong and Korea. However, Indonesians would begin their rebellion against its Fascist Dutch rulers. On the domestic front, Kennedy achieved funding in space exploration and cuts in income taxes from its top rate of 90 percent down to 35 percent. This resulted in the greatest job creation of the century. Historians rate Kennedy in the Top Ten of greatest Presidents.

39. Other than astronaut John Glenn landing on the moon in 1970, President Humphrey’s greatest achievement was the Civil Rights Act of 1971 which outlawed lynching and the Jim Crow laws that existed in the South. Conservatives, fuming that the GOP was moving further to the left, endorsed Senator Barry Goldwater who campaigned on increased property rights and ending the Progressive Society laws passed during the LaFollette and Dewey administrations.

Goldwater’s upset victory in the New Hampshire primary set the stage for subsequent victories in the southwestern and Great Plains states. Facing the prospect of losing the nomination to Goldwater, Humphrey and Vice President Stewart Udall joined the revived Progressive Party. Many liberal Republicans in Congress followed suit. The Republicans did nominate Goldwater and he selected Congressman Meldrim Thompson of New Hampshire as his running mate (Goldwater remarked that Thompson “drove Humphrey nuts”). Humphrey was reelected in a landslide over Goldwater and the Democratic nominee Senator George Wallace (who won most of the South while Goldwater carried just four states).

Humphrey’s second term would experience the start of World War III which started in November 1973 with the assassination of Secretary of State Richard Nixon during an official visit to London and nerve gas attacks in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Sydney which killed over 5,000 people; this event known as the “Thanksgiving Day Massacre” was traced to German undercover agents with diplomatic immunity inside the United Kingdom, USA and Australia (CIA documents revealed that German Fuehrer Arthur Seyss-Inquart ordered the attacks).

Sadly, Humphrey would not live to see the war end. In early 1975, he discovered that he had inoperable stomach cancer. That and the stress of being Commander-in-Chief during a war contributed to his death on September 11, 1975.

40. Udall became the first Mormon President of the United States upon Humphrey’s death. Under his watch, the tide turned in favor of the American-led alliance (Canada, Newfoundland, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, China, and Persia). On December 24, 1975, the last Dutch troops left (actually retreated from) Indonesia and rebel leader Suharto declared the Republic of Indonesia. With the Melbourne Project resulting in a successful testing of nuclear energy in the Australian outback, the Allies had a weapon that would end the war and save the lives of millions of troops. On June 30, 1976, British fighter jets dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Munich, birthplace of Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch and home of most of its defense industries.  On July 2, as atomic bombs fell on Bonn, Frankfurt and Danzig, President Udall publicly addressed the nation and gave Fuehrer Seyss-Inquart 24 hours to surrender or the next bomb would fall on Berlin. On July 3 and two hours before the deadline, General Franz Josef Strauss announced in a television address that the Fuehrer was removed in a military coup and summarily executed. He announced an unconditional surrender of the German Reich and ordered all troops to stand down. Nazism came to an end after 43 years.

President Udall’s victory was assured with the victorious end to the war. By the end of his second term, all countries in Europe had democratic elections and Korea was granted independence in 1978 (Manchuria and Hong Kong elected to stay in China). The United Nations was founded in London in 1977 and would house its headquarters there. In its first session, the member countries voted to recognize the birth of the State of Israel (fewer Arabs and Muslims than OTL as many perished in the concentration camps in Egypt, Lebanon and the West Bank). However, the end of war led to a recession going into 1980. After twelve years of Progressives (former Republicans) in the White House and a Republican Party splintered with conservatives leaving to form the Conservative Party, the Democrats were poised to win back the Presidency.

41. US Army General Robert Rickover was the son of Navy Admiral Hyman Rickover and Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces during World War III. With favorability ratings as high as 95 percent, Rickover had retired from the military in 1979. He had very few problems seeking the Democratic nomination.  Winning the 1980 election with 62 percent of the popular vote and winning 45 states, Rickover entered office with a mandate. During this period, America ended its historical isolationism. The Warner Plan, named after Secretary of State John Warner, provided economic aid to the countries of Europe devastated by Nazism and World War III. By the end of Rickover’s term, Europe was completely rebuilt.

