List of Alternate Presidents

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

1968-George Wallace/Curtis LeMay
1972-George Wallace/Curtis LeMay
1976-Hubert Humphrey/Mo Udall
1978-Mo Udall/Ted Kennedy
1980-Gerald Ford/George Bush
1984-Gerald Ford/George Bush
1988-Bill Clinton/Mario Cuomo
1992-George Bush/Newt Gingrich
1996-George Bush/Newt Gingrich
2000-Evan Bayh/John Edwards
2004-Evan Bayh/John Edwards
2008-Bill Frist/Lynne Cheney

Defeated Tickets
1968-Richard Nixon/Sprio Agnew-Hubert Humphrey/Ed Muskie
1972-Nelson Rockefeller/Ronald Reagan-Thomas Eagleton/Sargent Shriver
1976-Ronald Reagan/Gerald Ford-Lester Maddox/Robert Byrd
1980-Mo Udall/Ted Kennedy-John Schmitz/John Rarick
1984-Lawton Chiles/Walter Mondale-John Rarick/Lyndon LaRouche
1988-George Bush/Robert Dole-Buddy Roemor/Newt Gingrich
1992-Bill Clinton/Mario Cuomo-Pat Buchanan/Alan Keyes
1996-Al Gore/Jay Rockefeller-Pat Buchanan/Alan Keyes
2000-Newt Gingrich/George Voinovich-Alan Keyes/Howard Philips
2004-Joe Lieberman/Bill Frist
2008-John Edwards/Hillary Rodham
Red-Democrat
Blue-Republican
Brown-Patriot

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2000 - Collin Powell/Mitt Romney
2004 - Collin Powell/Mitt Romney
2008 - Hillary Clinton/Mark Warner
2012 - Hillary Clinton/Mark Warner
2016 - Bobby Jindall/Allen West
2020 - Bobby Jindall/Allen West

2000 - Al Gore/Joe Lieberman
2004 - Howard Dean/Paul Wellstone
2008 - Mitt Romney/Charlie Crist
2012 - Tim Pawlenty/Jon Huntsman
2016 - Mark Warner/Anthony Weiner
2020 - Carte Goodwin/Joseph Cao

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Civil Rights is a little too sucessfull
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr./Ceaser Chavez
1972 - Martin Luther King Jr./Ceaser Chavez
1976 - Jesse Jackson/Walter Washington
1980 - Jesse Jackson/Walter Washington
1984 - Clarence Thomas/Colin Powell
1988 - Clarence Thomas/Colin Powell
1992 - Walter Washington/Douglas Wilder
1996 - Colin Powell/Alan Keyes
2000 - Colin Powell/Alan Keyes
2004 - Douglas Wilder/Mosley Braun
2008 - Alan Keyes/Ezola Foster
2012 - Barack Obama/Jimmy McMillian

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Civil Rights is a little too sucessfull
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr./Ceaser Chavez
1972 - Martin Luther King Jr./Ceaser Chavez
1976 - Jesse Jackson/Walter Washington
1980 - Jesse Jackson/Walter Washington
1984 - Clarence Thomas/Colin Powell
1988 - Clarence Thomas/Colin Powell
1992 - Walter Washington/Douglas Wilder
1996 - Colin Powell/Alan Keyes
2000 - Colin Powell/Alan Keyes
2004 - Douglas Wilder/Mosley Braun
2008 - Alan Keyes/Ezola Foster
2012 - Barack Obama/Jimmy McMillian

Now this list is ASB. And the rent is too damn high

Oh its VERY ASB. Just a joke

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

1960: Richard Nixon/Henry Lodge
1964: John Kennedy/Hubert Humphrey
1968: John Kennedy/Hubert Humphrey
1972: Hubert Humphrey/James Carter
1976: Hubert Humphrey/James Carter*
1978: James Carter/vacant
1980: George HW Bush/Jack Kemp**
1981: Jack Kemp/vacant
1984: Jack Kemp/Bob Dole
1988: Mario Cuomo/Bill Clinton
1992: Ross Perot/Pete Wilson
1996: Ross Perot/Pete Wilson
2000: Al Gore/John Edwards
2004: John McCain/Joe Lieberman
2008: Russ Feingold/Mark Warner

1960: John Kennedy/Lyndon Johnson
1964: Richard Nixon/Henry Lodge
1968: Barry Goldwater/Ronald Reagan
1972: Ronald Reagan/John Ashbrook
1976: Ronald Reagan/Gerald Ford
1980: James Carter/Lloyd Bentsen
1984: Lloyd Bentsen/Fritz Hollings
1988: Bob Dole/Paul Laxalt
1992: Mario Cuomo/Bill Clinton
1996: John Kerry/Joe Biden
2000: Pete Wilson/George W Bush
2004: Al Gore/John Edwards
2008: John McCain/J.C  Watts

*Dies in office
**Assassinated.

