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Tim Thomason - Mirror Universe
Mirror Universe:
I'm sure this has been done before. My take, killing all butterflies while I'm at it:
1. George Washington / George Clinton (I; 1789-1797)
2. Thomas Jefferson / John Adams (DR; 1797-1801)
3. John Adams / Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (F; 1801-1809)
4. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney / Rufus King (F; 1809-1817)
5. Rufus King / John Eager Howard (F; 1817-1825)
6. Andrew Jackson / John C. Calhoun (D; 1825-1829)
7. John Quincy Adams / [Richard Rush / John Sergeant] (NR; 1829-1837)
8. William Henry Harrison / Francis Granger (W; 1837-1841)
9. Martin Van Buren / Richard Mentor Johnson (D; 1841) - Van Buren died after giving a long speech in New York, thus starting the so-called "Curse of Kinderhook"
10. Richard Mentor Johnson / vacant (I; 1841-1845) - Johnson was expelled from the party for moral issues
11. Henry Clay / Theodore Frelinghuysen (W; 1845-1849)
12. Lewis Cass / William O. Butler (D; 1849-1850) - Cass died under mysterious circumstances
13. William O. Butler / vacant (D; 1850-1853)
14. Winfield Scott / William A. Graham (W; 1853-1857)
15. John C. Frémont / William L. Dayton (R; 1857-1861)
16. John C. Breckinridge / [Joseph Lane / George H. Pendleton] (D; 1861-1865) - assassinated by a Northern secessionist actor at the end of the Civil War
17. George H. Pendleton / vacant (D; 1865-1869) - first President to be impeached, for being a Peace Democrat in a Congress composed of War Democrats
18. Horatio Seymour / [Francis P. Blair, Jr. / Benjamin Gratz Brown] (D; 1869-1877)
19. Samuel J. Tilden / Thomas A. Hendricks (D; 1877-1881) - Hayes should've won this, but, you know, politics
20. Winfield Scott Hancock / William Hayden English (D; 1881) - assassinated by a former subordinate and angry war veteran
21. William Hayden English / vacant (D; 1881-1885)
22. James G. Blaine / [John A. Logan / vacant] (R; 1885-1889)
23. Grover Cleveland / Allen G. Thruman (D; 1889-1893)
24. Benjamin Harrison / Whitelaw Reid (R; 1893-1897) - I was going to have Blaine run again here fulfilling the non-consecutive quota - but his death kind of ruined that.
25. William Jennings Bryan / [Arthur Sewall / vacant / Adlai Stevenson I] (D; 1897-1901) - assassinated by a Gold Standard anarchist
26. Adlai Stevenson I / [vacant / Henry G. Davis] (D; 1901-1909) - good ol' Adlai and his manly mustache
27. George Gray / John W. Kern (D; 1909-1913)
28. Theodore Roosevelt / Hiram Johnson (R; 1913-1921) - his malaria plagued him in the final years in the White House, when many considered Edith Roosevelt the Caretaker President
29. James M. Cox / Franklin D. Roosevelt (D; 1921-1923) - died of an upset stomach or something. Not killed.
30. Franklin D. Roosevelt / [vacant / Charles W. Bryan] (D; 1923-1929)
31. Al Smith / Joseph Taylor Robinson (D; 1929-1933)
32. Herbert Hoover / [Charles Curtis / vacant / Frank Knox / Charles L. McNary / vacant / John W. Bricker] (R; 1933-1945) - worked himself to death after ending Smith's Great Depression and getting us into World War II
33. John W. Bricker / [vacant / Earl Warren] (R; 1945-1953) - famous for the "Truman Defeats Bricker" image
34. Adlai Stevenson II / John Sparkman (D; 1953-1961)
35. Richard Nixon / Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R; 1961-1963) - assassinated by an lone Communist
36. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. / [vacant / William E. Miller] (R; 1963-1969) - lost the South for a generation due to his support of civil rights reform (not that they really had it, though...)
37. Hubert Humphrey / [Ed Muskie / vacant / Sargent Shriver] (D; 1969-1974) - resigned from office after scandal around the riots in Chicago
38. Sargent Shriver / [vacant / Thomas Eagleton] (D; 1974-1977)
39. Gerald Ford / Bob Dole (R; 1977-1981) - was weakened in 1980 by a primary challenge from conservative icon Ronald Reagan.
