List of Alternate Presidents and PMs II

[SandroPertini98]

41 Vicepresident George Herbert Walker Bush from Texas/ Indiana Senator James Danforth "Danny" Quayle 1989-1991
42 Vicepresident James Danforth "Danny" Quayle from Indiana/ Vacant 1991/ Tennessee Governor Andrew Lamar Alexander 1991-1993
def 1988 Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis/ Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen
43 Former California Governor Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown/ Civil Rights Leader Jesse Jackson Sr from Illinois 1993-1997
def President James Danforth "Danny" Quayle from Indiana/ Vicepresident Andrew Lamar Alexander from Tennessee, Businessman Henry Ross Perot from Texas/ Admiral James Stockdale from California
44 Former Vicepresident Andrew Lamar Alexander from Tennessee / Texas Rapresentative Thomas Dale DeLay 1997-2005
def 1996 President Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown from California/ Vicepresident Jesse Jackson Jr from Illinois, Businessman Henry Ross Perot from Texas/ Economist Pat Choate from Virginia
def 2000 Connecticut Joseph Isadore Lieberman/ Former Georgia Senator Samuel Augustus Nunn, Former Colorado Governor Richard "Dick" Lamm/ Former California Rapresentive Edward Zschau
45 North Carolina Senator Johnny Edwards/ Illinois Governor Rodney Blagojevich 2005-2009
def 2004 Vicepresident Thomas Dale DeLay from Texas/ New York Mayor Rudolph "Rudy" Giuliani, Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura/ Former Massachusetts Governor William "Bill" Weld
46 Tennessee Senator Byron Low Taxes Looper/ Businessman Herman Cain from Nebraska 2009-2012
Acting Presudent under 25th Amendament Vicepresident Herman Cain from Nebraska 2012-2013
def Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chaffee/ Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, President Johnny Edwards from North Carolina/ Vicepresident Rodney Blagojevich from Illinois
47 {Former New York Mayor Michael "Mike" Bloomberg- Deceased} Admiral Michael Mullen from Ohio/Vacant 2013/ Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chaffee 2013-2021
def 2012 Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean/ Massachusetts Senator John Forbes Kerry, President Byron Low Taxes Looper from Tennessee/ Vicepresident Herman Cain from Nebraska
def 2016 Massachusetts Senator John Forbes Kerry/ Former Speaker of the House Richard "Dick" Gephardt from Missouri, Indiana Rapresentatives Michael "Mike" Pence/ Oklahoma Senator Scott Pruitt
2020 Tickets:
Vicepresident Lincoln Chaffee from Rhode Island/ Secretary of State Jon Huntsman from Utah vs Minnesota Governor Norman Coleman/ Pennsylvania Rapresentative Joseph Sestak vs Former Florida Governor John Ellis "Jeb" Bush/ Former Arizona Senator Jeffrey "Jeff" Flake

 

[captainchicken6034]

Ilhan Omar is ineligible to be president....

And that's what happens when I couldn't think of anyone else. Let me fix this.

 

[glenn67]

41 Vicepresident George Herbert Walker Bush from Texas/ Indiana Senator James Danforth "Danny" Quayle 1989-1991
42 Vicepresident James Danforth "Danny" Quayle from Indiana/ Vacant 1991/ Tennessee Governor Andrew Lamar Alexander 1991-1993
def 1988 Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis/ Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen
43 Former California Governor Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown/ Civil Rights Leader Jesse Jackson Sr from Illinois 1993-1997
def President James Danforth "Danny" Quayle from Indiana/ Vicepresident Andrew Lamar Alexander from Tennessee, Businessman Henry Ross Perot from Texas/ Admiral James Stockdale from California
44 Former Vicepresident Andrew Lamar Alexander from Tennessee / Texas Rapresentative Thomas Dale DeLay 1997-2005
def 1996 President Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown from California/ Vicepresident Jesse Jackson Jr from Illinois, Businessman Henry Ross Perot from Texas/ Economist Pat Choate from Virginia
def 2000 Connecticut Joseph Isadore Lieberman/ Former Georgia Senator Samuel Augustus Nunn, Former Colorado Governor Richard "Dick" Lamm/ Former California Rapresentive Edward Zschau
45 North Carolina Senator Johnny Edwards/ Illinois Governor Rodney Blagojevich 2005-2009
def 2004 Vicepresident Thomas Dale DeLay from Texas/ New York Mayor Rudolph "Rudy" Giuliani, Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura/ Former Massachusetts Governor William "Bill" Weld
46 Tennessee Senator Byron Low Taxes Looper/ Businessman Herman Cain from Nebraska 2009-2012
Acting Presudent under 25th Amendament Vicepresident Herman Cain from Nebraska 2012-2013
def Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chaffee/ Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, President Johnny Edwards from North Carolina/ Vicepresident Rodney Blagojevich from Illinois
47 {Former New York Mayor Michael "Mike" Bloomberg- Deceased} Admiral Michael Mullen from Ohio/Vacant 2013/ Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chaffee 2013-2021
def 2012 Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean/ Massachusetts Senator John Forbes Kerry, President Byron Low Taxes Looper from Tennessee/ Vicepresident Herman Cain from Nebraska
def 2016 Massachusetts Senator John Forbes Kerry/ Former Speaker of the House Richard "Dick" Gephardt from Missouri, Indiana Rapresentatives Michael "Mike" Pence/ Oklahoma Senator Scott Pruitt
2020 Tickets:
Vicepresident Lincoln Chaffee from Rhode Island/ Secretary of State Jon Huntsman from Utah vs Minnesota Governor Norman Coleman/ Pennsylvania Rapresentative Joseph Sestak vs Former Florida Governor John Ellis "Jeb" Bush/ Former Arizona Senator Jeffrey "Jeff" Flake

Lemme guess. President Looper, fearing that he would lose re-election, orders the assassination of Mike Bloomberg. Under the 25th amendment, the majority of the Cabinet votes to remove Looper from office.

 

[Frank Hart]

Lemme guess. President Looper, fearing that he would lose re-election, orders the assassination of Mike Bloomberg. Under the 25th amendment, the majority of the Cabinet votes to remove Looper from office.

But Herman Cain would not be an "Acting President" in this scenario. Any VP that takes the position of President (be it removed from office, death, resignation) is still a POTUS.