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1980: Edward Kennedy/Gary Hart
1982: Gary Hart/vacant*
1984: Gary Hart/Jerry Brown
1988: Gary Hart/Jerry Brown
1992: Bob Dole/Dick Lugar
1996: Bob Dole/George W. Bush
2000: John Kennedy Jr./John Edwards
2004: John Kennedy Jr./Bill Richardson
2008: John McCain/Bill Owens

1980: Ronald Reagan/George HW Bush
1984: George HW Bush/Bob Dole
1988: George HW Bush/Jack Kemp
1992: Jerry Brown/Al Gore
1996: Al Gore/Russ Feingold
2000: John McCain/Christine Whitman
2004: George W. Bush/Olympia Snowe
2008: Harold Ford Jr/Mark Warner
*Assassinated.

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1988: Michael Dukakis/Lloyd Bentsen
1992: Micheal Dukakis/Ann Richards
1996: John McCain/Spencer Abrams
2000: John McCain/Spencer Abrams
2001: Spencer Abrams/vacant*
2004: Joe Lieberman/Lindsey Graham
2008: Joe Lieberman/Lindsey Graham
2012: John Bolton/Charlie Crist

1988: George HW Bush/Dan Quayle
1992: Dan Quayle/Paul Laxalt
1996: Ann Richards/Joe Biden
2000: Joe Biden/Joe Lieberman
2004: Spencer Abrams/Gary Johnson
2008: George W Bush/John Bolton
2012: Lindsey Graham/Anthony Weiner

*Dies of a Heart Attack on December 12th, 2001.

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1988: Michael Dukakis/Lloyd Bentsen
1992: Micheal Dukakis/Ann Richards
1996: John McCain/Spencer Abrams
2000: John McCain/Spencer Abrams
2001: Spencer Abrams/vacant*
2004: Joe Lieberman/Lindsey Graham
2008: Joe Lieberman/Lindsey Graham
2012: John Bolton/Charlie Crist

1988: George HW Bush/Dan Quayle
1992: Dan Quayle/Paul Laxalt
1996: Ann Richards/Joe Biden
2000: Joe Biden/Joe Lieberman
2004: Spencer Abrams/Gary Johnson
2008: George W Bush/John Bolton
2012: Lindsey Graham/Anthony Weiner

*Dies of a Heart Attack on December 12th, 2001.

Well no one would vote for Weiner outside of NY now anyways! lol

Lol, only hours later, I knew I would have to change that!

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In a Alternate Universe where America is a Parlimentary Democracy.....



1960-Richard Nixon
1965-Richard Nixon
1968-Henry Cabot Lodge
1969-Hubert Humphrey
1973-George McGovern
1975-Ronald Reagan
1979-Edward Kennedy*
1981-Jerry Brown
1984-Jerry Brown
1988-Jerry Brown
1990-George HW Bush
1993-Mario Cuomo
1998-George W Bush
2003-Howard Dean
2009-John McCain**
2010-Michelle Bachman
*-Assassinated
**-Losses leadership bid to Bachman, Conservatives narrowly win 2010 General Election.

Blue-Conservative
Red-Labor
Orange-Liberal
Green-Green Party
Purple-Reform
Brown-Patriot

May or may not be a future timeline...

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

1964: Henry Lodge/William Scranton
1968: Henry Lodge/William Scranton
1972: Hubert Humphrey/Henry Jackson
1976: Hubert Humphrey/Henry Jackson
1977: Henry Jackson/vacant*
1980: Henry Jackson/Lloyd Bentsen
1984: Claude Kirk/Ralph Perk
1988: Claude Kirk/Ralph Perk
1992: Ralph Perk/Dick Lugar
1996: Hillary Rodham/Joe Biden
2000: Hillary Rodham/Joe Biden
2004: Joe Biden/Howard Dean
2008: Joe Biden/Howard Dean

1964: Lyndon Johnson/Terry Sanford
1968: George McGovern/Eugene McCarthy
1972: William Scranton/Clifford Case
1976: Richard Nixon/Ronald Reagan
1980: Ronald Reagan/William E. Simon
1984: Lloyd Bentsen/Walter Mondale
1988: Walter Mondale/Patrick Lucey
1992: Ralph Nader/Buddy Roemor
1996: Ralph Perk/John McCain
2000: John McCain/Elizabeth Hanford
2004: Gary Johnson/Jack Kemp
2008: Sam Brownback/Joe Arpaio

**President Humphrey dies in office

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

1976-Ronald Reagan/Robert Dole
1980-Ronald Reagan/Robert Dole
1981-Robert Dole/Paul Laxalt *1
1984-Ted Kennedy/Fritz Hollings
1988-Ted Kennedy/Fritz Hollings
1992-Ross Perot/Pat Buchanan
1996-Jay Rockefeller/Zell Miller
2000-Mitt Romney/Rick Santorum
2004-Mitt Romney/Rick Santorum
2008-Russ Feingold/Tim Kaine


