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The 1995 Soviet Union presidential election took place on 14 March and was the second election to the Presidency of the Soviet Union. It was the first democratic election held in Soviet history. Incumbent President Mikhail Gorbachev of the Communist Party won 55% of the popular vote and defeated nearly two dozen candidates. Despite the vast field of candidates, only four of them would win more than 10% of the vote: Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Zhirinovski, and Gennady Zyuganov.
In a world where Mexico became the main base of the LDS Church instead of Utah:
George Wilcken Romney (July 8, 1907– July 26, 1995) was a Mexican religious leader and writer who served as the tenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1968 until his death in 1992. He was the nephew of former church president George S. Romney and was the father of the current LDS church president, Willard Romney.Romney was named to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1967 when Agricol Lonazo (the first indigenous Mexican to become president of the Church) was the church's president. When Smith became president of the LDS Church after the assassination of Lonazo by an anti-foreign radical, he was 61 years of age. Romney's tenure as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles from 1968 to 1995 is the second-longest in church history.
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Romney spent some of his years among the Twelve Apostles as the Church Historian and Stenographer. He was a religious scholar and a prolific stenographer-turned-writer. Many of his works are used as references for church members. Doctrinally, Romney was known for his progressiveness in his views on race and for reforming the Church in small ways.
A native of Mexico City, Nelson attended the Universidad Iberoamericana for his undergraduate and law school education. He then did his law residency and earned a Ph.D. at the Autonomous University of Mexico State, where he became a class leader and had very high grades. He spent the next 18 years working in the field of being a lawyer. Romney eventually served as president of the Mexican Law Society.
Romney served in a variety of lay LDS leadership positions during his law career, beginning locally in Mexico City and then as the LDS Church's Sunday School General President from 1977 to 1979. In 1984, Romney and the Mexican jurist Dallin H. Oaks were selected to fill two vacancies in the LDS Church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. LDS apostles serve full-time for life, and so Romney retired from all of his prior professional positions.
The causes of the 50 years war are innumerate, however two causes in particular can be singled out as the biggest contributors. The first is the solidification of feudalism of most star systems under various Jedi Lords in the aftermath of the Thousand Year of Darkness. Second, and more immediately was the Fifth Great Schism. Unlike previous schisms amongst the Jedi this was not light versus dark, rather each side sought to serve the light side in their own way. Under the teachings of Count Dooku and Djinn Altis the dissenters, as they soon became known as, rejected the Order's 4 millennia ban on marriage, 1 master-1 Padawn, and viewed non-force sensitives as incapable of self-governance. These religious differences had been brewing for some time until they exploded in 35 BBY when Count Dooku read to the House of Lords his Rivers of Darkness speech wherein he declared that reforms put forth by High Lord Yoda would trample the ancient rights entitled to Jedi Lords, that the decay of the Jedi order would lead to the triumph of the Sith, and the secession of thousands like minded lords and their systems.
Initially the conflict featured just the Republic and the newly formed Confederacy of Independent Demeses. The Republic sought to bring the wayward systems back under control whereas Dooku merely sought for the right secede and to practice their sect in peace. The Republic initially had the upper hand and was generally on the offensive for the first 10 years of the war. However progress was slow due to small size of the pre-war Republican army and practice of exchanging Jedi prisoners (which would continue between both sides until the end of the war). Initial Confederate strategy focused on staving off the Republic's advances until Dooku's gamble paid off.
At the start of the conflict Dooku traveled to Kamino where he leveraged the vast wealth of the CID to finance the creation of a clone army. The largest the Galaxy had ever seen. While Kamnioan cloning was universally regarded as the best in the galaxy, it did have the considerable drawback of needing 10 years to come to fruition.
The emergence of the Clone Army would draw out the third side: The Sith. In 21 BBY with the Clone Army ready for deployment, Dooku selected Naboo as the stage on which the clones would mark their entrance. He committed 15 Jedi legions and 100 clone legions. Naboo was selected because the more worldly dissenters were more adept in detecting subtle disturbances in the force. Dissenter Watchmen had been dispatched in the months prior and had reported that the native Gugan species had been twisted and bent into slaves of the dark side. Dooku feared it was the Sith's doing. It was.