40. Jimmy Carter / Walter Mondale (D; 1981-1989)
41. Michael Dukakis / Lloyd Bentsen (D; 1989-1993)
42. George Bush / Dan Quayle (R; 1993-2001)
43. Al Gore / Joe Lieberman (D; 2001-2009)
44. John McCain / Sarah Palin (R; 2009-2017) - VP Palin known for her lovable gaffes
45. Hillary Clinton / Tim Kaine (D; 2017- )
I'm sure this has been done before. My take, killing all butterflies while I'm at it:
1. George Washington / George Clinton (I; 1789-1797)
2. Thomas Jefferson / John Adams (DR; 1797-1801)
3. John Adams / Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (F; 1801-1809)
4. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney / Rufus King (F; 1809-1817)
5. Rufus King / John Eager Howard (F; 1817-1825)
6. Andrew Jackson / John C. Calhoun (D; 1825-1829)
7. John Quincy Adams / [Richard Rush / John Sergeant] (NR; 1829-1837)
8. William Henry Harrison / Francis Granger (W; 1837-1841)
9. Martin Van Buren / Richard Mentor Johnson (D; 1841) - Van Buren died after giving a long speech in New York, thus starting the so-called "Curse of Kinderhook"
10. Richard Mentor Johnson / vacant (I; 1841-1845) - Johnson was expelled from the party for moral issues
11. Henry Clay / Theodore Frelinghuysen (W; 1845-1849)
12. Lewis Cass / William O. Butler (D; 1849-1850) - Cass died under mysterious circumstances
13. William O. Butler / vacant (D; 1850-1853)
14. Winfield Scott / William A. Graham (W; 1853-1857)
15. John C. Frémont / William L. Dayton (R; 1857-1861)
16. John C. Breckinridge / [Joseph Lane / George H. Pendleton] (D; 1861-1865) - assassinated by a Northern secessionist actor at the end of the Civil War
17. George H. Pendleton / vacant (D; 1865-1869) - first President to be impeached, for being a Peace Democrat in a Congress composed of War Democrats
18. Horatio Seymour / [Francis P. Blair, Jr. / Benjamin Gratz Brown] (D; 1869-1877)
19. Samuel J. Tilden / Thomas A. Hendricks (D; 1877-1881) - Hayes should've won this, but, you know, politics
20. Winfield Scott Hancock / William Hayden English (D; 1881) - assassinated by a former subordinate and angry war veteran
21. William Hayden English / vacant (D; 1881-1885)
22. James G. Blaine / [John A. Logan / vacant] (R; 1885-1889)
23. Grover Cleveland / Allen G. Thruman (D; 1889-1893)
24. Benjamin Harrison / Whitelaw Reid (R; 1893-1897) - I was going to have Blaine run again here fulfilling the non-consecutive quota - but his death kind of ruined that.
25. William Jennings Bryan / [Arthur Sewall / vacant / Adlai Stevenson I] (D; 1897-1901) - assassinated by a Gold Standard anarchist
26. Adlai Stevenson I / [vacant / Henry G. Davis] (D; 1901-1909) - good ol' Adlai and his manly mustache
27. George Gray / John W. Kern (D; 1909-1913)
28. Theodore Roosevelt / Hiram Johnson (R; 1913-1921) - his malaria plagued him in the final years in the White House, when many considered Edith Roosevelt the Caretaker President
29. James M. Cox / Franklin D. Roosevelt (D; 1921-1923) - died of an upset stomach or something. Not killed.
30. Franklin D. Roosevelt / [vacant / Charles W. Bryan] (D; 1923-1929)
31. Al Smith / Joseph Taylor Robinson (D; 1929-1933)
32. Herbert Hoover / [Charles Curtis / vacant / Frank Knox / Charles L. McNary / vacant / John W. Bricker] (R; 1933-1945) - worked himself to death after ending Smith's Great Depression and getting us into World War II
33. John W. Bricker / [vacant / Earl Warren] (R; 1945-1953) - famous for the "Truman Defeats Bricker" image
34. Adlai Stevenson II / John Sparkman (D; 1953-1961)
35. Richard Nixon / Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R; 1961-1963) - assassinated by an lone Communist
36. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. / [vacant / William E. Miller] (R; 1963-1969) - lost the South for a generation due to his support of civil rights reform (not that they really had it, though...)
37. Hubert Humphrey / [Ed Muskie / vacant / Sargent Shriver] (D; 1969-1974) - resigned from office after scandal around the riots in Chicago
38. Sargent Shriver / [vacant / Thomas Eagleton] (D; 1974-1977)
39. Gerald Ford / Bob Dole (R; 1977-1981) - was weakened in 1980 by a primary challenge from conservative icon Ronald Reagan.
40. Jimmy Carter / Walter Mondale (D; 1981-1989)
41. Michael Dukakis / Lloyd Bentsen (D; 1989-1993)
42. George Bush / Dan Quayle (R; 1993-2001)
43. Al Gore / Joe Lieberman (D; 2001-2009)
44. John McCain / Sarah Palin (R; 2009-2017) - VP Palin known for her lovable gaffes
45. Hillary Clinton / Tim Kaine (D; 2017- )
- Tim Thomason
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