42. Despite the exodus of many moderates and liberals from the GOP, Thomas Kean chose to remain a Republican. As the only Republican freshman entering the Senate from the 1978 elections, Kean slowly led the Party’s rebuilding efforts especially in New England and the Northeast. The Republicans became the de facto official opposition after the 1986 midterm elections. In 1988, Kean and his running mate Governor Newt McPherson of Pennsylvania became the first Republican ticket in 20 years to win the White House. Despite high popularity ratings going into 1992, Kean decided to retire from politics.

43. The highlights of McPherson’s Presidency were pension reform, the Armed Services Reform Act of 1994 and a landmark European American Free Trade Agreement (EURAFTA). These successes were overshadowed by the resignation of Attorney General Clarence Thomas in a sexual harassment scandal and McPherson’s marital infidelities leading to his divorce in 1995. Vice President John Danforth’s decision not to run for reelection was a big blow for McPherson.

44. First female and first Greek-American President

45. Brownback was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1994 as a Conservative. During this time, the Democrats experienced realignment after the Rickover Presidency as its moderates were leaving for the Republican and Progressive parties. With the Democrats reduced to its southern base after placing third in the 1996 and 2000, and fourth place in the 2004 Presidential elections, the Conservatives and Democrats merged itself into the Conservative Democratic Party in 2005. Brownback and his running mate Governor Robert Kennedy Jr. of New York swept to victory over Vice President Dennis Kucinich (P-OH) and Republican nominee Linda Lingle (R-HI).

*OTL Newt Gingrich

[Captain Chaos]

California Dreaming: Hughes Makes His Appointment With Johnson

28. Woodrow Wilson (D-NJ): 1913-1916
29. Thomas Marshall (D-IN): 1916-1917
30. Charles Evans Hughes (R-NY): 1917-1921
31. Franklin D. Roosevelt (D-NY): 1921-1929
32. Charles Bryan (D-NE): 1929-1933
33. Hiram Johnson (R-CA): 1933-1941
34. Alfred E. Smith (D-N): 1941-1943
35. Claude Pepper (D-FL): 1943-1949
36. Earl Warren (R-CA): 1949-1957
37. Quentin Roosevelt (R-NY): 1957-1963
38. Edward Arn (R-KS): 1963-1965
39. John F. Kennedy (D-MA): 1965-1973
40. Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY): 1973-1977
41. Ronald Reagan (D-CA): 1977-1981
42. George H.W. Bush (R-CT): 1981-1989
43. Howard Baker (R-TN): 1989-1993
44. Mike Sullivan (D-WY): 1993-1994
45. Joseph Manchin III (D-WV): 1994-2001
46. Scott Romney (R-MI): 2001-2009
47. Robert Casey Jr. (D-PA): 2009-Present


Notes:
28. Died a month before the 1916 election at the same time that Governor Hughes met in San Francisco with Governor Johnson.

31. Elected to the US Senate in 1914, FDR was the leading choice of the Democrats for the 1920 nomination. Due to his young, the ticket was balanced with Ohio Governor James Cox running for Vice President. Roosevelt became the youngest President of the United States at the age of 39.

34. First Roman Catholic President. Died in office from the stress of World War II

44. Died from injuries sustained in crash of Air Force One flying to his ranch in Wyoming.

46. First Mormon President

[Captain Chaos]

One Term Ike

On the eve of the Republican National Convention in 1956, President Eisenhower announced that he would not seek reelection for health reasons. In a secret deal, Harold Stassen promised to appoint Vice President Richard Nixon as Secretary of Defense.

34. Dwight D. Eisenhower (R-PA): 1953-1957
35. Harold Stassen (R-MN): 1957-1961
36. John F. Kennedy (D-MA): 1961-1965
37. Richard M. Nixon (R-CA): 1965-1973
38. Cecil Underwood (R-WV): 1973-1977
39. Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY): 1977-1985
40. George H.W. Bush (R-TX): 1985-1993
41. Charles Robb (D-VA): 1993-1997
42. James Thompson (R-IL): 1997-2001
43. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (D-NY): 2001-2009
44. Willard M. Romney (R-MA): 2009-Present

Notes:
36. First Roman Catholic President

39. Governor of New York 1967-1971, US Senate 1971-1977

40. US Senate 1965-1974, Secretary of State 1974-1977, Governor of Texas 1979-1983

41. Defeated for re-election due to reports on his infidelity

42. Governor of Illinois 1977-1985, US Senate 1985-1997. Did not seek re-election in 2000 to spend more time with his family