1976-James Carter/Walter Mondale
1980-James Carter/Lloyd Bentsen
1984-Paul Laxalt/Jesse Helms
1988-Gerald Ford/Paula Hawkins
1992-Fritz Hollings/Robert Casey-Paula Hawkins/Richard Thornburgh
1996-Pat Buchanan/Ron Paul-John McCain/Richard Lugar
2000-Jay Rockefeller/Zell Miller
2004-Zell Miller/John Kerry
2008-Rick Santorum/George Allen

*Assassinated

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1960: Lyndon Johnson/Stuart Symington
1964: Lyndon Johnson/Stuart Symington
1966: Stuart Symington/George Smathers*
1968: Ronald Reagan/James Rhodes
1972: Ronald Reagan/James Rhodes'
1973: James Rhodes/vacant**
1976: Henry Jackson/John Gilligan
1980: Henry Jackson/John Gilligan
1984: John Gilligan/Thomas Judge***
1988: Robert Dole/Ron Paul
1992: Robert Dole/Hillary Rodham
1996: Richard Gephardt/Christopher Dodd
2000: Hillary Rodham/Collin Powell
2004: Howard Dean/Joseph Biden
2008: Howard Dean/Kathleen Gilligan
2012: Charles Crist/Jon Huntsman
2016: Charles Crist/Jon Huntsman
2020: Jon Huntsman/Marco Rubio

*Dies of a Heart Attack
**Assassinated
***Losses the Nomination of the Democratic Party.

1960: Richard Nixon/Neil McElroy
1964: Barry Goldwater/Hiram Fong
1968: Stuart Symington/George Smathers
1972: Hubert Humphrey/Martin L. King Jr.
1976: Robert Dole/Howard Baker
1980: Howard Baker/Elliot Richardson
1984: Peter Domenici/Pierre DuPont
1988: Martin L. King Jr./ Micheal Dukakis
1992: Micheal Dukakis/Albert Gore
1996: Ron Paul/William Weld
2000: Richard Gephardt/Christopher Dodd
2004: Hillary Rodham/Collin Powell
2008: William Weld/Elizabeth Dole
2012: Kathleen Gilligan/Caroline Kennedy
2016: Caroline Kennedy/Beau Biden
2020: Andrew Cuomo/Susan Rice

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1988: Ted Kennedy/Mario Cuomo
1992: Ted Kennedy/Mario Cuomo
1996: Jack Kemp/Spencer Abrams
2000: Paul Wellstone/Howard Dean
2004: George Allen/Jeb Bush
2008: George Allen/Jeb Bush
2012: Russ Feingold/Bill Gates
2016: Russ Feingold/Bill Gates
2020: Bobby Jindall/Rick Scott

1988: George HW Bush/Robert Dole
1992: Robert Dole/Donald Rumsfield
1996: Mario Cuomo/Jay Rockefeller
2000: Jack Kemp/Spencer Abrams
2004: Paul Wellstone/Howard Dean
2008: Donald Rumsfield/Judy Martz
2012: Rick Perry/John Bolton
2016: Michelle Bachman/Herman Cain
2020: Bill Gates/Rahm Emmanuel

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Presidents
1968: Nelson Rockefeller/Edward Brooke
1972: Nelson Rockefeller/Edward Brooke
1975: Edward Brooke/vacant*
1976: Henry Jackson/Birch Bayh
1980: Edward Brooke/Robert Dole
1981: Robert Dole/John Anderson*
1984: Lloyd Bentsen/Reubin Askew
1988: Lloyd Bentsen/Lane Kirkland
1992: Collin Powell/Judd Gregg
1996: Collin Powell/Judd Gregg
2000: Joe Lieberman/Joe Biden
2004: Joe Lieberman/Joe Biden
2008: Jon Huntsman/Charlie Crist
2012: Rand Paul/Allen West
2016: Rand Paul/Allen West
2020: Gavin Newsom/Andrew Cuomo

Defeated Tickets
1968: Lyndon Johnson/Hubert Humphrey
1972: Hubert Humphrey/Fred Harris
1976: Edward Brooke/George HW Bush
1980: Henry Jackson/Birch Bayh
1984: Robert Dole/John Anderson
1988: Gerald Ford/John Ashcroft
1992: Lane Kirkland/Robert Casey Sr.
1996: Robert Casey Sr./John Kerry
2000: Judd Gregg/John McCain
2004: John McCain/Tommy Thompson
2008: Joe Biden/Evan Bayh
2012: Jon Huntsman/Charlie Crist - Evan Bayh/Joe Manchin
2016: Charlie Crist/Tommy Thompson - Joe Manchin/Joe Sestak - Russ Feingold/Gavin Newsom
2020: Allen West/Jason Chafertz

*Assassinated by Sarah Moore
**Assassinated by John Hinkley Jr.

