johnreiter
Well-known member
What if you could choose the winner of each US presidential election? Who would be the presidents ITTL? And how do you think the history of the USA and the world would be different in this universe?
the only limitation is that you can only pick people who were actually candidates in that election IOTL. They can by Vice-Presidential candidates, minor party candidates, or even people who were offered to run but declined.
For me, these would be my winners
1788 George Washington (Federalist)
1792 George Washington (Federalist)
1796 John Adams (Federalist)
1800 John Adams (Federalist)
1804 Alexander Hamilton (Federalist)
1808 James Madison (Democrat-Republican)
1812 James Madison (Democrat-Republican)
1816 James Munroe (Democrat-Republican)
1820 James Munroe (Democrat-Republican)
1824 John Quincy Adams (National Republican)
1828 John Quincy Adams (Whig)
1832 Daniel Webster (Whig)
1836 Richard Mentor Johnson (Democrat)
1840 Henry Clay (Whig)
1844 Henry Clay (Whig)
1848 Lewis Cass (Democrat)
1852 Winfield Scott (Whig)
1856 John C. Frémont (Republican)
1860 Stephen A. Douglas (Democrat)
1864 Stephen A. Douglas (Democrat)
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1872 Frederick Douglass (Republican)
1876 Hamilton Fish (Republican)
1880 Benjamin Bristow (Republican)
1884 Grover Cleveland (Democrat)
1888 Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
1892 Grover Cleveland (Democrat)
1896 William McKinley (Republican)
1900 William McKinley (Republican)
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
1908 Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
1912 Albert J. Beveridge (Republican)
1916 Robert Latham Owen (Democrat)
1920 Al Smith (Democrat)
1924 Al Smith (Democrat)
1928 Herbert Hoover (Republican)
1932 Herbert Hoover (Republican)
1936 Charles Curtis (Republican)
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat)
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat)
1948 Douglas MacArthur (Republican)
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
1960 Barry Goldwater (Republican)
1964 Barry Goldwater (Republican)
1968 Richard Nixon (Republican)
1972 Richard Nixon (Republican)
1976 Roger MacBride (Libertarian)
1980 Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1984 Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1988 Alexander Haig (Republican)
1992 Bo Gritz (Populist)
1996 Howard Phillips (Constitution Party)
2000 Howard Phillips (Constitution Party)
2004 Michael Peroutka (Constitution Party)
2008 Sarah Palin (Republican)
2012 Mitt Romney (Republican)
2016 Donald Trump (Republican
2020 Donald Trump (Republican)
2024 Marsha Blackburn (Republican)
the only limitation is that you can only pick people who were actually candidates in that election IOTL. They can by Vice-Presidential candidates, minor party candidates, or even people who were offered to run but declined.
For me, these would be my winners
1788 George Washington (Federalist)
1792 George Washington (Federalist)
1796 John Adams (Federalist)
1800 John Adams (Federalist)
1804 Alexander Hamilton (Federalist)
1808 James Madison (Democrat-Republican)
1812 James Madison (Democrat-Republican)
1816 James Munroe (Democrat-Republican)
1820 James Munroe (Democrat-Republican)
1824 John Quincy Adams (National Republican)
1828 John Quincy Adams (Whig)
1832 Daniel Webster (Whig)
1836 Richard Mentor Johnson (Democrat)
1840 Henry Clay (Whig)
1844 Henry Clay (Whig)
1848 Lewis Cass (Democrat)
1852 Winfield Scott (Whig)
1856 John C. Frémont (Republican)
1860 Stephen A. Douglas (Democrat)
1864 Stephen A. Douglas (Democrat)
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
1872 Frederick Douglass (Republican)
1876 Hamilton Fish (Republican)
1880 Benjamin Bristow (Republican)
1884 Grover Cleveland (Democrat)
1888 Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
1892 Grover Cleveland (Democrat)
1896 William McKinley (Republican)
1900 William McKinley (Republican)
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
1908 Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
1912 Albert J. Beveridge (Republican)
1916 Robert Latham Owen (Democrat)
1920 Al Smith (Democrat)
1924 Al Smith (Democrat)
1928 Herbert Hoover (Republican)
1932 Herbert Hoover (Republican)
1936 Charles Curtis (Republican)
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat)
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat)
1948 Douglas MacArthur (Republican)
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
1960 Barry Goldwater (Republican)
1964 Barry Goldwater (Republican)
1968 Richard Nixon (Republican)
1972 Richard Nixon (Republican)
1976 Roger MacBride (Libertarian)
1980 Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1984 Ronald Reagan (Republican)
1988 Alexander Haig (Republican)
1992 Bo Gritz (Populist)
1996 Howard Phillips (Constitution Party)
2000 Howard Phillips (Constitution Party)
2004 Michael Peroutka (Constitution Party)
2008 Sarah Palin (Republican)
2012 Mitt Romney (Republican)
2016 Donald Trump (Republican
2020 Donald Trump (Republican)
2024 Marsha Blackburn (Republican)
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