43. US House of Representatives 1987-1991, Governor of New York 1991-2001

44. First Mormon President of the United States. Governor of Massachusetts 1995-2003, Ambassador to Mexico 2003-2005, Ambassador to UN 2005-2007


Vice Presidents
36. Richard M. Nixon (R-CA): 1953-1957
37. Carl Curtis (R-NE): 1957-1961
38. Stuart Symington (D-MO): 1961-1965
39. Cecil Underwood (R-WV): 1965-1973
40. Charles Percy (R-IL): 1973-1977
41. Ernest Hollings (D-SC): 1977-1985
42. Robert Packwood (R-OR): 1985-1993
43. Robert Casey Sr. (D-PA): 1993-1997
44. David Dreier (R-CA): 1997-2001
45. Max Cleland (D-GA): 2001-2009
46. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX): 2009-Present

Notes:
40. Governor of Illinois 1965-1973

41. Governor of South Carolina 1959-1963, US Senate 1966-1977. Democratic nominee for President 1984 (lost)

42. US Senate 1974-1985. Republican nominee for President in 1992, he led in the polls a month before the election but allegations of sexual harassment during his Vice Presidency resulted in losing the election to Robb.

43. First Roman Catholic Vice President. Did not seek reelection in 1996 due to cancer

44. With President Thompson deciding not to seek reelection, Vice President Dreier became the favorite to win the GOP nomination. However, questions about his sexuality and the relationship with his Chief of Staff hurt him in the general election in the midst of a whisper campaign in southern states.

45. Governor of Georgia 1979-1987, US Senate 1987-1997. Democratic nominee for President 2008 (lost)

46. Governor of Texas 1991-1999, US Senate 2001-2009. First female and first Texas-born Vice President

[Captain Chaos]

I would be definitely interested in the Goldwater Presidency and WWIII

[Captain Chaos]

Ford, We Hardly Knew Ya

38. Gerald Ford (R-MA): 1974-1975
39. Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY): 1975-1980
40. Howard Baker (R-TN): 1980-1981
41. Henry "Scoop" Jackson (D-WA): 1981-1983
42. John Glenn (D-OH): 1983-1989
43. Charles Percy (R-IL): 1989-1997
44. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA): 1997-2005
45. Christopher "Kit" Bond (R-MO): 2005-2009
46. Albert Gore, Jr. (D-TN): 2009-Present

Notes:
38. Assassinated by Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme on September 5, 1975 in Sacramento, CA

39. Upon succeeding Ford in the White House, Rockefeller became the second person to have note been elected Vice President and President to move up to the Presidency. Stress of dealing with the Iran Hostage Crisis resulted in a fatal heart attack on April 20, 1980

40. Public sympathy over Rockefeller’s death resulted in President Baker winning the support of Rockefeller’s delegates and the Republican nomination over former California Governor Ronald Reagan. But after 12 years of Republican Presidents, Senator Jackson won a landslide over Baker and Vice President John Anderson.

41. The oldest President in history until Percy’s election in 1988, Jackson died of an aortic aneurysm on September 1, 1983 shortly after giving a news conference condemning the Soviet attack on Korean Airlines Flight 007.

43. Elected President in 1988 over Vice President Michael Dukakis (Governor of Massachusetts, 1975-1983)

44. First female and first Jewish President

45. Single term in office was marked by fellow Missourian Senator Roy Blunt’s ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the October 2008 collapse of Bear Stearns and Citigroup

46. Vice President (1997-2005) and unsuccessful Democratic nominee for President in 2004, Gore won his rematch over Bond. Going into the 2012 elections, President Gore enjoys job approval ratings of 60 percent.

[Captain Chaos]

Excellent list and Ronald Reagan never becomes President.

[Captain Chaos]

California Uber Alles

39. Jimmy Carter (Democratic): 1977-1985
40. Jerry Brown (Democratic): 1985-1993
41. Pete Wilson (Republican): 1993-2001
42. Diane Feinstein (Democratic): 2001-2009
43. Arnold Schwarzenegger (Republican): 2009-

Schwarzenegger was born in Austria. He is constitutionally barred from running for President because he was not born in the USA.

[Captain Chaos]

California Uber Alles

39. Jimmy Carter (Democratic): 1977-1985
40. Jerry Brown (Democratic): 1985-1993
41. Pete Wilson (Republican): 1993-2001
42. Diane Feinstein (Democratic): 2001-2009
43. Arnold Schwarzenegger (Republican): 2009-

Schwarzenegger was born in Austria. He is constitutionally barred from running for President because he was not born in the USA.