Blue-Republican
Red-Democrat
Brown-Tea Party
Pink-Liberal Democrats

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

1996: Robert Dole/Jack Kemp
2000: Robert Dole/Jack Kemp
2004: Howard Dean/Gray Davis
2008: Mitt Romney/Elizabeth Dole

Defeated Tickets
1996: Bill Clinton/Al Gore
2000: Al Gore/Bob Wise
2004: Jack Kemp/Mike Huckabee
2008: Howard Dean/Gray Davis

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

1968: Nelson Rockefeller/John Tower
1972: Nelson Rockefeller/John Tower
1975: John Tower/Louis Lefkowitz*
1976: Henry Jackson/Birch Bayh
1980: Gerald Ford/Jesse Helms
1984: Gerald Ford/Jesse Helms
1988: Edward Kennedy/Bill Clinton
1992: Jack Kemp/William Weld
1996: Jack Kemp/William Weld
2000: Bill Clinton/Russ Feingold
2004: Bill Clinton/Russ Feingold
2008: Mitt Romney/Tim Pawlenty
2012: Mitt Romney/Tim Pawlenty
*Assassinated

1968: Hubert Humphrey/Ed Muskie
1972: George McGovern/Mike Gravel
1976: John Tower/John Connally
1980: Henry Jackson/Birch Bayh
1984: Birch Bayh/Lane Kirkland
1988: Jesse Helms/Paul Laxalt
1992: Edward Kennedy/Bill Clinton
1996: Diane Feinstein/Jay Rockefeller
2000: William Weld/Ron Paul
2004: Ron Paul/Gary Johnson
2008: Russ Feingold/Hillary Clinton
2012: Evan Bayh/Kendrick Meek

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The Return of Gerald Ford
Presidents
1980: Gerald Ford/John Connally
1984: John Connally/Robert Dole
1988: John Connally/Robert Dole
1992: Richard Gephardt/Chris Dodd
1996: Richard Gephardt/Chris Dodd
2000: Frank Keating/John Engler
2004: Russ Feingold/Robert Graham
2008: Elizabeth Dole/Tim Pawlenty
2012: Elizabeth Dole/Tim Pawlenty
2016: Tim Pawlenty/Dino Rossi
2020: Brian Schweitzer/Tammy Baldwin

Defeated Tickets
1980: James Carter/Walter Mondale
1984: Gary Hart/Reubin Askew
1988: Walter Mondale/Al Gore
1992: Robert Dole/Lamar Alexander
1996: Lamar Alexander/Arlen Specter
2000: William Clinton/Hillary Rodham
2004: Frank Keating/John Engler
2008: Russ Feingold/Charlie Crist
2012: Charlie Crist/Julian Castro
2016: Al Gore/Cory Booker
2020: Tim Pawlenty/Dino Rossi

40. Gerald Ford-After losing the 1976 election, the former President came back swinging, defeating his old rival, California Governor Reagan, and former Ambassador George Bush in the 1980 primaries. Defeating President Carter in a landslide, President Ford became the first American President since Grover Cleveland to serve two terms. Surviving a 3rd assassination attempt by John Hinkley only months into his term, President Ford presided over the economic recovery, and the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. He was ineligible to serve another term after 1980, and passed the torch to VP Connally.

41. John Connally-VP John Connally crushed a primary challenge from John Anderson, and later, Colorado Senator Gary Hart in a landslide in the 1984 election. The US enjoyed economic growth under his term, and several deregulation bills as well as tax cuts were passed. In 1986, the US invaded Dominica after a Communist government was formed, and after winning reelection in 1988, the US again launched military action, this time, against Panama, before a final operation against Saddam Hussein's Iraq in 1991. VP Dole went on to lose a narrow election in 1992, which was considered a referendum on Connallys aggressive foreign policy.

42. Richard Gephardt-Congressman Gephardt beat out Governor Mike Dukakis, Representative Jesse Jackson, and Senator Lloyd Bentsen, and Senator Al Gore for the 1992 Democratic nomination. Picking Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut, Congressman Gephardt won a narrow victory over VP Dole and Governor Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, as well as the third party campaign of Ross Perot, and James Stockdale. The Gephardt Presidency would be marked by a series of pro Labor legislation, anti hate crime legislation, as well as failed attempts at gun controll and universal healthcare. President Gephardt was narrowly reelected over Governor Alexander in 1996, and in 1997, deployed troops in Zaire, as well as Kosovo and Bosnia, where genocides had broken out.

43. Frank Keating-Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating easily won the 2000 primaries, with minimal opposition from Congressman Ron Paul, former Second Lady Elizabeth Dole, former Education Secretary Gary Bauer, and Governor Gary Johnson. After defeating Governor Bill Clinton and Congresswoman Hillary Rodham in the 2000 election, and taking office, America was hit by tragedy, when Islamic terrorist hijacked American passenger planes, and crashed them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Empire State Building. The military launched operations at Sudan, destroying Al Qaeada, killing its leader, Osama Bin Laden, and dividing Sudan into the Republic of the Nile (South) and the Republic of Sudan (North). An insurgency broke out, and caused President Keating to lose reelection to Russ Feingold.