The battle of Naboo lead to the reveal of Darth Sidious to the galaxy at large. Seeing no further use in subtle methods he fled Naboo and railled his allies before declaring the formation of a Galactic Empire. He used the considerable Droid armies of his various commercial servants to form the basis of his dark crusade.
The board was set and all players were ready for the conflict that would dwarf all previous galactic wars combined.
*no battle of Yavin occurs in this TL. The usage of BBY and ABY are for reader reference.
The 1885 United Kingdom general election was held from 24 November to 18 December 1885. This was the first general election after an extension of the franchise and redistribution of seats, for the first time seeing a majority of adult males entitled to vote and introducing single-representative constituencies for all seats. The Liberals, led by Lord Hartington, had governed since 1880 with the support of the Irish Parliamentary Party but had fallen in June 1884 over the question of internment in Ireland. Conservative leader Lord Salisbury had led a minority government for the subsequent 17 months before calling an election. He sought to exploit divisions in the Liberals over Irish Home Rule to win a majority for the Conservatives.
The election saw the Liberals win the most seats but the Conservatives gain the most votes, although both were far from an overall majority. As the Irish Nationalists held the balance of power, the stage was set for a culmination of the debate on Home Rule. Parnell, the Irish parliamentary leader, agreed to support Hartington in his return to office but also successfully played him off against Salisbury on a case by case basis. This led directly to the cross-party talks which resulted in the passage of the Government of Ireland Act 1886.
Yes, this is another "Home Rule passes and good things ensue" TL from me. I'm trying to take it in a different direction from my other ones though and will post stuff here until I work out the kinks... As ever, any comments/abuse is welcome.
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The election saw the Liberals win the most seats but the Conservatives gain the most votes, although both were far from an overall majority. As the Irish Nationalists held the balance of power, the stage was set for a culmination of the debate on Home Rule. Parnell, the Irish parliamentary leader, agreed to support Hartington in his return to office but also successfully played him off against Salisbury on a case by case basis. This led directly to the cross-party talks which resulted in the passage of the Government of Ireland Act 1886.
Yes, this is another "Home Rule passes and good things ensue" TL from me. I'm trying to take it in a different direction from my other ones though and will post stuff here until I work out the kinks... As ever, any comments/abuse is welcome.
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What A Difference A Blizzard Can Make- Part 1
The 1904 United States presidential election was the 30th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1904. Republican writer and humorist Mark Twain defeated the Democratic nominee, William Randolph Hearst. Twain's victory made him the first president elected without any significant prior government or military experience.
Twain succeeded President John Hay, who as Secretary of State, took office in April 1903 when a freak blizzard killed President Theodore Roosevelt while he was visiting the Rocky Mountains. Roosevelt himself was serving due to the assassination of his predecessor, William McKinley. Hay was not nearly as popular as Roosevelt and presided over a divided and leaderless Republican Party. Hay attempted to seek the nomination in 1904, but was opposed by those espousing Roosevelt's brand of progressivism, who preferred prominent imperialist Senator Albert J. Beveridge. Hay also faced a disorganized opposition from the anti-imperialist wing of the party. With the convention dragging into dozens of ballots, that faction put forward famous writer Twain's name for the nomination. Not expecting to receive the nomination but grateful for the honor, Twain halfheartedly allowed himself to be nominated. With Hay weakening with each successive ballot and with his faction eager to stop the ambitious Beveridge, many defected to Twain, hoping his charisma and widespread personal popularity would help the greatly weakened GOP in the general election. On the 46th ballot, Twain received the nomination in one of the largest upsets of the pre-primary era. He selected Iowa senator and uncontroversial progressive John P. Dolliver as his running mate.
On the other side of the aisle, the Democratic Party was also deeply divided. The conservative Bourbon Democrat allies of former President Grover Cleveland were in a deadlock with the allies of William Jennings Bryan. Ultimately, a deal was made where one of Bryan's scions, newspaper magnate and U.S. Representative William Randolph Hearst was nominated for president with former Secretary of State Richard Olney serving as the vice presidential nominee.
