Ford was also a pacifist. He didn't even want to put FMC's massive industry behind the US war effort after Pearl Harbor. That was arranged behind his back by his son Edsel. So it's most likely he didn't want to construct industry that could be repurposed in a country still fighting a civil war.
I agree there would have to be some earlier POD to make such a thing possible. Even then I still don't see the US going to war with the British over it. Especially, right after a long Civil War with the south still in disarray and unreliable.
he had successors sure. The problem is that there were too many of them, and no one had the influence to pull all or even most of the others support. The result would be a power struggle amongst the Republics Generals and political leaders.
At best a divided and disorganized Republican...
At large state elections would be far less biased. If you use a closed party-list proportional ticket for states with more than one representative. This would also open the way for smaller parties, effectively breaking the two party deadlock of current American politics. Such a system would...