44. Russ Feingold-Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold was the odds on favorite to win the 2004 Democratic primaries, defeating now Senator Hillary Rodham, Governor John Kerry, Congressman Howard Dean, and Mayor Rudy Giuliani in the primaries, and President Keating that November in the general. President Feingold implemented a successfully withdrawl from Sudan in 2006, but in 2007, the housing bubble popped, and the economy plummeted. As the US entered into a major recession, President Feingolds popularity plumeted, and he lost reelection to former Second Lady, and Senator Elizabeth Dole.

45. Elizabeth Dole-Senator Dole defeated Senator Jon Kyl, Senator Rick Santorum, and former Governor Jeb Bush in a divided primary. Winning a comfortable victory over President Feingold, President Dole oversaw the greatest economic recovery since Ford, with unemployment down to 6% by 2012, which resulted in her landslide victory over former Governor Charlie Crist. Throughout her second term, the US stayed rather uninvolved in foreign affairs, other then the US bombing Saddam Hussein once again after he crushed a rebellion against his regime.

46. VP Tim Pawlenty won the GOP nomination with minimal opposition in 2016, defeating a aged (and long since forgotten) Al Gore in a landslide victory. During Pawlentys term, the US remained uninvolved in foreign affairs, though the economy began to slow down. In 2020, after a rather boring term, Pawlenty was defeated by Montana Senator Brian Schweitzer, and Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin in the 2020 election.

47. Brian Schweitzer becomes President on the 40th anniversary of Gerald Fords comeback. Where America goes under his direction, is yet to be known....

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Nixon in 1960
Presidents and Vice Presidents
1960: Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge
1964: Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge
1968: Robert Kennedy/Robert Byrd*
1971: Robert Byrd/vacant
1972: Robert Byrd/Kevin White
1976: Ronald Reagan/Robert Dole
1980: Ronald Reagan/Robert Dole**
1981: Robert Dole/vacant
1984: Gary Hart/John Glenn
1988: Donald Rumsfield/Richard Cheney
1992: Donald Rumsfield/Richard Cheney
1996: Albert Gore Jr./Jay Rockefeller
2000: Albert Gore Jr./Jay Rockefeller
2004: Richard Cheney/Rudy Giuliani
2008: Mark Warner/Evan Bayh
2012: Mark Warner/Evan Bayh
2016: Evan Bayh/Sherrod Brown
2020: Christopher Nixon Cox/Thad McCotter
Defeated Tickets
1960: John Kennedy/Lyndon Johnson
1964: John Kennedy/Hubert Humphrey
1968: Nelson Rockefeller/John Tower
1972: John Ashbrook/John Schmitz
1976: Kevin White/Morris Udall
1980: Edward Kennedy/Alan Cranston
1984: Robert Dole/Donald Rumsfield
1988: Gary Hart/John Glenn
1992: John Glenn/Ross Perot
1996: Richard Cheney/Steve Forbes
2000: Herman Cain/Jack Kemp
2004: Jay Rockefeller/John Kerry
2008: Richard Cheney/Rudy Giuliani
2012: Rudy Giuliani/Herman Cain
2016: Rick Perry/Susana Martinez
2020: Evan Bayh/Sherrod Brown

35. Richard Nixon: Vice President Nixon won a narrow election over Senator John Kennedy, of Massachusetts. Immediately after taking office, he faced the Cuban crisis, when the USSR placed missiles on the island, which led to the US invasion to prevent further Soviet influence in the region. In 1964, after starving off a primary challenge for Senator Barry Goldwater, President Nixon defeated his old rival, John Kennedy, by a much larger margin then before. He pushed Civil Rights, and Social programs throughout his second term, and deployed the first US troops to South Vietnam in 1965. Nixon left office, and lived in retirement in New York until his 1999 death.

36. Robert Kennedy: Elected to the Senate in a 1965 special election, on the death of his brother, John (the Democratic nominee in 1960, and 1964), Robert Kennedy was seen as the heir to the Kennedy family. Defeating Senators Hubert Humphrey, Lyndon Johnson, and Eugene McCarthy for the 1968 Democratic nomination, Kennedy picked Senator Robert Byrd, a mild segregationist from West Virginia. Kennedy defeated the Rockefeller/Tower ticket by a fairly wide margin, and went on to be the 36th President. Passing several social programs, and civil rights bills in his first term, as well as withdrawling US troops in victory from Vietnam were major accomplishments of the Kennedy administration. Kennedy didn't live to see reelection. He was shot and killed by Arthur Bremmer while visiting the Lincoln Memorial on July 17th, 1971.

37. Robert Byrd: Robert Byrd, a revered Senator from West Virginia, and Vice President, was thrust into office on the evening of July 17th, when President Kennedy was shot. Byrd, once a member of the Ku Klux Klan, made it a point to make amends with the African Americans, which he did, after a teary meeting with Corretta Scott King, the widow of MLK, who was shot and killed in 1968. Byrd continued several Kennedy programs, and was reelected in a 49 state landslide in 1972, losing only Wyoming. During his second term, Byrd deployed US troops to Zaire, pushing down a Communist rebellion, though US casualties were high. Byrd also pushed arms limitation, which he failed to do at the Stockholm Summit. Byrd did not seek reelection in 1976, and retired to West Virginia, where he died in 2010.

