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Lilac - Next-In-Line
So for once this is, excitingly enough, an OTL list - all compiled and neatly formatted is a list of, at any given moment, the person who was one life away from the Presidency, be they a Vice President, or a Senator, Cabinet member, or Representative filling in, or, uh, a vacancy.
By all means, feel free to use any of the possibilities that aren't HENRY A WALLACE MAD HENRY A WALLACE SMASH
Next-In-Line
1789-1797: John Adams (Federalist)
1797-1801: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1801-1805: Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican)
1805-1812: George Clinton† (Democratic-Republican)
1812-1813: William Harris Crawford (Democratic-Republican)
1813-1814: Elbridge Gerry† (Democratic-Republican)
1814-1814: Langdon Cheves (Democratic-Republican)
1814-1817: John Gaillard (Democratic-Republican)
1817-1825: Daniel Tompkins (Democratic-Republican)
1825-1828: John C. Calhoun (Democratic-Republican)
1828-1832: John C. Calhoun* (Nullifier)
1832-1833: Hugh Lawson White (Democratic)
1833-1837: Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
1837-1841: Richard Mentor Johnson (Democratic)
1841-1841: John Tyler^ (Whig)
1841-1842: Samuel L. Southard (Whig)
1842-1845: Willie Person Mangum (Whig)
1845-1849: George M. Dallas (Democratic)
1849-1850: Millard Fillmore^ (Whig)
1850-1850: VACANCY
1850-1852: William R. King (Democratic)
1852-1853: David R. Atchison (Democratic)
1853-1853: William R. King† (Democratic)
1853-1854: David R. Atchison (Democratic)
1854-1854: Lewis Cass (Democratic)
1854-1856: Jesse D. Bright (Democratic)
1856-1856: Charles E. Stuart (Democratic)
1856-1857: Jesse D. Bright (Democratic)
1857-1857: James M. Mason (Democratic)
1857-1861: John C. Breckinridge (Democratic)
1861-1865: Hannibal Hamlin (Republican)
1865-1865: Andrew Johnson^ (National Union)
1865-1867: Lafayette S. Foster (Republican)
1867-1869: Benjamin F. Wade (Republican)
1869-1873: Schuyler Colfax (Republican)
1873-1875: Henry Wilson† (Republican)
1875-1877: Thomas W. Ferry (Republican)
1877-1881: William A. Wheeler (Republican)
1881-1881: Chester A. Arthur^ (Republican)
1881-1881: VACANCY
1881-1881: Thomas F. Bayard (Democratic)
1881-1885: David Davis (Independent)
1885-1885: Thomas A. Hendricks† (Democratic)
1885-1885: VACANCY
1885-1886: John Sherman (Republican)
1886-1889: Thomas F. Bayard (Democratic)
1889-1893: Levi P. Morton (Republican)
1893-1897: Adlai E. Stevenson I (Democratic)
1897-1899: Garret A. Hobart† (Republican)
1899-1901: John M. Hay (Republican)
1901-1901: Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.^ (Republican)
1901-1905: John M. Hay (Republican)
1905-1909: Charles W. Fairbanks (Republican)
1909-1912: James S. Sherman† (Republican)
1912-1913: Philander C. Knox (Republican)
1913-1921: Thomas R. Marshall (Democratic)
1921-1923: J. Calvin Coolidge, Jr.^ (Republican)
1923-1925: Charles E. Hughes (Republican)
1925-1929: Charles G. Dawes (Republican)
1929-1933: Charles Curtis (Republican)
1933-1941: John Nance Garner IV (Democratic)
1941-1945: Henry A. Wallace (Democratic)
1945-1945: Harry S. Truman^ (Democratic)
1945-1945: Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. (Democratic)
1945-1945: Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (Democratic)
1945-1947: James F. Byrnes, Jr. (Democratic)
1947-1947: George C. Marshall, Jr. (Nonpartisan)
1947-1949: Joseph William Martin, Jr. (Republican)
1949-1949: Samuel T. Rayburn (Democratic)
