US elections

[sunsurf]

What other running mates might US presidential candidates have chosen? And would they have won?

Any two of the following:

Bush Sr., Jeb, Neil, Bush Jr.

Joe, Robert, John, Ted, Jacqueline Kennedy.

Anybody, with Ralph Nader, Colin Powell, John McCain, Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford.

Anybody, with Rudolph Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks, Eleanor Roosevelt.

Anybody, with Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, George Armstrong Custer, Thomas Edison.

Anybody, with Aaron Burr, Patrick Henry, Tom Paine, Abigail Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, John Hancock.

Dolley Madison was agitating for women's rights; was there any chance of a woman in elective office that early? They would remember Catherine the Great of Russia.

The founding fathers supposedly had great respect for Native American culture, and supposedly were influenced by the Algonquin Confederation.
What kind of involvement could the Indians have had? Some people were proposing freedom and equality for slaves, so they might have suggested citizenship for some Indians.

How early could the Indians be involved in Washington politics? Hoover's VP, Charles Curtis, was 1/4 Indian; could any Indians have been VP earlier?

A bit off topic, but--if Hoover had died in office, what kind of influence could President Curtis have had?

Anybody, with Aaron Burr, Tecumseh, Sequoyah.

[David S Poepoe]

"The founding fathers supposedly had great respect for Native American culture, and supposedly were influenced by the Algonquin Confederation."

I think thats the Iroquis Confederation. I would also give this bit a closer look since some historians consider the Iroquis influence on the Founding Fathers to be a myth.

[lope3328]

Possibly a Powel, Mccain would have easily won the election. Both being well liked and well respected, it would gain alot of votes for the republilcans. Itwould possibly push over wisconsin and michigan, and a good chance pennsylvania.

[DMA]

An interesting combination would have been Bobby & Teddy Kennedy (if Bobby had lived) in 1968.