38. Ronald Reagan: Once a Oscar winning actor, and later Governor of California, Ronald Reagan defeating House Speaker Gerald Ford, Senator Elliot Richardson, and Florida Governor Ray Osborne for the Republican nomination, going on to defeat former Boston Mayor and Vice President Kevin White by a decent margin. In his first term, Reagan was able to create a nuclear defense ring around Western Europe, brought India into SEATO, and passed the balanced budget amendment. He also passed the Reagan tax cuts, and was reelected over Senator Edward Kennedy, brother of the late President, in 1980. Sadly, only a few months later, he was shot and killed by John Hinkley Jr. His daughter, Maureen., later became a Senator from California, and was a failed candidate for the 2000 and 2004 Republican nomination.

39. Robert Dole: The Kansas Senator, and later VP, suffered the same fate as President Byrd on the assassination of President Reagan, and became President. Dole appointed Donald Rumsfield to be VP, and he was confirmed by the Senate soon after. In 1983, Dole deployed US troops to Grenada, putting down a Soviet sponsored regime. Dole lost reelection in 1984 to Gary Hart. Dole, as of 2019, lives in Kansas, and opened a Presidential Library (every President since Nixon would build one or have one built), and is an elder statesman for the United States. He is in poor health, but may live to be the first President to reach 100.

40. Gary Hart: The Colorado Senator was the favorite for the 1984 Democratic nomination, which he easily won, and went on to win the White House over President Dole. Hart was overambitious, and failed in attempts to create a Universal Healthcare program, failed attempts at forming a budget within the requirement that it be balanced, and a sex scandal involving pornstar Donna Rice killed his chances for reelection, and he lost by a large margin. Hart died in 2019, after retiring to Denver.

41. Donald Rumsfield: Longtime Illinois Congressman, and Secretary of Defense and Vice President under Presidents Reagan and Dole, Rumsfield won the 1988 election in a landslide. Soon after taking office, Rumsfield announced the Rumsfield Doctrine, which created for greater US involvement in the Middle East, and turning oil rich nations against the USSR. The USSR, whose economy began to fail, began the process of disintegrating, and finally collapsed in 1991. Along with victory in the Gulf War over Iraq, the last pro USSR stronghold in the Middle East, allowed President Rumsfield another landslide victory over former VP and Astronaut John Glenn, and Businessman, and Texas Congressman Ross Perot. Rumsfields second term was marked with tax cuts, though economic growth slowed, leading to the 1999-2000 recession. Rumsfield lived in Arlington, Virginia, since leaving office, to his death in 2017.

42. Al Gore: Al Gore, the young, centrist Senator from Tennsee was the favorite to win the nomination, which he did, over Bob Kerry, and Joe Biden in a heated primary. Gore became on of the youngest Presidents in American history, and after taking office, Gore finally did what no President since Kennedy could do-pass the Equal Rights Amendment. Gore also created the Federal Flood and Tornado insurance program, and the National Infrastructure Bank. Reelected in 2000 over Businessman Herman Cain in a landslide, Gore's second term was scarred by the 9/11 attacks, which destroyed the World Trade Center, a wing of the Pentagon, the Sears Tower in Chicago. US troops invaded Afghanistan soon after, and Osama Bin Laden, the Al Qeada leader behind the attacks, was captured alive in Torah Borah. Gore left with high approval ratings, though Vice President Rockefeller did not get elected in his own right in 2004. Gore is now a Environmental activist, and lives in his native Tennessee.

43. Richard Cheney: Former Vice President Cheney took office after winning a close election over Vice President Rockefeller. In 2005, Cheney ordered the US to bomb a nuclear facility in Syria, which led to the PLO to declare a Fatwa against the US. In 2006, a truck bomb destroyed the FBI building in Washington. Al Qaida took responsibility, and 152 were killed. The PATRIOT Act, and the Public Surveillance Act were passed that year. After losing both Houses of Congress, the US economy began to fail, only worsening Cheney's term. His refusal to withdrawl troops from Afghanistan led to heavy casualties due to a insurgency. The stock market crash in 2007, and a strong primary challenge from Congressman Ron Paul led to Cheney's landslide defeat by Mark Warner. Cheney retired to Wyoming, wrote his autobiography, and opened a Presidential library, before dying of a heart attack weeks after the death of former President Byrd.

44. Mark Warner: The moderate Senator from Virginia defeated a crowded field for the Democratic nomination, and with his VP nominee, Senator Evan Bayh, was elected in a landslide. President Warner began and completed a withdrawl from Afghanistan in 2010, and by 2011, the US economy was beginning to recover. Reelected over former VP Giuliani, President Warner continued through a peacefull 2nd term, before retiring to Virginia, where he opened a Presidential Library.

