A look at some Forgotten No More content, this shows the 1924 U.S. Presidential Election. 1924 was a rocky year for the U.S., three states (Kentucky, North Carolina and Tennessee) had risen up in "rebellion" and a horde of other states had denounced the government of Fiorello la Guardia while maintaining their loyalty to the U.S.
The United States abandoned the Electoral College via the amendment process in the 1910s, replacing it with a two-round popular vote system wherein a majority of the PV was needed to win. If no candidate received a majority, a run-off was held between the top two vote getters. This was the last election held under the First Constitution of the United States. By 1924, the country was in severe crisis and on the verge of total collapse. Since 1912, there had been three elections but six Presidents. Three had been assassinated (Andrei Rabinovich, the first secular and jewish President, elected in 1912 and assassinated in 1915; W.E.B. Du Bois, the first black President, elected in 1920 and assassinated at his inauguration; and Willis C. Hawley, Du Bois VP who technically ascended to the Presidency upon Du Bois's death, but who succumbed to injuries from the same incident which killed Du Bois a short time thereafter). The chaos has been attributed by historians to a trifecta of rapid change that occurred in the U.S. at the end of the 19th century: massive and somewhat equitable economic growth; widespread social justice reform; and increasing centralization in the federal government and the executive (in particular) with little pushback from SCOTUS. Oscar Underwood ended up becoming President following the deaths of Du Bois and Hawley, but Director of Public Relations Jo Sugarsville increasingly became the voice of the administration by way of the Bureau of Public Relations. Underwood would resign in 1924 under pressure from Workers Party leadership that had fallen under Sugarsville's sway, replaced by his VP Fiorello La Guardia, who was meant to be a figurehead.
The Federalists united behind intellectual giant Nicholas Murray Butler and his calls for a Second Constitutional Convention. But the Workers splintered, many opposed Sugarsville's camp (the hardliners) who had grown increasingly authoritarian and were calling for bloody stamping out of the rebellious states. Sugarsville won the Workers Party's mainline nomination, but splinter tickets appeared, sending the election into chaos. The First Round was met with bloody and violent conflict across various states (Iowa's first round results were "thrown out" after severe irregularities) but from the chaos emerged Butler and Sugarsville. The Director and former Vice-President used the month leading up to the run-off to push for more chaos, even endorsing violence at the polls in the name of "protecting liberty and America." Oddly enough, he gave his final national broadcast on October 31, 1924, two days prior to Run-Off Election Day. All the Workers splinter groups coalesced behind the Federalist ticket, denouncing the power grab and authoritarianism of Sugarsville.
Butler won the run-off in extraordinary fashion, taking over 60% of the vote and winning all but three states. It would be revealed only after the run-off results were known that Sugarsville had been placed on house arrest by President La Guardia facing charges of conspiracy against the United States. The extent of Sugarsville's crimes would be slowly leaked to the press, but Sugarsville would never face a jury - he hung himself on New Years Day.
The United States abandoned the Electoral College via the amendment process in the 1910s, replacing it with a two-round popular vote system wherein a majority of the PV was needed to win. If no candidate received a majority, a run-off was held between the top two vote getters. This was the last election held under the First Constitution of the United States. By 1924, the country was in severe crisis and on the verge of total collapse. Since 1912, there had been three elections but six Presidents. Three had been assassinated (Andrei Rabinovich, the first secular and jewish President, elected in 1912 and assassinated in 1915; W.E.B. Du Bois, the first black President, elected in 1920 and assassinated at his inauguration; and Willis C. Hawley, Du Bois VP who technically ascended to the Presidency upon Du Bois's death, but who succumbed to injuries from the same incident which killed Du Bois a short time thereafter). The chaos has been attributed by historians to a trifecta of rapid change that occurred in the U.S. at the end of the 19th century: massive and somewhat equitable economic growth; widespread social justice reform; and increasing centralization in the federal government and the executive (in particular) with little pushback from SCOTUS. Oscar Underwood ended up becoming President following the deaths of Du Bois and Hawley, but Director of Public Relations Jo Sugarsville increasingly became the voice of the administration by way of the Bureau of Public Relations. Underwood would resign in 1924 under pressure from Workers Party leadership that had fallen under Sugarsville's sway, replaced by his VP Fiorello La Guardia, who was meant to be a figurehead.
The Federalists united behind intellectual giant Nicholas Murray Butler and his calls for a Second Constitutional Convention. But the Workers splintered, many opposed Sugarsville's camp (the hardliners) who had grown increasingly authoritarian and were calling for bloody stamping out of the rebellious states. Sugarsville won the Workers Party's mainline nomination, but splinter tickets appeared, sending the election into chaos. The First Round was met with bloody and violent conflict across various states (Iowa's first round results were "thrown out" after severe irregularities) but from the chaos emerged Butler and Sugarsville. The Director and former Vice-President used the month leading up to the run-off to push for more chaos, even endorsing violence at the polls in the name of "protecting liberty and America." Oddly enough, he gave his final national broadcast on October 31, 1924, two days prior to Run-Off Election Day. All the Workers splinter groups coalesced behind the Federalist ticket, denouncing the power grab and authoritarianism of Sugarsville.
Butler won the run-off in extraordinary fashion, taking over 60% of the vote and winning all but three states. It would be revealed only after the run-off results were known that Sugarsville had been placed on house arrest by President La Guardia facing charges of conspiracy against the United States. The extent of Sugarsville's crimes would be slowly leaked to the press, but Sugarsville would never face a jury - he hung himself on New Years Day.
First Round
Second Round