List of Alternate Presidents

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37th: Richard M. Nixon (R-CA)/Spiro T. Agnew (R-MD), January 20, 1969 - January 20, 1973
38th: George S. McGovern (D-SD)/R. Sargent Shriver (D-MD), January 20, 1973 - January 20, 1977
39th: Ronald W. Reagan (R-CA)/Richard S. Schweiker (R-PA), January 20, 1977 - January 20, 1981
40th: George S. McGovern (D-SD)/Lawton M. Chiles (D-FL), January 20, 1981 - March 30, 1981

After Watergate reached it's height in October 1972, President Nixon narrowly loses reelection, while winning the popular vote and coming one vote short in the electoral college (thanks to a faithless elector Roger McBride action), which triggered a vote in the House, in which McGovern prevailed.

McGovern loses reelection in 1976 but came back in 1980, thanks to retaining a liberal grassrot support, that allowed him to prevail in the primaries. In November, he defeated Reagan, whose term went basically like RL Carter's term.

McGovern, however, did not enjoy his comeback for long, having been assassinated by John Hinckley, Jr.

TBC.

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Planned List of Presidents for TL on my Americana characters
37. Richard M Nixon (R-NY)/Spiro T Agnew (R-MD) January 20th, 1969-January 20th, 1973
38. Robert F Kennedy (D-NY)/Terry Sanford (D-NC) January 20th, 1973-November 22nd, 1973
39. Terry Sanford (D-NC)/vacant, Hubert H Humphrey, Morris K Udall (D-AZ) November 22nd, 1973-January 20th, 1981
40. James L Buckley (R-NY)/Mendelik D'Israeli (R-MT) January 20th, 1981-January 20th, 1989
41. Mendelik D'Israeli (R-MT)/Jack Kemp (R-NY) January 20th, 1989-January 20th, 1993
42. Jefferson Dent (D-AL)/Joseph R Biden (D-DE) January 20th, 1993-January 20th, 1997
43. Robert S Dole (R-KS)/Benson Rockefeller (R-NY) January 20th, 1997-January 20th, 2001
44. Albert Gore Jr. (D-TN)/Mark Udall (D-CO) January 20th, 2001-January 20th, 2009
45. John S McCain (R-AZ)/JC Watts (R-OK) January 20th, 2009-Present

For those of you familiar with my Americana character, you'll notice none of them become President. Christian Mattingly, Governor of Michigan, beats Benson Rockefeller for the 2004 Republican nomination, losing by a very narrow margin to President Gore currently a stand-in. Robert O'Sullivan worked for the Kennedy White House as a special adviser before being fired by President Sanford in 1975. He goes on to work for Mednelik D'Israeli as Assistant Secretary of State (under Beauregard D'Israeli) and then as National Security Adviser. Jack Daniels is the guitarist for Wutevr, being elected to Congress from Nevada in 1988. He stages a surprisingly popular attempt at primarying President Gore in 2004, having attempted to win the nomination at other points including a 1996 run and later a 2008 run which would be marked by a surprisewin in New Hampshire and a win in Nevada. However, in the crowded field, he wouldn't be able to break out among the candidates and would lose to Vice-President Udall who, like his father, would sadly never reach the White House.

Benson Rockefeller never became President?

U R MEAN!

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Alternate Alternate Presidents:


Jed Bartlet had a cranky day during his lone debate with Ritchie

43rd: Josiah Bartlet (D-NH), January 20, 1999 - January 20, 2003
44th: Robert Ritchie (R-FL), January 20, 2003 - January 20, 2007
45th: John Hoynes (D-TX), January 20, 2007 - present

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Garret Hobart Lives

25th: William McKinley (R-OH)/Garret A. Hobart (R-NJ), March 4, 1897 - September 14, 1901

A popular and powerful Vice President Hobart recoveres from a potentially deadly flu, he contracted in late 1889. McKinley/Hobart team is reelected easily in 1900.

26th: Garret A. Hobart (R-NJ)/Vacant, September 12, 1904 - March 4, 1905

Following McKinley's assasination, Hobart became President and serves out his term before, despite his strong position within both GOP machine as well as general electorate, declining to run again 1904 due to health concerns.

27th: S. Grover Cleveland (D-NY)/George Turner (D-WA), March 4, 1905 - June 24, 1908

Wow, the third time is more than a charm. A popular former President Cleveland takes control over his party again, defeating Bryan at the convention and selecting former Washington Senator, a silverite and former Populist ally George Turner, to balance the ticket.