Despite both candidates having similar policy positions, especially on organized labor and the economy, the campaign was divisive and contentious. Hearst argued Twain was inexperienced, not serious enough, and too old for the strain of the presidency, as well as a radical on civil rights and immigration. Twain called Hearst a demagogue based on his own conservative stances on civil rights and immigration, as well as his avowed support for imperialism. Towards the end of the campaign, Twain famously declared in a speech and letter that the millionaire Hearst was a charlatan for insinuating that he was a champion of the working class. Twain defeated Hearst by a moderate margin in the popular vote, but only lost two states outside the South. Two third-party candidates, Eugene V. Debs of the Socialist Party and Silas C. Swallow of the Prohibition Party, each took over 1% of the popular vote. High turnout resulted in the largest electorate at that point in American history. With Twain's landslide victory in the electoral college, he became the first presidential candidate ever to receive at least 300 electoral votes.
The 1904 United States presidential election was the 30th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1904. Republican writer and humorist Mark Twain defeated the Democratic nominee, William Randolph Hearst. Twain's victory made him the first president elected without any significant prior government or military experience.
Twain succeeded President John Hay, who as Secretary of State, took office in April 1903 when a freak blizzard killed President Theodore Roosevelt while he was visiting the Rocky Mountains. Roosevelt himself was serving due to the assassination of his predecessor, William McKinley. Hay was not nearly as popular as Roosevelt and presided over a divided and leaderless Republican Party. Hay attempted to seek the nomination in 1904, but was opposed by those espousing Roosevelt's brand of progressivism, who preferred prominent imperialist Senator Albert J. Beveridge. Hay also faced a disorganized opposition from the anti-imperialist wing of the party. With the convention dragging into dozens of ballots, that faction put forward famous writer Twain's name for the nomination. Not expecting to receive the nomination but grateful for the honor, Twain halfheartedly allowed himself to be nominated. With Hay weakening with each successive ballot and with his faction eager to stop the ambitious Beveridge, many defected to Twain, hoping his charisma and widespread personal popularity would help the greatly weakened GOP in the general election. On the 46th ballot, Twain received the nomination in one of the largest upsets of the pre-primary era. He selected Iowa senator and uncontroversial progressive John P. Dolliver as his running mate.
On the other side of the aisle, the Democratic Party was also deeply divided. The conservative Bourbon Democrat allies of former President Grover Cleveland were in a deadlock with the allies of William Jennings Bryan. Ultimately, a deal was made where one of Bryan's scions, newspaper magnate and U.S. Representative William Randolph Hearst was nominated for president with former Secretary of State Richard Olney serving as the vice presidential nominee.
Despite both candidates having similar policy positions, especially on organized labor and the economy, the campaign was divisive and contentious. Hearst argued Twain was inexperienced, not serious enough, and too old for the strain of the presidency, as well as a radical on civil rights and immigration. Twain called Hearst a demagogue based on his own conservative stances on civil rights and immigration, as well as his avowed support for imperialism. Towards the end of the campaign, Twain famously declared in a speech and letter that the millionaire Hearst was a charlatan for insinuating that he was a champion of the working class. Twain defeated Hearst by a moderate margin in the popular vote, but only lost two states outside the South. Two third-party candidates, Eugene V. Debs of the Socialist Party and Silas C. Swallow of the Prohibition Party, each took over 1% of the popular vote. High turnout resulted in the largest electorate at that point in American history. With Twain's landslide victory in the electoral college, he became the first presidential candidate ever to receive at least 300 electoral votes.
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A little nitpick but Frye wouldn't have been next in line of succession, it would have been Secretary of State Hay. After the 1886 Succession Act the line of succession was amended to go to the Secretary of State instead of Senate President Pro Tempore.
I know! I just checked that right now and I'm pissed lol, I'm gonna edit it
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Kennedy directed several movies and tv series during his lifetime including In Harm's Way (1965), George Washington (1987), Midway (1976),The Professionals (1966), and A Bridge Too Far (1977). Kennedy has won many Oscars including Best Actor in 1962 and 1971, Best Director in 1976, and Best Supporting Actor in 1987.
OK, I know this looks ridiculous (the Romanov-Windsors… in New Zealand?!) but hear me out.
The idea in this little series is to enthrone members of the royal family with a connection to the country in question. The choices for Canada and Australia were simple enough: Prince Arthur was Governor General of Canada, and Prince George was appointed Governor General of Australia but died before he could take the post (that happened after the POD, but hey). But New Zealand didn't have the luxury of having a royal Governor General, so I had to look farther afield.
