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Indeed. Old folks club, more or less.

If you had held the election in 1959, most Americans would have easily elected Vice President Richard Nixon into the highest office in the land; but by 1960, things were changing. Some of the great economic prosperity of the 1950s was beginning to wear off, Cuba was under the throes of communist...

rattles around the bottom of the barrel Here's some alternate sports teams from my WIP timeline, The Yanks and Feds (otherwise called TL-1851). The National Football League (NFL), which plays American Gridiron Football. Next, the American Baseball League (ABL), which plays... well...

Incorrect. The Crown works in such a manner that it assumes all potential monarchs are living until the crown reaches them. If Edward VIII reigned until 1972 and had no children, the crown would have legally passed to Elizabeth Mountbatten, Duchess of Edinburgh; then to her children...

Nah, they only replaced half of it with tomatoes. :P

Walkin’ Lawton was most certainly not unpopular.

The Land of Freedom more likely, since Hitler did invent the PC in that one.

The Yanks and Feds, Part II 28 - 1970 - 1974: Edmund Brown (Christian Democratic) "The people have Venezuela have spoken, and now I shall enforce it." Edmund Brown took office in a quiet lull of American democracy. The transitioning American Republic continued to move slowly towards...

This is something I’ve been doodling on for a few months. Decided to finally post it. The Yanks and the Feds 13 - 1853 - 1857: Millard Filmore / William A. Graham (Whig) In the 1852 presidential election, despite his mounting unpopularity and the growing slavery debate, Millard Filmore was...

Assuming you're talking about the similarly-aged Princesses Sophia and Victoria of Germany... they're Edward VII's nieces, because their mother is Edward's elder sister. That's far too close of a blood relation for 19th century Britain, even for royals. It'll be two generations before any...

Such a situation would never arise. Without Alien Space Bats to turn the United States into a collective of drooling idiots, or mismanagement of the front so badly that it would make the Italian army look like masterful strategists, the US would have commenced a build up of their armed forces...

You know, such a problem didn't cross my mind? Use whatever handwavium you want to justify that ticket. :P

I actually wrote this some time ago in my test thread, decided to finally post it. While John McCain does make an appearance in this list, I would note that the man was still alive when I wrote this. 1953 - 1961: EISENHOWER, Dwight D. / NIXON, Richard M. (Republican) 1952 def. STEVENSON, Adlai...

How are fradulent elections typically conducted? In the case of this one, you've got a party that controls the government of most of Germany's provinces, one party who is literally the only electable party in all of Bavaria, and the FDP merging together to form a monolithic party. Combine this...

The 2005 German election was a rigged contest, yes.

Briefly First Secretary of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan, removed from office for "rightist excess" and forced into retirement. Died as a mere footnote in history.

This thread already serves the purpose of those leaders. And before anybody says it doesn't--I explicitly changed the thread name to suit all leaders and was told to change it back. :P

Let’s not white wash Canadian atrocities against the First Nations.

This is one gorgeous story that piques the nerd in me’s interest.

Andrei Shkuro is specifically pursuing a foreign policy aimed at unraveling the Anglo-Japanese network of alliances, this means courting fundamentalist nationalists in India, nationalists in South America, and right-wing movements all over the place.