28th: George Turner (D-WA)/Vacant, June 24, 1908 - March 4, 1909

Turner became President following Cleveland's death in office. Despite being nominated for 1908, due to a bitter split between Bourbon Democrats and Progressives he lost "reelection". Turner eventually goes down in history as the last Progressive Democratic President.

TBC...

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Why not to make a non-American list?


1995: John Major Steps Down For Health Reasons

In May 1995 Prime Minister John Major, who had already been considering calling a snap leadership election to confirm his position within a bitterly divided party, suffered a massive heart attack, forcing him to step down. Unable to continue until a new leader is chosen, he advised the Queen to appoint his close ally and Leader of the House of Lords, the Viscount Cranborne, as caretaker PM until a permanent successor can be selected. Cranborne became the first PM to serve from the House of Lords since his great-great-grandfather, the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. While it's against the convention for a PM to head a full government from the Lords, it's still considered acceptable for caretakers.

A long and chaotic leadership race was marked by a number of potential frontrunners, most notably Michael Portillo, deciding against entering the contest due to poor polling for the Tories. In the end, an obscure Secretary of State for Wales John Redwood, running on a strong Eurosceptic and thatcherite platform, defeated President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine, backed by the Major supporters, as there was strong still resentment within the party towards the latter thanks to his role in bringing Thatcher down in 1990.

Within one year since his installment, Prime Minister Redwood decided to call the general election, hoping, if not to win, to at least limit anticipated losses. However, due to a heavy fatigue, as well as Redwoods' own shortcomings, Labour won a massive landslide victory under Gordon Brown (who replaced deceased John Smith in 1994).

Brown's Labour government, the first since James Callaghan left office in 1979, was convinceably reelected in 2000. Four years later, Labour again came first, but without an overall majority, forcing them to form a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats. To pave way for the coalition, as LibDems ruled out serving under him, Brown stepped down. Charles Kennedy, the coalition junior leader, became a caretaker PM (reminiscing the 1967 Australian scenario) until Labour choose a new leader, Jack Straw.

Straw elected to serve a full five years. In 2009, Conservatives regained power under David Davis.


John Major (Conservative), November 28, 1990 - May 8, 1995
Robert Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, the Viscount Cranborne (Conservative), May 8, 1995 - September 12, 1995
John Redwood (Conservative), September 12, 1995 - October 7, 1996
Gordon Brown (Labour), October, 1996 - May 11, 2004
Charles Kennedy (Liberal Democrats), May 11, 2004 - July 17, 2004
Jack Straw (Labour), July 17, 2004 - April 3, 2009
David Davis (Conservative, April 3, 2009 - present)

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Screw this, I'm doing alternate British Prime Ministers again.


Margaret Thatcher (1979-1990)

Defeated in the leadership election

Michael Heseltine (1990-1993)

Narrowly wins the 1991 election. Internal divisions in the Conservative Party forces another election in 1993, which Tories lost.

John Smith (1993-1994)

The first Labour PM since 1979. Smith dies suddenly while in office.

Baron Irvine of Lairg (1994)

The Lord Chancellor, he's named a caretaker Prime Minister for about two months, pending new leader selection.

Gordon Brown (1994-2002)

An unexpected winner of the leadership election over acting leader Margaret Beckett. Brown wins with reduced majority in 1997 and again in 2001. In 2002, pursuant to a secret deal, he steps down in favor of Home Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Tony Blair ("Brown-Blair deal")

Tony Blair (2002-2006)

Decides against calling a snap election following his accession. Serves out term. The 2006 election produces a hung parliament.

Charles Kennedy (2006)

After Blair steps down in order to make coalition talks between Labour and Liberal Democrats possible, LibDem leader Charles Kennedy serves as interim PM until a new Labour leader is elected.

Jack Straw (2006-2007)

After a year, internal tensions within the Labour Party and disagreements with the coalition partner over foreign policy forces Straw to call an early election, which sees the first Tory majority since 1991.

Liam Fox (2007-present)

Elected Conservative leader in 2006. Fox is re-elected as PM in 2011.

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I've always regretted Ted Jr. never had a bigger career. This guy had some balls.

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45. Donald John Trump (2017-2018)
46. Michael Richard Pence (2018-2019)
47. Paul Davis Ryan (2019)
48. Rex Wayne Tillerson (2019)
49. Stephen Mnuchin (2019)
50. "Jeffrey" Beauregard Sessions (2019)
51. Betsy Devos (2019)
--Vacant (2019-2020)--
52. Phillip Tandy Miller (2020-2021)
53. Phillip Stacy Miller (2021-2023)
54. Phillip Tandy Miller (2023-present)

Does anyone get the reference?


The Mod is not impressed, K.

Do you get it, or are you telling me not to post this?

Just a comment, man.