 

[SandroPertini98]

Lemme guess. President Looper, fearing that he would lose re-election, orders the assassination of Mike Bloomberg. Under the 25th amendment, the majority of the Cabinet votes to remove Looper from office.

Exactly: Looper orders Bloomberg's assassination in last days of campaign, hoping to remove his more dangerous rival. Instead this boosts Reform ticket popularity, resulting in a landslide for deceased Bloomberg (it's too late to remove the name from the ballots) and his running mate, Admiral Mullen. Looper try to keep the power but, with his crimes revealed, he's removed by the Cabinet and the Congress under 25th Amendament and arrested. He will avoid the sentence dying during the trial in 2013, prompting many conspiracy theories.

But Herman Cain would not be an "Acting President" in this scenario. Any VP that takes the position of President (be it removed from office, death, resignation) is still a POTUS.

The 25th Amendament doesn't work in this way: if the majority of the Cabinet and the Congress recognize the President as unable to perform his duties (because he is ill, mad, mental unfit, under surgical operation, traumatized, blackmailed or other) the Vicepresident becomes Acting President for a while, until it's decided if the inability is permanent or not. If yes, the VP takes the oath as new President, but not before. In this case, Cain serves as Acting President few weeks during the transition due Looper removal.

 

[ES1702]

1979 - 1985: Margaret Thatcher (CON)
1979: CON (Thatcher) 339 seats, 43.9%; LAB (Callaghan) 269 seats, 36.9%; LIB (Steel) 11 seats, 13.8%
1983: CON (Thatcher) 397 seats, 42.4%; LAB (Foot) 209 seats, 27.6%; ALL (Steel & Jenkins) 23 seats, 25.4%

1985 - 1993: Geoffrey Howe (CON)
1986: CON (Howe) 315 seats, 34.3%; LAB (Kinnock) 239 seats, 29.9%; ALL (Steel & Owen) 73 seats, 31.9%
1991: CON (Howe) 297 seats, 31.6%; LAB (Hattersley) 232 seats, 29.1%; SDP (Owen) 58 seats, 18.4%; LIB (Steel) 41 seats, 17.0%

1993 - 2004: Malcolm Rifkind (CON)
1995: CON (Rifkind) 291 seats, 31.7%; LAB (Benn) 217 seats, 28.0%; SDP (Owen) 87 seats, 21.1%; LIB (Beith) 32 seats, 15.2%
2000: CON (Rifkind) 283 seats, 31.3%; LAB (McDonnell) 204 seats, 27.7%; SDP (Mandelson) 113 seats, 22.7%; LIB (Beith) 25 seats, 13.8%

2004 - 2007: David Lidington (CON)
2005: CON (Lidington) 277 seats, 31.0%; SDP (Mandelson) 183 seats, 25.9%; LAB (McDonnell) 148 seats, 25.3%; LIB (Campbell) 17 seats, 13.4%

2007 - Present: Peter Mandelson (SDP)
March 2007: SDP (Mandelson) 286 seats, 30.2%; CON (Lidington) 235 seats, 29.7%; LAB (Corbyn) 91 seats, 23.3%; LIB (Campbell) 14 seats, 12.5%
December 2007: SDP (Mandelson) 326 seats, 34.8%; CON (Fox) 224 seats, 30.6%; LAB (Corbyn) 63 seats, 18.3%, LIB (Hughes) 13 seats, 11.9%
2011: SDP (Mandelson) 344 seats, 38.3%; CON (Duncan) 229 seats, 31.2%; LAB (Trickett) 37 seats, 14.1%; LIB (Carmichael) 15 seats, 12.1%
2016: SDP (Mandelson) 346 seats, 38.5%; CON (Duncan) 241 seats, 31.8%; LAB (Trickett) 21 seats, 13.1%; LIB (Carmichael) 16 seats, 12.3%

 

[Hulkster'01]

Presidents of the Free States of America
1861-1873: Abraham Lincoln/ John C. Frémont (Republican)
1861: Office established; unopposed
1864: Unopposed
1868: Winfield Scott Hancock/ Asa Parker (Democrat)
1873-1878: John C. Frémont/ Horace Greeley* (Republican)
1872: Charles Francis Adams/ Donald Kirkpatrick (American National)
1876: Charles Francis Adams/ Joel Parker (American National)
1878-1881: John C. Frémont/ vacant (Republican)
1881-1889: Frederick Douglass/ George F. Edmunds (Republican)
1880: Samuel J. Randall/ James B. Weaver (American National)
1884: Benjamin F. Butler/ John A. Brooks (American National)
1889-1893: James H. Kyle/ James B. Weaver (American National)
1888: George F. Edmunds/ James G. Blaine (Republican)
1893-1901: Robert Todd Lincoln/ Henry Clay Evans (Republican)
1892: James H. Kyle/ James B. Weaver (American National)
1897: Louis C. Hughes/ Thomas E. Wattson (American National)
1901-1909: William Jennings Bryan/ Daniel W. Lawler (American National)
1900: Milford W. Howard/ John W. Keller (Republican)
1904: George W. Carroll/ Thomas E. Watson (Republican)
1909-1915: Joseph G. Cannon*/ Leslie M. Shaw (Republican)
1908: Daniel W. Lawler/ George Gray (American National)
1912: Champ Clark/ Eugene Foss (American National)
1915-1921: Leslie M. Shaw/ vacant (Republican)
1921-1923: Henry Ford/ John Sharp Williams* (American National)
1920: Leslie M. Shaw/ Leonard Wood (Republican)
1923-1925: Henry Ford/ vacant (American National)
1925-1933: Henry Ford/ Oscar Underwood (American National)
1924: Hiram Johnson/ Frank Orren Lowden (Republican)
1928: Herman Ekern/ George W. Norris (Republican)
1933-1937: James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr./ John J. Blaine (Republican)
1932: Henry Ford/ Oscar Underwood (American National)
1937-1945: Huey Long/ Burton K. Wheeler (Independent)
1936: James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr./ William Borah (Republican) and William Lemke/ Francis Townsend (American National)
1940: Robert A. Taft/ Dewey Jackson Short (Republican) and Scott W. Lucas (American National)
1945-1953: James Stewart/ Douglas MacArthur (American National)
1944: Charles Lindbergh/ Claude A. Watson (Republican) and Burton K. Wheeler/ Andrew N. Johnson
1948: George C. Marshall/ Humphrey Bogart (Republican)
1953-1961: Douglas MacArthur/ Charlie Chaplin (American National)
1952: Robert A. Taft/ Elmer A. Benson (Republican)
1956: Robert F. Wagner Jr./ Herman Talmadge (Republican)
1961-1966: Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.*/ Martin Luther King Jr. (Republican)
1960: Huey Long/ Wallace H. White Jr.(American Independent)
1964: Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr./ Hiram Fong (American National)
1966-1969: Martin Luther King Jr./ vacant (Republican)
1969-1981: Martin Luther King Jr./ Johnny Cash (Republican)
1968: Harold Hughes/ Paul C. Fisher (American National)
1972: Scott Kelly/ Paul C. Fisher (American National)
1976: Shirley MacLaine/ Cesar Chavez (American National)
1981-1989: Johnny Cash/ Ted Kennedy (Republican)
1980: Jim Jeffords/ Richard A. Snelling (American National)
1984: Robert Taft Jr./ William Saxbe (American National)
1989-1993: Ted Kennedy/ Donald Trump (Republican)
1988: Lenora Fulani/ Andre Marrou (American National)
1993-1996: Jeb Bush/ Channing E. Phillips (American National)
1992: James Stockdale/ Nancy Lord (Republican)
1996: Office abolished; as result of the FSA and CSA reuniting to become the USA