Constitutional amendment

When? You didn't mention that.

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Presidents of the United States

44. Barack Obama - January 20, 2009 - January 20, 2013
45. Mitt Rom --hahahahahahaha I can't even finish typing this, its just too funny.

Try anyway.

[Captain Chaos]

My Hackish List of Presidents

Starting with 1960, each election is won by the same party as IOTL, but I get to choose the candidates.

35. John F. Kennedy (D-MA)/ Hubert H. Humphrey  (D-MN): 1961-1969
36. Berry Goldwater (R-AZ)/ Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME): 1969-1977
37. Henry M. Jackson (D-WA)/ Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY): 1977-1981
38. Ronald Reagan (R-CA)/ Jack Kemp (R-NY): 1981-1989
39. Jack Kemp (R-NY)/ Barry Goldwater Jr. (R-CA): 1989-1993
40. Paul Tsongas (D-MA)*/ Bill Clinton (D-AR): 1993-1997
41. Bill Clinton (D-AR)/ Joe Lieberman (D-CT): 1997-2001
42. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)/ Colin Powell (R-NY): 2001-2009
43. Wesley Clark (D-IL)/ Bill Richardson (D-NM): 2009-2017


*Died in office.

Here is my hackish list

32. Newton Baker (D-OH)*/John Nance Garner (D-TX): 1933-1937
33. John Nance Garner (D-TX)/vacant (1937-1941)/Averell Harriman (D-NY): 1937-1945
34. Averell Harriman (D-NY)/Claude Pepper (D-FL): 1945-1953
35. William Knowland (R-CA)/John Bricker (R-OH): 1953-1961
36. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-MN)/Jennings Randolph (D-WV): 1961-1969
37. William Scranton (R-PA)/George H.W. Bush (R-TX): 1969-1977
38. Fred Harris (D-OK)/Shirley Chisholm (D-NY): 1977-1981
39. George H.W. Bush (R-TX)/Clint Eastwood (R-CA): 1981-1989
40. Clint Eastwood (R-CA)/Robert Kasten (R-WI): 1989-1993
41. Bill Bradley (D-NJ)/Bob Kerrey (D-NE): 1993-2001
42. John E. "Jeb" Bush (R-FL)/Kenny Guinn (R-NV): 2001-2009
43. L. Douglas Wilder (D-VA)/Ed Rendell (D-PA): 2009-Present

*died in office

[Captain Chaos]

It's a Woman's World (Hackish List)

Frances Perkins (D-NY): 1933-1941
Eleanor Roosevelt (D-NY): 1941-1949
Emily Taft Douglas (D-IL): 1949-1953
Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME): 1953-1961
Maureen Neuberger (D-OR): 1961-1969
Frances Bolton (R-OH): 1969-1973
Lenore Romney (R-MI): 1973-1977
Helen Stevenson Meyner (D-NJ): 1977-1981
Shirley Temple Black (R-CA): 1981-1989
Millicent Fenwick (R-NJ): 1989-1993
Ann Richards (D-TX): 1993-2001
Olympia Snowe (R-ME): 2001-2009
Laura Richardson (D-CA): 2009-Present

[Captain Chaos]

39. Robert F. Kennedy (D-MA)/Albert Gore Jr. (D-TN) 1973-1981

This is all I got thought out.

Shouldn't that be Albert Gore Sr?

Albert Jr. was born in 1948 and would not be qualified to be President or Vice President.

[Captain Chaos]

I think it's later now...

40. Nelson Rockefeller NR-NY
1965-1969

41. Barry Goldwater NR-AZ
1969-1977

42. Mo Udall D-AZ
1977-1981
43. Robert Taft III NR-OH
1981-1985
44. Mo Udall D-AZ
1985-1989
45. Jack Kemp NR-NY
1989-1997
46. John McCain NR-AZ
1997-2001

47. Jeb Bush NR-FL
2001-2009

48. Judd Gregg NR-NH
2009-2017

49. Susana Martinez NR-NM 2017-2025

50. George P. Bush 2024-2029

51. Cory Booker D-NJ
2029-2037

52. Gavin Newsom D-CA
2037-2041

53. Antonio Monte Jr Patriot-FL
2041-2041

The phone is about to die, so I'm gonna have to convert to the computer... Stay tuned for the 2041-2113 update...

...still waiting.