The figure I honed in on was Queen Victoria's second son: Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha— the first member of the royal family to visit New Zealand (and Australia). Unfortunately he was very much dead by 1931, as was his only son, while all his daughters had married into royal families. But Victoria Melita married into the Russian royal family— meaning she would have no on-going concerns at this time.
Beyond her lineage, though, there's other reasons that the UK might offer her the new crown. Victoria had pleaded with George to evacuate the Romanovs, and to back the White Russians in the civil war; perhaps George might propose her as a candidate as a sort of apology ("I'll make sure her son gets a throne"). The government might like the idea as a way to get those troublesome Romanovs— her husband, Grand Duke Kyril, was proclaiming himself the rightful emperor of Russia and causing various diplomatic headaches— out of Europe. And Victoria had become paranoid for her son's safety and grown accustomed to the countryside, so perhaps a change of scenery would be to her liking.
Now, is this still a stretch? Yeah, probably (it's one thing to enjoy the scenic French countryside; it's another to move to New Zealand). But look, a man can only sift through royal genealogies for so long.
The 1892 United Kingdom general election was held from 13 July to 7 August 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats and the Liberals, led by Lord Devonshire, earn the greatest number of votes, with neither party capable of forming a majority. The election also saw the vote for Joseph Chamberlain's Radical Party return them 45 MPs as a significant force, while the Irish Unionist Alliance made a breakthrough and both the Irish National League and the Irish National Federation gained seats following the split in the Irish Parliamentary Party in the wake of Parnell's fall from grace and death in 1891.
The Liberals had been in government since 1885 led by Lord Devonshire (Lord Hartington before 1891) but had come under increasing strain in recent years owing to internal splits between the party's Whiggish, Gladstonian and Radical factions. Chamberlain and his allies had formally withdrawn from the Liberals in January 1892 and set themselves up as a rival party following an unprecedented fundraising campaign. Basing their internal machinery on that of the IPP under Parnell, Chamberlain exercised near-total control over the party and its candidates. He forced a vote of no confidence in Devonshire's government on the assumption that the Radicals would hold the balance of power in the subsequent parliament. However, while the Radicals performed well in getting their candidates elected, the collapse in the Liberal vote and the reduction in the number of Irish MPs meant that there was no viable governing coalition with the Liberals at the head.
The Conservatives also lost votes, mainly to the Radicals in England, Wales and Scotland and to the newly-founded Irish Unionist Alliance in Ireland. The Alliance established itself as a major player in British politics, while the former IPP was split between Parnellite and anti-Parnellite factions. On hearing the results, Devonshire resigned and advised the Queen to call for Salisbury. Eventually, Salisbury was able to put together a coalition comprising his Conservatives, the Irish National Federation, the Alliance and the Radicals. This proved an unstable formulation, however, and collapsed after only 18 months. This precipitated an election in 1894, at which the Liberals were returned at the head of a majority government.
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The Liberals had been in government since 1885 led by Lord Devonshire (Lord Hartington before 1891) but had come under increasing strain in recent years owing to internal splits between the party's Whiggish, Gladstonian and Radical factions. Chamberlain and his allies had formally withdrawn from the Liberals in January 1892 and set themselves up as a rival party following an unprecedented fundraising campaign. Basing their internal machinery on that of the IPP under Parnell, Chamberlain exercised near-total control over the party and its candidates. He forced a vote of no confidence in Devonshire's government on the assumption that the Radicals would hold the balance of power in the subsequent parliament. However, while the Radicals performed well in getting their candidates elected, the collapse in the Liberal vote and the reduction in the number of Irish MPs meant that there was no viable governing coalition with the Liberals at the head.
The Conservatives also lost votes, mainly to the Radicals in England, Wales and Scotland and to the newly-founded Irish Unionist Alliance in Ireland. The Alliance established itself as a major player in British politics, while the former IPP was split between Parnellite and anti-Parnellite factions. On hearing the results, Devonshire resigned and advised the Queen to call for Salisbury. Eventually, Salisbury was able to put together a coalition comprising his Conservatives, the Irish National Federation, the Alliance and the Radicals. This proved an unstable formulation, however, and collapsed after only 18 months. This precipitated an election in 1894, at which the Liberals were returned at the head of a majority government.
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