1. Died in Office
2. Assassinated by the Confederate States of America, officially entering the FSA into WW1
3. Died in Office
4. Resigned due to inability to hold office due to an assassination attempt, unconnected to the CSA

The 1860 United States Presidential Election is one of the most controversial elections in world history as it saw John C. Breckenridge win the Presidency via controversy as many would find issue with the electoral college and would call for a voting recount due to many voters for Breckenridge being dead but their cries would be ignored and with further fleeing slaves being forced back into slavery by bounty hunters would lead to the first state to secede from the Union. Eventually most of the North East states would secede from the Union and form a new country called the Free States of America. the FSA would officially abolish slavery in all states that joined it and would call itself the real America and what the founding fathers intended. Former candidate Abraham Lincoln would be unanimously be elected as the new President and would lead it through the first American Civil War. The war would end with the new FSA defeating the CSA (they renamed themselves to distant themselves from the USA which they previously shared with the FSA) with the recognition from Britain and France and their armies. The aftermath would see Washington D.C. be returned to the FSA and other territories being claimed by them. (Like the Dakota territory, Nebraska territory, Montana territory, Idaho territory, and Washington territory)The following years would see minor skirmishes between the two but nothing major till the election of Fredrick Douglass in 1880, the CSA would be appalled by this and would decry the FSA and start the second American Civil War, this time there were be no victor as both sides would be forced into a stalemate. Then came the first World War, Germany promised the CSA all of the former states the FSA had taken from them and would give them the new territories the FSA had claimed in the intervening years, thus on October 23, 1915 FSA President Joseph G. Cannon would assassinated by the CSA and plunge both countries into the first World War. The war would end in 1919 for the American people as the CSA surrendered to the FSA and would be forced to flee from their capital of Richmond and would make Dallas, Texas their new capital and would finally abolish slavery (very few states had slavery left with most of the country abandoning it during the mid to late 1890's) . However both countries would be hit hard by The Great Depression, President Huey Long would help bring the FSA out of the Depression while the CSA would linger until the start of the second World War when, for the first time since the 1860 election, the FSA and the CSA fought together in World War 2 as apart of the Allies and in 1945 would defeat the Axis Powers. The rivalry between the states had died down following their victory and would seem the two countries would actually start to get along again, then finally in 1996 the United States was reborn ironically by the meeting of the two Presidents brothers Jeb and George W. Bush.

 

[Kven]

1st Republic
Presidents of the Republic of Finland
1. 1919-1925 K. J. Ståhlberg (National Progressive Party)
2. 1925-1931 L. K. Relander (Agrarian League)
3. 1931-1937 P. E. Svinhufvud (National Coalition Party)
4. 1937-1940 Kyösti Kallio (Agrarian League)
5. 1940-1944 Risto Ryti (National Progressive Party)
6. 1944-1945 C. G. E. Mannerheim (Non-partisan)
7. 1945-1946/53 O. W. Kuusinen (United Socialist Party of Finland)
2nd Republic
Chairmen of the United Socialist Party of Finland
1. 1944-1961 O. W. Kuusinen
2. 1961-1987 Aimo Aaltonen
3. 1987-1989 Aarne Saarinen
4. 1989-1989 Kalevi Kivistö
3rd Republic
Presidents of the Republic of Finland
8. 1989-1995 Johannes Virolainen (Centre Party)
9. 1995-2001 Martti Ahtisaari (Social Democratic Party)
10. 2001-2013 Sauli Niinistö (National Union)
11. 2013-2025 Paavo Väyrynen (Centre Party)
Prime Ministers of Finland
19. 1989-1992 Harri Holkeri (Democratic Front)
20. 1992-1996 Paavo Väyrynen (Centre Party)
21. 1996-2000 Pertti Paasio (Social Democratic Party)
22. 2000-2001 Sauli Niinistö (National Union)
23. 2001-2008 Kari Häkämies (National Union)
24. 2008-2011 Paavo Lipponen (Social Democratic Party)
25. 2011-2012 Jutta Urpilainen (Social Democratic Party)
26. 2012-2018 Timo Soini (Centre Party)
27. 2018-2020 Juha Sipilä (Centre Party)
28. 2020-2024 Hjallis Harkimo (National Union)

 

[DimensionalZodiac]

