the '92 democratic primary

[PBrunsel]

Tsongas would have died a few days before his second inaugural had he been reelected. That would be a first in American politics.

[PBrunsel]

Tsongas would have died a few days before his second inaugural had he been reelected. That would be a first in American politics.

Would his VP still take control?

Yes, and inauguration day 1997 would have been canceled.

[PBrunsel]

Even if Tsongas won, I can't see him running again with his health problems. Polk and Arthur didn't, either.
If he had, he would have been defeated at the polls, thus no need to cancel inauguration day, 1997.

Polk chose not to run because he promised he wouldn't. You are right about Arthur, he had Bright's Disease.

[PBrunsel]

Even if Tsongas won, I can't see him running again with his health problems. Polk and Arthur didn't, either.
If he had, he would have been defeated at the polls, thus no need to cancel inauguration day, 1997.

Polk chose not to run because he promised he wouldn't. You are right about Arthur, he had Bright's Disease.

He might have reneged on that promise if he hadn't been ill, though. The nomination would have been his for the taking, I'd figure.

He could have won reelection, but he was tired of the job. He would work from 5 O'clock in the moringing to 1 o'clock in the morning sometimes. Polk's wife Sarah called him, "The hardest working man in the country."