45. Evan Bayh: Son of President Byrd's Commerce Secretary, Birch Bayh, Evan Bayh was elected over Texas Governor Rick Perry in 2016, and presided over a period of economic expansion. However, as illegal immigration increased in record numbers, Bayhs attempt at Immigration reform, which granted amnesty, failed. Seen as a do nothing President, he lost reelection to Senator Chris Cox, and will retire to Indiana next January.

46. Christopher Nixon Cox: President Elect Cox is the grandson of former President Nixon, and President-Elect. He first was elected to Congress in 2010, and was elected to the Senate in 2018. He will take office in January.


(Note, this is in the viewpoint of someone from December 2020)

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2008

President Rudolph W Giuliani (R-NY)/Vice-President John Ellis Bush (R-FL) 274 electoral votes, 49.9% of the popular vote
Senator Russell Feingold (D-WI)/Governor Bill Richardson (D-NM) 264 electoral votes, 49.7% of the popular vote

"Quite frankly, we were curbstomped out West. The election was hinging on basically three states: Arizona, New Jersey, and New Hampshire. It was only thanks to John that we got Arizona, while we invest heavily in the North-East, hoping for a pay-off. We were damn lucky"

Ron Paul wouldnt give 2008 another go?

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Perot does a little better--a "map list".
(All credit to Cathcon for his map list, which was great )

Governor Bill Clinton (D-AR)/Senator Al Gore (D-TE)-396 EV-35.6% of the popular vote.
President George Bush Sr. (R-TX)/Senator Bob Dole (R-KS)-128 EV-34.2% of the popular vote.
Businessman H. Ross Perot (I-TX)/Activist Pat Buchanan (I-VA)-14 EV-31.2% of the popular vote.
Perot refused to drop out after he claimed he was threatened by Republican operatives. When the threats were revealed to be true, RNC chair Richard Bond to resign. Dan Quayles repeated gaffes also hurt Bush, and he was replaced on the ticket with Senator Bob Dole, which turned out to be an even worse choice, due to his lack of charisma. Conservatives were turned off, and flocked to Perot when he picked Pat Buchanan as his running mate, running on a strongly protectionist ticket.

1996

President Bill Clinton (D-AR)/Vice President Al Gore (D-TE)-322 EV-39.4% of the popular vote.
Governor Carroll Campbell (R-SC)/Senator John McCain (R-AZ)-205 EV, 33.8% of the popular vote.
Businessman H.Ross Perot (Ref-TX)/Senator Jim Jeffords-11 EV, 27.8% (Ref-VT)

President Clinton was unpopular at the start of his term, and in 1994, Republicans took back the House of Representatives. During this time, Ross Perot organized the Reform Party, and managed to get 24 Reform Party candidates elected to the House. The Senate received its own first Reform Party member in the form of Jim Jeffords, of Vermont, who left the Republicans and registered as a Reform Party member. He; along with the Reform Party Congressmen, caucused with the Republicans. In 1996, the suprise winner of the GOP primaries was SC Governor Carroll Campbell, who defeated Phil Gramm and Dick Lugar in Iowa, and became the front runner. Campbell picked moderate Senator John McCain to be his running mate. Perot easily won the Reform Party nomination, and picked Jeffords as a running mate. This did not attract the same Conservative support from 1992, and cost him votes. President Clinton received no primary challenge, and was reelected over Campbell and Perot.

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Perot does a little better-part 2.
2000

Senator John McCain (R-AZ)/Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL)-273 EV, 38.9% of the popular vote.
Vice President Al Gore (D-TE)/Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN)-247 EV, 34.1% of the popular vote.
Businessman H.Ross Perot (Ref-TX)/Businessman Donald Trump (Ref-NY)-18 EV, 27.0% of the popular vote.

In the second term of the Clinton Administration, scandal was king. Soon after President Clinton was reelected, a scandal involving the purchase of land in Montana rocked the nation, when it was revealed First Lady Hillary Clinton was involved in a deal to sell government owned land. Republicans were ecstatic..until House Speaker Newt Gingrich's extramarital affairs were revealed, and RNC Chairman George W Bush (who lost the 1994 Gubernatorial race in TX) and former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney were receiving kickbacks from Saudi Royalty. VP Gore refused to resign from the Clinton administration, standing by the President, even after his affair with Monica Lewinsky was revealed. This hurt him, and he barely survived primary challenges from Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, and former Governor Evan Bayh, of Indiana. Senator McCain fought tooth and nail with Governor Gary Johnson for the GOP nomination, which he barely won. Perot was again the Reform Party nominee, and picked Donald Trump, of New York, as his running mate.

2004

President John McCain (R-AZ)/Vice President Jeb Bush (R-FL)-332 EV, 49.9% of the Popular Vote.
Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI)/Congressman Barack Obama (D-HI)-206 EV, 40.6% of the popular vote.
Activist Pat Buchanan (Ref-VA)/Congressman Ron Paul (Ref-TX)-10.5% of the popular vote.