No Nixon
1953-1961: Dwight D. Eisenhower/Everett Dirksen (R)
1952: def. Adlai Stevenson/John Sparkman (D)
1956: def. Adlai Stevenson/Estes Kefauver (D)
1961-1963: Everett Dirksen*/Thruston Morton (R)
1960: def. John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
1963-1965: Thruston Morton/vacant (R)
1965-1969: Thruston Morton/Clare Boothe Luce (R)
1964: def. Hubert Humphrey/Robert F. Wagner Jr. (D) and Orval Faubus/George Wallace (Conservative)
1969-1977: John F. Kennedy/George McGovern (D)
1968: def. Thruston Morton/Clare Boothe Luce (R) and George Wallace/John C. Stennis (Conservative)
1972: def. Ronald Reagan/Margaret Chase Smith (R)
1977-1981: George McGovern/Robert F. Kennedy (D)
1976: def. Barry Goldwater/Kit Bond (R)
1981-1989: Phil Crane/Howard Baker (R)
1980: def. George McGovern/Robert F. Kennedy (D)
1984: def. Robert F. Kennedy/Gary Hart (D)
1989-1997: Joe Biden/Al Gore (D)
1988: def. Kit Bond/Kay Orr (R)
1992: def. Jack Kemp/Newt Gingrich (R) and Ross Perot/James Stockdale (I)
1997-2001: Newt Gingrich/John Engler (R)
1996: def. Al Gore/Bob Kerrey (D)
2001-2009: Dianne Feinstein/Bob Graham (D)
2000: def. Newt Gingrich/John Engler (R)
2004: def. Rick Santorum/Gordon H. Smith (R)
2009-2013: Sam Brownback/Carly Fiorina (R)
2008: def. Howard Dean/Evan Bayh (D)
2013-2017: Howard Dean/Debbie Stabenow (D)
2012: def. Sam Brownback/Carly Fiorina (R)
2017-present: Carly Fiorina/Phil Bryant (R)
2016: def. Howard Dean/Debbie Stabenow (D)
2020: Carly Fiorina/Phil Bryant (R) vs. Kamala Harris/Joe Kennedy III (D)

*Assassinated

I've seen a few infoboxes with Nixon going into a career other than politics, so I made a quick "no Nixon" list.

 

[James the AH Fan]

Alternate Presidents in my timeline: A Circle of Cotton and Bloodshed:
1861-1869: George W.L. Bickley/John C. Breckinridge(S-D)
1869-1881: Andrew Johnson/James E. English(D)
1881-1885: John Sherman/James G. Blaine(NU)
1885-1893: Grover Cleveland/Allen G. Thurman(D)
1893-1897: William McKinley/Thomas B. Reed(NU)
1897-1905: Thomas B. Reed/James D. Cameron(NU)
1905-1913: George Dewey/Alton B. Parker(D)
1913-1920*: Charles E. Hughes/George L. Sheldon(NU)
1920-1925: George L. Sheldon(NU)
1925-1933: John W. Davis/Charles W. Bryan(D)
1933-1937: Walter F. George/Daniel Moody Jr.(D)
1937-1949: Alfred E. Smith/Huey P. Long(P)
1949-1953: Douglas MacArthur/Thomas Dewey(NU)
1953-1961: James Thurmond Sr./Henry A. Wallace(AF)
1961-1969: Earl Warren/John W. McCormack(P)
1969-1973: Nelson Rockefeller/Richard Nixon(NU)
1973-1975**: George W. Romney/James A. Rhodes(NU)
1975-1985: Martin Luther King Jr./Gerald Ford(NU)
1985-1989: Ellen McCormack/Robert Byrd(AF)
1989-1997: William J. Blythe III/Edmund G. Brown(AF)
1997-2001: Henry R. Perot/Timothy Penny(NU)
2001-2005: Harry Browne/Arthur C. Oliver(P)
2005-2013: John McCain III/Michael Bloomberg(NU)
2013-present: William H. Scott/Hillary Rodham(AF)
*President Hughes died of a stroke on June 11, 1920.
**President Romney and VP Rhodes were assassinated on March 28, 1975.
Note: The Republican and Democrat parties were renamed to the National Union and America First parties in 1864 and 1949, respectively.

 

[Nintendogamemaster]

Alternate Wikipedia Infoboxes V (Do Not Post Current Politics Here)

So after seeing this, I just wondered which would be the list of presidents should these guys have taken different careers...
1969-1977: Nelson Rockefeller
1977-1985: Jerry Brown
1985-1993: Bob Dole
1993-2001: Al Gore
2001-2009: John McCain
2009-2013: Joe Biden
2013-2021: Mitt Romney
2021-???: Bernie Sanders

 

[Joshua Ben Ari]

Presidents
37. 1969-1972: Richard M. Nixon (Republican) [1]
1968 (with Spiro Agnew) def.: Hubert Humphrey / Edmund Muskie (Democratic), George C. Wallace / Curtis LeMay (American Independent)
38. 1972-1972: Spiro Agnew (Republican) [2]
39. 1972-1972: Carl Albert (Democratic) [3]
40. 1972-1973: James O. Eastland (Democratic) [4]
41. 1973-1981: George C. Wallace (Democratic) [5]
1972 (with Shirley Chisholm) def.: Nelson Rockefeller / John Tower (Republican)
1976 (with Shirley Chisholm) def.: Mark Hatfield / John B. Anderson (Republican), Philip 'Phil' Crane / James L. Buckley (American Independent) [6]

[1] Assassinated by Arthur Bremer in Ottawa. Many view Nixon as a martyr and, ironically, as a Republican Kennedy.
[2] Pardoned himself on the charges of criminal conspiracy, bribery, extortion, and tax evasion, as well as kickbacks from his time as Baltimore County Executive and Governor of Maryland. This sparked massive outrage from the American people and even the Supreme Court which debated whether the President even had that ability. In the end, they - and Congress - said he didn't. Congress moved to impeach the President on grounds of high crimes and misdemeanors and dismissed Agnew from power.
[3] Killed in a drunk-driving incident in September 1972. Conspiracy theories still abound about the causes of his death
[4] While he (rightfully) viewed the American people as unaccepting of his position as President and accepted he was a lame-duck president, Eastland did take advantage of his being President during the 1972 election and his lame-duck period. He issued executive orders mandating school prayer, outlawing abortion in all instances, directing the FBI to investigate the "Communist-backed Black Power movement", and issued US governmental support for Rhodesia.
[5] His VP choice raised considerable numbers of eyebrows...
[6] Resurrected Wallace's American Independent Party in the hopes of restructuring it into a proper conservative party as the GOP slowly trended more and more socially liberal with nominating Rockefeller and Hatfield

GOP: ff9900
DEM: 0059b3
AIP: 00b300

 

[Nintendogamemaster]

List of Presidents of California
Analogous, and sometimes identical to, US Presidents
I didn't really think too much about why California is its own country or the broader global context. I figure there's a country called "north america" of northeastern and midwest states that developed like canada and is in the commonwealth of nations, and there's maybe an economically depressed "dixie". I dunno maybe Texas is its own country too.