1949-1953: Alben W. Barkley (Democratic)
1953-1961: Richard M. Nixon (Republican)
1961-1963: Lyndon B. Johnson^ (Democratic)
1963-1965: John W. McCormack (Democratic)
1965-1969: Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr. (Democratic)
1969-1973: Spiro T. Agnew* (Republican)
1973-1973: Carl B. Albert (Democratic)
1973-1974: Gerald R. Ford^ (Republican)
1974-1974: Carl B. Albert (Democratic)
1974-1977: Nelson A. Rockefeller (Republican)
1977-1981: Walter F. Mondale (Democratic)
1981-1989: George H. W. Bush (Republican)
1989-1993: J. Danforth Quayle (Republican)
1993-2001: Albert A. Gore, Jr. (Democratic)
2001-2009: Richard B. Cheney (Republican)
2009-2017: Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (Democratic)
2017-: Michael R. Pence (Republican)
Sidenotes-
You could include Tip O'Neill, Hastert, and Pelosi in 1985, 2002, and 2007 if you really want (when the presidential disability clause was invoked for a few hours each time) - but even aside from the fact that the VP acting as President would have to die in a ridiculously short period of time - barring a second death the President would have taken over again in a few hours anyway.
A few neat facts-
Youngest: Breckinridge, 36 [Cheves, 38] - Speaker of the House Howell Cobb would be 34 - except that's actually below the age requirement, which is why we have the vacancy for a few days in 1850
Oldest: Barkley, 75 [McCormack, 74]
Absolute Worst: Idk, Calhoun, Atchison, and Tyler all seem absolutely terrible.
Really weird things: George Marshall is freaking up there, as are Charles Evans Hughes and Lewis Cass (both after they lost). Finally - the only person to be both Acting Vice President and Vice President was William R. King, and almost simultaneously - had Fillmore died in late 1852, King would've been Acting President but also Vice President-elect at the same time. Hardly a boost to a man's ego.
By all means, feel free to use any of the possibilities that aren't HENRY A WALLACE MAD HENRY A WALLACE SMASH
Next-In-Line
1789-1797: John Adams (Federalist)
1797-1801: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
1801-1805: Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican)
1805-1812: George Clinton† (Democratic-Republican)
1812-1813: William Harris Crawford (Democratic-Republican)
1813-1814: Elbridge Gerry† (Democratic-Republican)
1814-1814: Langdon Cheves (Democratic-Republican)
1814-1817: John Gaillard (Democratic-Republican)
1817-1825: Daniel Tompkins (Democratic-Republican)
1825-1828: John C. Calhoun (Democratic-Republican)
1828-1832: John C. Calhoun* (Nullifier)
1832-1833: Hugh Lawson White (Democratic)
1833-1837: Martin Van Buren (Democratic)
1837-1841: Richard Mentor Johnson (Democratic)
1841-1841: John Tyler^ (Whig)
1841-1842: Samuel L. Southard (Whig)
1842-1845: Willie Person Mangum (Whig)
1845-1849: George M. Dallas (Democratic)
1849-1850: Millard Fillmore^ (Whig)
1850-1850: VACANCY
1850-1852: William R. King (Democratic)
1852-1853: David R. Atchison (Democratic)
1853-1853: William R. King† (Democratic)
1853-1854: David R. Atchison (Democratic)
1854-1854: Lewis Cass (Democratic)
1854-1856: Jesse D. Bright (Democratic)
1856-1856: Charles E. Stuart (Democratic)
1856-1857: Jesse D. Bright (Democratic)
1857-1857: James M. Mason (Democratic)
1857-1861: John C. Breckinridge (Democratic)
1861-1865: Hannibal Hamlin (Republican)
1865-1865: Andrew Johnson^ (National Union)
1865-1867: Lafayette S. Foster (Republican)
1867-1869: Benjamin F. Wade (Republican)
