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Continuing on the idea of a Breckenridge victory being the POD, here is a possible election map.
My rough outline so far, in chronological order:
1. Buchanan dies in office a few months before the election, Breckenridge assumes office as president
2. Breckenridge narrowly reelected in 1860, minor reports of irregularities in the Ohio and Indiana results are ignored
3. Supreme court rules on Lemmon v. New York in favour of Lemmon, causing massive protest in the northern states, who refuse to enforce the ruling.
4. Residents fron Kentucky crossing state lines to influence the midwestern results and local democratic officials discarding republican ballots is finally revealed to have swung the states of Indiana and ohio in a congressional investigation spearheaded by the Republican party
5. The Republican majority congress votes to impeach Breckenridge over evidence that the president knew and possibly helped coordinate voter fraud. The senate refuses to hold an impeachment trial.
6. Representatives from 12 states sign a document declaring the illegitimacy of the Breckenridge presidency in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. These representatives refuse to attend congress
7. Several officers of the local US military attempt to arrest Breckenridge in DC for "treason against the united states and subversion of the American democratic process". The attempt fails and the officers are found not to have been acting on any higher orders, but the incident still seriously escalates tensions between Washington and the abstaining states
Anyway that's what I have so far,
Thoughts? Realistic, totally asb? Somewhere in the middle?
Continuing on the idea of a Breckenridge victory being the POD, here is a possible election map.
My rough outline so far, in chronological order:
1. Buchanan dies in office a few months before the election, Breckenridge assumes office as president
2. Breckenridge narrowly reelected in 1860, minor reports of irregularities in the Ohio and Indiana results are ignored
3. Supreme court rules on Lemmon v. New York in favour of Lemmon, causing massive protest in the northern states, who refuse to enforce the ruling.
4. Residents fron Kentucky crossing state lines to influence the midwestern results and local democratic officials discarding republican ballots is finally revealed to have swung the states of Indiana and ohio in a congressional investigation spearheaded by the Republican party
5. The Republican majority congress votes to impeach Breckenridge over evidence that the president knew and possibly helped coordinate voter fraud. The senate refuses to hold an impeachment trial.
6. Representatives from 12 states sign a document declaring the illegitimacy of the Breckenridge presidency in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. These representatives refuse to attend congress
7. Several officers of the local US military attempt to arrest Breckenridge in DC for "treason against the united states and subversion of the American democratic process". The attempt fails and the officers are found not to have been acting on any higher orders, but the incident still seriously escalates tensions between Washington and the abstaining states
Anyway that's what I have so far,
Thoughts? Realistic, totally asb? Somewhere in the middle?
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