Upton Sinclair - Labor 1933-1945
Longest serving socialist president, enacted the Pacific Deal and won the war with the Japanese
Earl Warren - Labor 1945-1953
Although praised by some for continuing his predecessor's policies, his legacy has been tarnished by the internment of the Japanese he oversaw as Sinclair's VP and Interior Secretary
George Patton - Conservative 1953-1961
Beloved general who won the war with the Japanese. Patton himself had moderate politics but he oversaw a dramatic conservative backlash and a red scare that broke apart the rival Labor party.
Barnard Yorba V - Liberal 1961-1963
The liberals were a third party and kingmaker for most of the twentieth century, consisting of high minded educated progressives and bourgeois professionals. They found a champion in Barnard Yorba V and an opportunity to fill a void with the marginalization of the labor party. Yorba himself was the descendant of a prominent Californio spanish family, and was therefore the first Catholic (and first of spanish heritage, although yorba was still white and aristocratic) president of the California republic. He was assassinated in 63
Alan Cranston - Liberal 1963-1969
Yorba's elderly and politically savvy vp signed important civil rights legislation and spearheaded antipoverty initiatives, but also got California involved in costly anticommunist pacific wars
Richard Nixon - Conservative (1969-1974)
Patton's VP and before that a red-baiting senator. A man of interesting contradictions, brilliant but corrupt. Resigned over the Hotel Figueroa break-in scandal.
Charles Herbert Dole- Conservative (1974-1977)
Younger son of the Dole fruit family and mild mannered Conservative representative, Nixon's unassuming VP.
Jerry Brown- Liberal (1977-1981)
Out-there environmentalist, derisively nicknamed "moonbeam". At first people liked him as a hip departure from the stodgy conservative years, but he rapidly lost popularity due to a poor economy.
Ronald Reagan - Conservative (1981-1989)
The former actor and arch-conservative governor of the Inland province, brought a sunny countenance to the office, although he went a little dotty at the end there.
John Poindexter - Conservative (1989-1993)
Reagan's former Exterior secretary, mastermind of the contras and later VP, who considered himself the real president toward the end of Reagan's term when his health waned.
Gary Condit - Liberal (1993-2001)
Moderate with exceptional charisma, nearly removed from office due to a sex scandal with a missing intern
Alan G. Poindexter - Conservative (2001-2009)
The son of the former president and a former astronaut. His administration oversaw terrorist attacks, botched overseas wars, and a complete financial collapse. Left office with most people wondering if the radiation from his spaceflight scrambled his head.
Barry Dunham - Labor/Liberal Fusion (2009-2017)
The first black president. Barack Dunham (he took his mother's surname) had been born in Hawaii, a California dependency, before moving to Oakland but that still didn't stop conspiracy theorists from speculating that he was a secret foreign agent. As senator from the East Bay province he was a member in good standing of the Liberal party, but a resurgence of left-wing and labor activism after the financial crash gave him an opening to broker a deal and become president on a fusion ticket. His attempts at economic reform after the crash were of mixed success and resulted in an anemic recovery, making him vulnerable to a reactionary and racist backlash.
Michael Savage - Nationalist/Conservative Fusion (2017-Present)
Perhaps the biggest shock of 2016, that fateful year, was the success of conservative radio host and conspiracy theorist Michael Savage. He founded the anti-immigrant Nationalist party over the air in 2012 and the next midterm conservatives lost seats to the upstart party. They agreed to a fusion ticket where Savage would be the standard bearer if congressional candidates would remain in the Conservative party. His administration has been an amusing (terrifying) interplay of Conservative apparatchiks keeping Savage stable enough to keep their business interests happy and Nationalist fringe figures pushing Savage to peculiar and dramatic places.

Im gonna attempt a USA, Dixie and Texas one, in-universe I bet people are finding ironic that presidents resemble somewhat in policies and stuff. To make things different gave Republic of Texas and Dixie the 6 years single term.

Texas (Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming):
John Nance Garner (Democratic) 1934-1946:
After the innefectiveness of President Charles Curtis, Garner managed to follow some aspects USA´s New Deal and California´s Pacific Deal policies, despite initially planning to run just one term, the fear of Earl Brower gaining track lead him to be the first and only Texan president to run two terms, defeating Republican candidate Alf Landon. He would lead the republic of Texas during WW2 with the aid of Supreme Texan general Eisenhower.

William H. Murray (Democratic) 1946-1952
A governor of Oklahoma whom attempted to run for president in 1933, despite not sucedding, he managed to gain the Vice Presidential nomination. He managed to ensure a single term limit became a thing on the republic.

D. Dwight Eisenhower (Republican) 1952-1958
The Supreme Commander of the Republic of Texas, known for being at odds with California and USA´s lead generals Patton and McArthur respectively. Due to his sucess, republicans asked him to become president.

Robert S. Kerr (Democratic) 1958-1963
While at the first chance he lost against Eisenhower, he managed to secure presidency in 1957 elections, being well known for his liberal policies, sadly he would die in 1963, one year before the end of his term.

Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) 1963-1970
Johnson would oftenly be known as the president that ascended upon the former one´s death, while his administration was known as being infamous due to the vietnam war, he also ended up segregation, his term would also see Texas landing at the moon.

John Connally (Republican) 1970-1976
A somewhat moderate republican, he had managed to ease cold war tensions in both countries, though his support of Californian president Nixon would end up burying his party´s plans of suceeding in the 1975 elections.

Lloyd Bentsen (Democratic) 1976-1982
While somewhat unnamusing during his presidency years, he would later be known for calling out USA´s vicepresident when he tried to compare himself to John F. Kennedy, whom he had met when he was visiting USA.

Ross Perot (Republican) 1982-1988
While California Republic got an actor president, Texas was astounded at the fact that they had gotten a banker president, along with Reagan and Thatcher, they were known for their overly conservative policies.

Bob Dole (Republican) 1988-1994
Having been Perot´s VP and more politically experienced, people always considered him having been the real president on the previous administration.

