Who would've been the Republican nominee in 1904 if McKinley lived?

[Joe Biden 2024]

I highly doubt it would be Teddy. Who do you guys think it would be?

[NewYorkExpress]

McKinley might well have run for a third term...but he might not have.

I can see Teddy running and losing at the convention.

My guess would be, New York Governor Benjamin Odell. (But honestly, I have no clue.)

[Huey Long is a Republican]

I can see them pushing for Secretary of War Elihu Root to run.

[President Johnson]

Probably still Teddy Roosevelt. He may have transformed the vice presidency to a more powerful office, similar to what Nixon did half a century later. As skillful politician, he could have moved over some conservatives by making the case how popular he is in the public and promising some influence in his administration, including the vice presidential spot.

[Agonized-Statism]

I think Roosevelt would have had a little more support behind him than people give him credit for with progressivism gaining steam and the Gilded Age reaching an unsustainable climax, but the party bosses overrule nevertheless. Fairbanks runs as essentially a third term McKinley.


Senator Charles Fairbanks (R-IN) / Secretary of War William Taft (R-OH) ✓
Chief Judge of New York Alton Parker (D-NY) / Fmr. Senator Henry Davis (D-WV)
Fmr. State Congressman Eugene Debs (S-IN) / Activist Ben Hanford (S-NY)

[Fuzzy Says: "Abolish NPR!"]

Possibly Roosevelt.  He would have fought for it.

Much would have depended on how badly the GOP needed New York.

[wnwnwn]

They would have nominated a 'conservative' party favorite. I suppose Parker would still have run, but with a more conservative VP. Roosevelt would have focused on NY politics (maybe a governor or a senate run), planning to run in 1912.