President McCain received a surge of popularity after the 9/11 attacks, and afterwords, the US invasion of Pakistan, which was harboring Al Qeada, the group behind the attacks. However, after the botched bombing of Iraqi nuclear facilities, and an growing insurgency in Pakistan, McCains popularity was waining. The Democratic primaries were a battle between moderate Joe Biden and leftist Senator Russ Feingold, who eventually won. His pick of Congressman Barack Obama of Hawaii hurt him, as the two minority candidates turned off Dixiecrat voters in Georgia, Arkansas, West Virginia, and Tennessee. Several blue coller, anti war Democrats instead voted for Buchanan, who etched out 10% of the vote, and a second place finish in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I would like it more if you didnt rip on my personal hero, Pat Buchanan

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

16. John Freemont/Abraham Lincoln (Republican)-1861-1865*1
17. Ulysses Grant/Robert E. Lee (Unity and Liberty)-1865-1873 *2
18. Edwin Stanton/Benjamin Butler (Radical Reconstruction)-1873-1877 *3
19. Samuel Tilden/James G. Blaine (Liberal Republican)-1877-1879 *4
20. James Blaine/vacant (Liberal Republican)-1879-1881
21. Ulysses Grant/James Garfield (Unionist)-1881-1889 *5
22. Grover Cleveland/Issac Gray (Liberal Republican)-1889-1893
23. James Weaver/James Kyle (Progressive)-1893-1897
24. Theodore Roosevelt/Levi Morton (Progressive)-1897-1901 *6
25. Grover Cleveland/George Dewey (Liberal Republican)-1901-1909
26. William Jennings Bryan/Woodrow Wilson (Progressive)-1909-1917
27. Woodrow Wilson/Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)-1917-1919
28. Theodore Roosevelt/vacant (Progressive)-1919-1921 *7
29. Herbert Hoover/Calvin Coolidge (Liberal Republican)-1921-1929
30. John N. Garner/Cordell Hull (Progressive)-1929-1930 *8
31. Cordell Hull/Franklin Roosevelt (Progressive)-1930-1933
32. Calvin Coolidge/Robert Taft (Liberal Republican)-1933-1941
33. Robert Taft/Wendell Wilkie (Liberal Republican)-1941-1946 *9
34. Wendell Wilkie/vacant (Liberal Republican)-1946-1953
35. Harry Truman/Adlai Stevenson (Progressive)-1953-1961
36. Barry Goldwater/Ronald Reagan (Liberal)-1961-1969 *10
37. Hubert Humphrey/George McGovern (Progressive)-1969-1973
38. Nelson Rockefeller/Richard Nixon (Progressive)-1973-1975 *11
39. Richard Nixon/vacant (Progressive)-1975-1977
40. Ronald Reagan/John Connally (Liberal)-1977-1981
41. Walter Mondale/Hugh Carey (Progressive)-1981-1989
42. Bill Clinton/Mario Cuomo (Progressive)-1989-1991 *12
43. Mario Cuomo/Bob Kerrey (Progressive)-1991-1993
44. Jack Kemp/Maureen Reagan (Liberal)-1993-2001
45. Maureen Reagan/Newt Gingrich (Liberal)-2001-2003 *13
46. Newt Gingrich/vacant (Liberal)-2003-2009
47. Barack Obama/Russ Feingold (Progressive)-2009-2013
48. John Thune/Donald Trump (Liberal)-2013-2017
49. Debbie W. Schultz/Elizabeth Warren (Progressive)-2017-2025
50. Rand Paul/Allen West (Liberal)-2025-2033

1. Freemont wins the 1860 Republican convention after Lincoln and Seward deadlock. The Freemont Presidency presided over the disastorous civil war. The Republican Party split between the moderate Lincoln faction and the radical Stanton faction. This allowed former Generals (and advesarys) Grant and Lee to win the Presidency.

2. Grant and Lee formed the Unity and Liberty Party, whose intention was to reintergrate the South, and also protect recently freed slaves from being targets of the newly formed Ku Klux Klan. The party split after Lee and Grant publicly sparred on how to deal with the failed 1871 African revolt, in which freed slaves attempted to form their own nation in the states of South Carolina and Georgia.

I will finish the rest of the *s later..

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

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

Thanks, Ill fix that

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

1980: John Anderson (I-IL) / Pat Lucey (I-WI)
1984: George HW Bush (R-TX) / Donald Rumsfield (R-IL)
1988: George HW Bush (R-TX) / Donald Rumsfield (R-IL)
1992: Lawton Chiles (D-FL) / Evan Bayh (D-IN)
1996: Lawton Chiles (D-FL) / Evan Bayh (D-IN)
1999: Evan Bayh (D-IN) / vacant *
2000: Evan Bayh (D-IN) / Joe Lieberman (D-CT)
2004: Joe Lieberman (D-CT) / Zell Miller (D-GA)
2008: Judd Gregg (R-NH) / Rick Perry (R-TX)
2012: Judd Gregg (R-NH) / Rick Perry (R-TX)
2016: Mitch Daniels (R-IN) / Ben Quayle (R-AR)
2020: Gavin Newsom (D-CA) / Kay Hagen (D-NC)

*President Chiles dies of a heart attack.