Jim Wright (Democratic) 1994-2000
Former Speaker of the House, he ascended presidency and managed to oversee the end of the Cold War

Elizabeth Dole (Republican) 2000-2006
First woman president, upon the terrorist attacks on California, something similar would happen in the republic of Texas, starting what was known as the war on terror

Eddie Bernice Johnson (Democratic) 2006-2012
First afro-american president in the republic of Texas

Im not sure who should be the trump expy, Ted Cruz pheraps

 

[Nintendogamemaster]

Ok, now a more serious one:

USA PRESIDENTS:
1901-1909: Teddy Roosevelt (Republican)
1909-1913: William Howard Taft (Republican)
1913-1919: Teddy Roosevelt+ (Democratic)
1919-1921: Thomas R. Marshall (Democratic)
1921-1923: Warren G. Harding (Republican)
1923-1933: Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
1933-1945: Franklin Delano Roosevelt+/Wendell Wilkie (1933-1939),Henry A. Wallace(1941-1945) (Democratic)
1945-1949: Henry A. Wallace/Glenn H. Taylor (Democratic)
1949-1957: Thomas E. Dewey/Harold Stassen (Republican)
1957-1961: Harold Stassen/Henry Calbot Lodge Jr. (Republican)
1961-1969: John F. Kennedy/Humbert Humphrey (Democratic)
def 1960 - Harold Stassen/Henry Calbot Lodge Jr. (Republican)
def 1964 - Henry Calbot Lodge Jr/Nelson J. Rockefeller (Republican)
1969-1977: Humbert Humphrey/Edmund Muskie (Democratic)
def 1968 - Nelson J. Rockefeller/Spiro Agnew (Republican)
def 1972 - John M. Ashbrook/John Volpe (Republican)
1977-1981: Spiro Agnew/Elliot Richardson (Republican)
def 1976: George McGovern/Sergeant Shriver (Democratic)
1981-1989: Ted Kennedy/Walter Mondale (Democratic)
def 1980: Spiro Agnew/Elliot Richardson (Republican)
def 1984: John B. Anderson/Patrick Lucey (Republican)
1989-1993: Walter Mondale/Geraldine Ferraro (Democratic)
def 1988: Pete du Pont/Alexander Haig (Republican)
1993-2001: Hilary Rhodham/Jay Rockefeller (Republican)
def 1992: Walter Mondale/Geraldine Ferraro (Democratic)
def 1996: Tom Harkin/Harris Wofford (Democratic)
2001-2009: Donald Trump/Joe Lieberman (Republican)
def 2000: Geraldine Ferraro/Evan Bayh (Democratic)
def 2004: Howard Dean/Tom Vilsack (Democratic)
2009-2017: Joe Biden/Evan Bayhn (Democratic)
def 2008: Alan Keyes/Sarah Palin (Republican)
def 2012: Fred Karger/Paul Ryan (Republican)
2017-Present: Bernie Sanders/Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)
def 2016: Jill Stein/John Kasich (Republican)
def 2020: Michael Bloomberg/Bill Weld (Republican)

CONFEDERACY PRESIDENTS (States: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, Franklin (East Tennessee), Tennessee, Sonora):
1898-1904: William Jennings Bryan (Liberal)
1904-1910: Champ Clark (Liberal)
1910-1916: Woodrow Wilson (Whig)
1916-1922: Oscar Underwood (Whig)
1922-1928: John W. Kerr (Liberal)
1928-1934: Joseph T. Robinson (Liberal)
1934-1940: Cordel Hull/Huey Long (Liberal)
def. 1933. Harry F Byrd (Whig)
1940-1946: Cordel Hull/Harry S. Truman (Liberal)
def 1939. George W. Norris (Whig)
1946-1952: Harry S. Truman/Alben W. Barkley (Liberal)
def 1945. Strom Thurmmond (Whig)
1952-1958: Strom Thurmmond/Fielding L. Wright(Whig)
def 1951. Adlai Louis Stevenson (Whig)
1958-1964: Adlai Louis Stevenson/Estes Kefauver(Until 1963) (Liberal)
def 1957: T. Coleman Andrews (Whig)
1964-1970: Barry Goldwater/George Wallace (Whig)
def 1963: Stuart Symington/Albert Gore Sr. (Liberal)
1970-1972: George Wallace/Gerald Ford (Whig) *Assasination attempt happens, Wallace resigns
def 1969: George Smathers/Terry Sanford (Liberal)
1972-1976: Gerald Ford/Howard Baker (Whig)*Finishes Wallace term
1976-1982: Jimmy Carter/Adlai Stevenson III (Liberal)
def 1975: Gerald Ford/Howard Baker (Whig)
1982-1988: Howard Baker/Anne Armstrong (Whig)
def 1981: Adlai Stevenson III/Dale Bumpers (Liberal)
1988-1994: Pat Robertson/John Rarick (Whig)
def. 1987: Jesse Jackson/Dick Gephardt (Liberal)
1994-2000: Bill Clinton/Al Gore (Liberal)
def. 1993: Pat Buchanan/Carrol Campbell (Whig)
2000-2006: Al Gore/John Edwards (Liberal)
def. 1999: John McCain/John Danforth (Whig)
2006-2012: John McCain/Mike Huckabee (Whig)
def. 2005: John Edwards/Wesley Clark (Liberal)
2012-2018: John Edwards/Jim Webb (Liberal)
def. 2011: Mike Huckabee/Bill Frist (Whig)
2018-Present: Marco Rubio/Newt Gingrich (Whig)
def. 2017: Jim Webb/Tim Kaine (Liberal)

TEXAS PRESIDENTS (States: Houston(West Texas Region), Lincoln (South Texas Region), Jefferson (Texas Panhandle), Texas (The Rest of Texas), Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wyoming, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Tamaulipas) :
1934-1946: John Nance Garner (Democratic)
1946-1952: William H. Murray (Democratic)
1952-1958: D. Dwight Eisenhower (Republican)
1958-1963: Robert S Kerr+/Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) (Johnson finishes his term and wins another one on his own)
1963-1970: Lyndon B. Johnson/George Docking (Democratic)
def. 1963. Daniel Thorton (Republican)
1970-1976: George W. Romney/John Tower (Republican)
def 1965. George Docking (Democratic)
1976-1982: Lloyd Bentsen/John Conally (Democratic)
def. 1975: John Tower (Republican)
1982-1988: George H.W. Bush/Bob Dole (Republican)
def. 1981 John Conally (Democratic)
1988-1994: Bob Dole/Pete Domenici (Republican)
def. 1987 Gary Hart (Democratic)
1994-2000: Ross Perot/Pat Choate (Republican)
def. 1993 Pablo Emilio Madero (Democratic)
2000-2006: George W. Bush/Dick Cheney (Republican)
def. 1999 Gary Hart (Democratic)
2006-2012: John Kerry/Kathleen Sebelius (Democratic)
def. 2005 Ron Paul (Republican)
2012-2018: Mitt Romney/John Cornyn (Republican)
def 2011: Kathleen Sebelius/Chet Edwards (Democratic)
2018-Present: Ted Cruz/Jeb Bush (Republican)
def 2017: Julian Castro/John Hickenlooper (Democratic)

