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Obviously, we all know The Star-Spangled Banner is America's national anthem, but it's actually only been that since 1931, and other songs have since jostled it for position in popularity (and singability :p). The purpose of this poll is to have you choose an alternate; the popular ones will...

I've been inspired by some previous posts, and so I'd like to begin this one to find some fresh ideas. Basically, how can we make Bertrand Russell enter into a succesful political career and eventualy gain the premiership, or at least a high ranking office? What butterflies would this likely...

So, this'll be a slightly different match-up, predicated on three PODs: James Garfield abstains from the RNC, meaning there is no compromise candidate, and Ulysses S. Grant wins the nomination for a third term; John Sherman is made his running mate. Samuel Tilden does not drop out of the...

Obviously something that would NEVER happen in real life or OTL, but that's the fun of it, isn't it? :p In July 1553, King Edward VI dies; subsequently, there are several claimants vying for the throne of England: Lady Jane Grey: Named heir by Edward's dying "Devise for Succession"; the...

...long title, I know, but it describes accurately. :) So, the premise: Woodrow Wilson, no stranger to strokes and ill health, suffers a particularly nasty one a few days after being elected President in November 1912. He lingers for another few days, but dies. The Electoral College, at...

A man calling himself Dimitriy Ioannovich managed to become Tsar of Russia for ten months, from 1605 to 1606. He's even counted legitimately in the offical Tsar counts, which is rather exceptional for a pretender. Your Alternate History Challenge/What-If Point, should you choose to accept it...

Just as it says on the tin, folks; Cleveland went twice non-consecutively (and thus screwed up the presidential count), but who else couldn't done it from this time period? I leave it to you. :)

Just as it says on the tin, folks; Cleveland went twice non-consecutively (and thus screwed up the presidential count), but who else couldn't done it from this time period? I leave it to you. :)

Just as it says on the tin; let's say Villain misses, or is detained before he can shoot Jaures, and his plan is foiled. What then? ;)

In 1880, former president Ulysses S. Grant attempted to gain the nomination of his party of a non-consecutive third term; however, the convention eventually nominated James A. Garfield, the campaign manager of James Sherman (who was also running for the nomination), as a compromise candidate...

OTL Presidential Candidate: Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts. Who would YOU have picked to defeat Bush in 1988? Who would have been the strongest choice? The weakest? The vast majority of these people will be those who ran for President themselves, considered running, or declined...

After Oliver Cromwell's death in 1658, and following Richard Cromwell's disastrous short term as Lord Protector the following year, one man slowly and subtly gained political and military control of England: George Monck. He eventually became completely unopposed; however, despite being the...

Just as it says on the tin; McCarthy seemed to have a lot of momentum at the start of 1968, but RFK and Humphrey joining the race quickly crushed his chances. How do you think (plausibly, folks) he could win either the nomination or both the nomination and the Presidency? ...and what happens...

Forgive me if someone's done this before, but... :) Labour leader John Smith was head of the party, and was widely predicted to gain the premiership before his sudden death from a heart attack in May 1994. If doctors had caught it earlier, or if it even hadn't happened at all... what might've...

It's kind of as it says on the title; in October or November 1945, just before he's due to return to Washington to replace George Marshall as Chief of Staff of the Army, Dwight Eisenhower is involved in a similar roadside collision as Patton OTL. He becomes paralyzed, and weakened by such, he...

It's as the title says, folks; for a wider spread of opinions, I've included VPs who succeeded murdered Presidents and then were elected in their own right... all of them. I've also included FDR! :D Enjoy! :p

So... bloodiest day of the Civil War. Can't really celebrate it, so... let's commemorate it. Properly. :(

In 1683, a number of plotters planned to assault and possibly kill King Charles II and his brother James, the Duke of York (both of whom were suspected of harboring Catholic sympathies) on their way back from the horse races at Newmarket; however, a fire broke out on the night of March 22...

...yes, I know; mouthful of a title, but it gets the premise out fast. :p Two events happened in OTL October 1912, within weeks of each other: October 14: Former President and then-current candidate Theodore Roosevelt is shot by John Schrank before giving a speech in Milwaukee; he...

Just as it says on the tin, folks; for bonus points, try to have it get passed as early as possible. ;) Have fun! :p