[Captain Chaos]

41. Andrew Cuomo (Democrat-New York)/Albert Gore, Jr. (Democrat-Tennessee) January 20th, 1989-January 20th, 1993

Winning a close victory against Vice President George Bush, Cuomo would come into office promising an era of liberal reform: decreased crime, a shrunken deficit, an end to the "War on Drugs", and all else. However, his term would instead see the passage of the unpopular "Deficit Reduction Act of 1990" and the botching of "Operation Desert Storm" in 1991. With a recession overshadowing the second half of his presidency economically, he would go down to William Weld easily in a three-way race in 1992.

Should that be Mario Cuomo?

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Hillary was married to Bill Clinton at the POD.

[Captain Chaos]

35. Henry "Scoop" Jackson (D-WA)/Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX): 1961-1969
36. Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY)/Hiram Fong (R-HI): 1969-1977
37. James Roosevelt (D-CA)/Terry Sanford (D-NC): 1977-1981
38. John Ashbrook (R-OH)*/Daniel Evans (R-WA): 1981-1982
39. Daniel Evans  (R-WA)**/Robert Dole (R-KS): 1982-1985
40. Robert Dole (R-KS)/John Warner (R-VA): 1985-1993
41. James Hunt (D-NC)/Bruce Babbitt (D-AZ): 1993-2001
42. John Engler (R-MI)/John E. "Jeb" Bush (R-FL): 2001-2009
43. William J. Clinton (D-AK)/Barack Obama (D-IL): 2009-Present

*died in office
**did not seek reelection

[Captain Chaos]

This reverses the pro-Sun Belt trend in American politics that existed from the 60's to 2008, instead replacing the two Californian Republican Presidents with New Yorkers, and pushing the pool of candidates North and East to New England. It would only be in 2008 that a Southerner was elected in his own right, and with a Westerner for Vice President. Conley beat Senator Nikki Tsongas to win the Democratic primary for president, and went onto win comfortably against the "RINO" John McCain.

37. Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY)/Howard Baker (R-TN) 1969-1975
38. Howard Baker (R-TN)/vacant, Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) 1975-1977
39. Philip W. Noel (D-RI)/Frank F. Church (D-ID) 1977-1981
40. John V. Lindsay (R-NY)/John Chafee (R-RI) 1981-1989
41. John Chafee (R-RI)/Nancy Landon Kassebaum (R-KS) 1989-1993
42. Paul Tsongas (D-MA)/Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT) 1993-1997
43. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT)/vacant, Albert Gore (D-TN) 1997-2001
44. Lincoln Chafee (R-RI)/John Warner (R-VA) 2001-2009
45. Robert M. Conley (D-SC)/William Richardson (D-NM) 2009-Present

It would be interesting to see the losing candidates.

[Captain Chaos]

The Dead Rockefellers and that Bastard Jack Kennedy

35. Nelson A. Rockefeller (R-NY)/Charles A. Halleck (R-IN) January 20th, 1961-September 11th, 1963
36. Charles A. Halleck (R-IN)/vacant, Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME) September 11th, 1963-January 20th, 1969
37. John F. Kennedy (D-MA)/Thomas Eagleton (D-MO), vacant, Robert Byrd (D-WV) January 20th, 1969-March 3rd, 1974
38. Robert Byrd (D-WV)/vacant, Hubert H. Humphrey (D-MN) March 3rd, 1974-January 20th, 1977
Robert Taft, Jr. (R-OH)/Paul Laxalt (R-NV) January 20th, 1977-January 20th, 1981

What I've got so far.

If I may suggest

1981-1989: Edmund G. Brown (D-CA)/Lawton Chiles (D-FL)
1989-1993: Lawton Chiles (D-FL)/Albert Gore Jr. (D-TN)
1993-2001: James Thompson (R-IL)/Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
2001-2009: Lawton Chiles Jr. (D-FL)/Samuel A. Nunn (D-GA)
2009-Present: Gary Franks (R-CT)/Michael Castle (R-DE)

[Captain Chaos]

I was thinking of having another Baystater from '81 to '89, possibly Paul Tsongas, although he was too new to the national scene to be a suitable Reagan analogue (ideally, someone that could've rivaled Kennedy by '68).

If you want another Baystater, how about Tip O'Neill (Governor of MA 1967-1975) as the Reagan analogue?

[Captain Chaos]

Charlie Crist would not leave the Vice Presidency vacant.