CALIFORNIA PRESIDENTS (California, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Calisota, Nevada, Utah, Hawaii):
1933-1945: Upton Sinclair (Democratic)
1945-1953: Earl Warren (Republican)
1953-1961: Pat Brown (Democratic)
1961-1969: Richard Nixon (Republican)
1969-1977: Ronald Reagan/Robert Finch (Republican)
1977-1985: Jerry Brown/Shirley Hufstedler (Democratic)
def. 1976 Robert Finch (Republican)
def. 1980 Jack Kemp (Republican)
1985-1993: Jack Kemp/Paul Laxalt (Republican)
def. 1984 Alan Cranston (Democratic)
def. 1988 Larry Agran (Democratic)
1993-2001: Larry Agran/Kathleen Brown (Democratic)
def. 1992 Paul Laxalt (Republican)
def. 1996 Pete Wilson (Republican)
2001-2009: Bob Dornan/Duncan L. Hunter (Republican)
def. 2000. Kathleen Brown (Democratic)
def. 2004. Nancy Pelosi (Democratic)
2009-2017: Barack Obama/Bill Richardson (Democratic)
def. 2008. Duncan L. Hunter/Carly Fiorina (Republican)
def. 2012. John Huntsman Jr./ Fred Karger (Republican)
2017-2021: Carly Fiorina/Brian Sandoval (Republican)
def. 2016 Bill Richardson/Xavier Becerra (Democratic)
2021-Present: Kamala Harris/Tulsi Gabbard (Democratic)
def. 2020 Carly Fiorina/Brian Sandoval (Republican)

 

[redjirachi]

A "eh, let's throw Wallace in Timeline"

* =Died in office, **=assassinated

32: Franklin D Roosevelt*(March 4 1933-April 12 1945)/John Nance Garner(March 4 1933-January 20 1941), Henry A Wallace(January 20 1941-April 12 1945): Wallace narrowly keeps his vice presidency over Truman
33: Henry A Wallace(April 12 1945-January 20 1949): Unsurprisingly, Wallace isn't elected proper. He pursues a number of progressive policies, and works to add levity to the relationship with the Soviet Union. Though he refuses to sign off the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear testing still happens since he's not an idiot and knows the Soviet Union has figured it out. The Cold War becomes colder than IOTL. Japan gets divided by the Soviets
34: Robert A Taft*/Harold Stassen(January 20 1949-July 31 1953): Pursues a policy of both isolationism and realpolitik. The second time a father and son are both president. Wins re-election in keeping a difficult peace that starts to strain as his second term begins, however dies from his pancreatic cancer while in office
35: Harold Stassen(July 31 1953-January 20 1961)/Richard Nixon(January 20 1957-January 20 1961): Stassen was thrown into proving himself when the Colder War heated up. He picked Nixon's anti-communist views as VP
36: Curtis LeMay**(January 20 1961-November 5 1967)/Wayne Morse(January 20 1961-January 20 1965)/Hubert Humphrey(January 20 1965-November 5 1967): Semi-unintentionally on Taft and Stassen's part, the USA had been turning more conservative, so a more warhawky LeMay would notoriously defect and influence the Democrats in a more conservative fashion. A controversial president, respected for his toughness on the Soviet Union and increasing American power yet a bane on the civil rights movement. He ended up being assassinated by Charles Manson, who forms an anarchist hippie movement instead of a hippie cult.
37: Hubert Humphrey(November 5 1967-January 20 1977)/Ronald Reagan(January 12 1968-January 20 1973), George Smathers(January 20 1973-January 20 1977): Humphrey was put on LeMay's ticket in order to appeal to the more liberal factions. However as president he fixed many of the problems from LeMay, and both his VPs helped give him broad appeal.

Abridged(blue=Democrat, red=Republican)
32: Franklin D Roosevelt*(1933-1945)/John N Garner(1933-1941), Henry Wallace(1941-1945)
33: Henry Wallace(1945-1949)
34: Robert Taft*/Harold Stassen(1949-1953)
35: Harold Stassen(1953-1961)/Richard Nixon(1957-1961)
36: Curtis LeMay**(1961-1967)/Wayne Morse(1961-1965), Hubert Humphrey(1965-1967)
36: Hubert Humphrey(1967-1977)/Ronald Reagan(1967-1973), George Smathers(1973-1977)

 

[Qaz_plm]

1981-1995:François Mitterrand
1995-2002:Lionel Jospin
2002-2016:Jacques Chirac
2016-2023:Jean-Pierre Chevenement
2023-2030:Jean Lassalle

 

[sans1shashlik]

33rd, 34th and 35th Presidents of the United States:
33. Harry S. Truman (1945) †
34. Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1945-1948)
35. George S. Patton / Douglas MacArthur (1948-1952)

† - died in office

 

[Persephone]

A brief (and still subject to change) list of Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the United States between 1920 to 1940 for my timeline, Pro Patria Mori.

1920-1924
President: Alexander Mitchell Palmer (Democrat)
Vice-President: William Gibbs McAdoo (Democrat)

1924-1928
President: Alexander Mitchell Palmer (Democrat)
Vice-President: William Gibbs McAdoo (Democrat)

1928-1932
President: Herbert Hoover (Republican)
Vice-President: Charles Curtis (Republican)

1932-1936
President: Alfred Emanuel Smith (National Progressive)
Vice-President: Huey Pierce Long (National Progressive)

1936-1940
President: Huey Pierce Long (National Progressive)
Vice-President: William Lemke (National Progressive)

 

[Wendell]

Let's say Richard Nixon is elected Governor of California in 1962....