1869-1873: Schuyler Colfax (Republican)
1873-1875: Henry Wilson† (Republican)
1875-1877: Thomas W. Ferry (Republican)
1877-1881: William A. Wheeler (Republican)
1881-1881: Chester A. Arthur^ (Republican)
1881-1881: VACANCY
1881-1881: Thomas F. Bayard (Democratic)
1881-1885: David Davis (Independent)
1885-1885: Thomas A. Hendricks† (Democratic)
1885-1885: VACANCY
1885-1886: John Sherman (Republican)
1886-1889: Thomas F. Bayard (Democratic)
1889-1893: Levi P. Morton (Republican)
1893-1897: Adlai E. Stevenson I (Democratic)
1897-1899: Garret A. Hobart† (Republican)
1899-1901: John M. Hay (Republican)
1901-1901: Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.^ (Republican)
1901-1905: John M. Hay (Republican)
1905-1909: Charles W. Fairbanks (Republican)
1909-1912: James S. Sherman† (Republican)
1912-1913: Philander C. Knox (Republican)
1913-1921: Thomas R. Marshall (Democratic)
1921-1923: J. Calvin Coolidge, Jr.^ (Republican)
1923-1925: Charles E. Hughes (Republican)
1925-1929: Charles G. Dawes (Republican)
1929-1933: Charles Curtis (Republican)
1933-1941: John Nance Garner IV (Democratic)
1941-1945: Henry A. Wallace (Democratic)
1945-1945: Harry S. Truman^ (Democratic)
1945-1945: Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. (Democratic)
1945-1945: Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (Democratic)
1945-1947: James F. Byrnes, Jr. (Democratic)
1947-1947: George C. Marshall, Jr. (Nonpartisan)
1947-1949: Joseph William Martin, Jr. (Republican)
1949-1949: Samuel T. Rayburn (Democratic)
1949-1953: Alben W. Barkley (Democratic)
1953-1961: Richard M. Nixon (Republican)
1961-1963: Lyndon B. Johnson^ (Democratic)
1963-1965: John W. McCormack (Democratic)
1965-1969: Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr. (Democratic)
1969-1973: Spiro T. Agnew* (Republican)
1973-1973: Carl B. Albert (Democratic)
1973-1974: Gerald R. Ford^ (Republican)
1974-1974: Carl B. Albert (Democratic)
1974-1977: Nelson A. Rockefeller (Republican)
1977-1981: Walter F. Mondale (Democratic)
1981-1989: George H. W. Bush (Republican)
1989-1993: J. Danforth Quayle (Republican)
1993-2001: Albert A. Gore, Jr. (Democratic)
2001-2009: Richard B. Cheney (Republican)
2009-2017: Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (Democratic)
2017-: Michael R. Pence (Republican)
Sidenotes-
You could include Tip O'Neill, Hastert, and Pelosi in 1985, 2002, and 2007 if you really want (when the presidential disability clause was invoked for a few hours each time) - but even aside from the fact that the VP acting as President would have to die in a ridiculously short period of time - barring a second death the President would have taken over again in a few hours anyway.
A few neat facts-
Youngest: Breckinridge, 36 [Cheves, 38] - Speaker of the House Howell Cobb would be 34 - except that's actually below the age requirement, which is why we have the vacancy for a few days in 1850
Oldest: Barkley, 75 [McCormack, 74]
Absolute Worst: Idk, Calhoun, Atchison, and Tyler all seem absolutely terrible.
Really weird things: George Marshall is freaking up there, as are Charles Evans Hughes and Lewis Cass (both after they lost). Finally - the only person to be both Acting Vice President and Vice President was William R. King, and almost simultaneously - had Fillmore died in late 1852, King would've been Acting President but also Vice President-elect at the same time. Hardly a boost to a man's ego.
- Zaffre
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