Presidents of the United States, 1961-
John F. Kennedy Sr. (Democratic) 1961-1963[1]
Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) 1963-1969[2]
Barry M. Goldwater Sr. (Republican) 1969-1977[3]
Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson (Democratic) 1977-1983[4]
Eugene J. McCarthy (Democratic) 1983-1993[5]
Barry M. Goldwater Jr. (Republican) 1993-2001[6]
James H. Meredith (Republican) 2001-2009[7]
John F. Kennedy Jr. (Democratic) 2009-2017[8]
Randy Daniels (Republican) 2017-[9]

Governors of California, 1963-
Richard M. Nixon (Republican) 1963-1971[10]
Jesse M. Unruh (Democratic) 1971-1979[11]
Barry M. Goldwater, Jr. (Republican) 1979-1987[12]
Leo T. McCarthy (Democratic) 1987-1995[13]
Clinton Eastwood Jr. (Republican) 1995-2003[14]
Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown (Democratic) 2003-2011[15]
Abel O. Maldonado Jr. (Republican) 2011-2017)[16]
Van T. Tran (Republican) 2017-[17]

Notes:

1. Presidency and demise as OTL.
2. Faces Nixon in 1964, and wins, but less decisively.
3. Sensing that Nixon was looking at 1964, Goldwater runs for governor instead, and president four years later.
4. Dies in office.
5. Different career trajectory ITTL, but same political shifts as OTL.
6. Wins election championing his father's legacy, his own record in California, and due to Democratic divisions post-McCarthy.
7. Congressman and U.S. senator in this timeline before being VP under Goldwater Jr. First black president.
8. Lives longer in TTL. Heals fissures in the Democratic Party with Camelot 2.0.
9. Second black president. LG of NY 2003-2007; governor from 2007-2017.
10. Serves two terms before becoming the elder President Goldwater's special envoy to China.
11. Successful bid for governor ITTL
12. After ten years in Congress, including during his father's presidency, Junior wins the governorship of his adoptive home state.
13. Different career trajectory ITTL
14. Actor/director turned politician. Goes back to making movies after leaving office.
15. Son of the incumbent Nixon defeated ITTL 1962. Different career trajectory.
16. Resigns the governorship due to election as Vice President.
17. First Asian governor of California.

 

[Deleted member 87099]

Joker

1966-1970: Abraham Beame (Democratic)
1965 def. John Lindsay (Republican), William F. Buckley (Conservative)
1970-1974: John J. Marchi (Republican)
1969 def. Abraham Beame (Democratic), Norman Mailer (Liberal)
1974-1982: Mario Biaggi (Democratic)
1973 def. John J. Marchi (Republican), Bella Abzug (Liberal)
1977 def. Barry Farber (Republican), Michael Rockefeller (Independent)
1982-1990: Ed Koch (Democratic)
1981 def. Mario Biaggi (Conservative), Roy M. Goodman (Republican)
1985 def. Ronald Lauder (Republican)
1990-2003: Rudy Giuliani (Republican)
1989 def. Andrew Stein (Democratic)
1993 def. Harrison J. Goldin (Democratic)
1997 def. Al Sharpton (Democratic)
2001 def. Alan Hevesi (Democratic)
2003-2010: Rudy Giuliani (Independent)
2005 def. Anthony Weiner (Democratic), Christopher X. Broduer (Green), Tom Ognibene (Conservative)
2010-2018: Bill De Blasio (Democratic)
2009 def. Rudy Giuliani (Independent)
2013 def. Rudy Giuliani (Republican), Jimmy McMillan (The Rent Is Too Damn High)
2018-0000: Bruce Rockefeller (Independent)
2017 def. Adolfo Carrion Jr. (Democratic), Kelsey Grammer (Conservative), Randy Credico (Green)

Following 1977's general unrest over income inequality and the city's budget crisis, it was largely assumed that Mayor Mario Biaggi was finished, especially with the recent entrance of Independent candidate Michael Rockefeller. At least that was until the assassination of Johnny Carson on live television by failed singer-songwriter John Hinkley Jr., which was followed by a night of rioting that ended with the shooting death of Michael Rockefeller.

NYC's urban unease would continue into the 80s, even as the reigns of power were handed over to Ed Koch. In 1985, college-age billionaire heir Bruce Rockefeller would strike an open alliance with the city's new DA, Rudy "Two-Face" Giuliani in an effort to support public-private partnerships that would benefit the city and lower skyrocketing crime rates. 1985 would also see the appearance of the vigilante Batman who, following the 1985 Subway Murders, patrolled the NYC subway at night beating up alleged criminals and suspicious individuals. Giuliani saw a sky-rocketing conviction rate, partially assisted by evidence provided by the Batman.

After Giuliani's election to Mayor in 1989, the NYPD would openly associate and work with the Batman, a tactic partially inspired by both the ties Batman formed with Giuliani in previous years and its ability to act as a scare tactic. While the New York Police Department and the Batman engaged in controversial tactics to lower crime in NYC, Mayor Giuliani and Bruce Rockefeller worked above-the-board to re-establish the Mayor's office over a still very chaotic city. In the 90s, New York City was dominated by Mayor Giuliani, Police Commissioner Bratton, Bruce Rockefeller, and the Batman.

Giuliani and Rockefeller would very publicly break in 2004, shortly after a failed assassination attempt on Giuliani that left him partially disfigured. In 2005, the Batman would return to ostracization from law enforcement efforts as he publicly sided with fired police whistleblower detective James Gordon. Although both Rockefeller and Batman would find themselves once again on the inside in 2010 after their public backing of new Mayor Bill De Blasio and the NYPD, respectively, amidst the city's coping with the Great Recession. Despite promises of reforms, the NYPD would continue to abuse and brutalize New Yorkers under De Blasio's watch. This could not be more apparent than during the 2012 "Bane" Riots, which ended in thousands injured and scores killed by an out-of-control and fully militarized New York City police force. De Blasio would limp into a second term regardless of the police controversy, however.

Now in 2020, Mayor Bruce Rockefeller struggles to set New York City on the right track. Since the disappearance of the Batman in 2013, many feel that the city has lost a unifying symbol. Additionally, as calls for police reform and defunding grow citywide, the Mayor struggles with the idea of profoundly changing an institution that he largely ran on defending. Time will tell if Mayor Rockefeller will move with the tide or fight against it.