charles evans hughes

  1. Herbert Bloover

    Monday, February 16th, 1920. New York Governor's Mansion. Governor Roosevelt was sitting in his office in the mansion in the middle of his second two-year term as Governor of New York. He thought about his options. "I could run for a third term." The Governor said to himself. "I could hand it...
  2. Bomster

    WI: Charles Evans Hughes defeats Woodrow Wilson in the 1916 Election

    IOTL, incumbent President Woodrow Wilson won an extremely narrow victory against Republican nominee and Associate Justice Charles Evans Hughes. Hughes came within 4,000 votes of winning the state of California, which alone would have swung the election to Hughes. The 1916 Presidential Election...
  3. Bomster

    WI: Charles Evans Hughes defeats Woodrow Wilson?

    To me, the 1916 Presidential Election is one of the most consequential in both US and world history. Because of this election, Wilsonian ideals reshaped the entire world at Versailles, leading to WW2, the Cold War, and American foreign policy even up to the present day, and conservative...
  4. GauchoBadger

    How would president Charles Hughes handle the aftermath of WWI?

    Charles Evans Hughes was an US politician noteworthy for being Woodrow Wilson's opponent as Republican nominee during the 1916 elections. He ran on a belligerent campaign in favor of US involvement in WWI (which would prove itself redundant as Wilson joined the war on the Entente's side anyway)...
  5. President Charles Evans Hughes and post-WW1 diplomacy

    I see we've had multiple threads on the 1916 election and a Hughes victory. But most of it focused on whether he would have entered WW1 earlier/later, and the potential backlash against the GOP in the 1920s. Some people have said that the peace treaty would have been basically the same. In the...
  6. WI: Bob La Follette Sr. Runs as a third party in 1916

    In 1916 Robert La Follette Sr. tried to get the Republican nomination. At the time, he was a prominent Anti-War voice. The Republican nomination went to Charles Evans Hughes, who was more militaristic. What if after losing the nomination, La Follette ran as a third party candidate on a peace...
  7. Bomster

    If Charles Evans Hughes was elected President in 1916, could that affect the outcome of WW1?

    Let’s say that during the 1916 campaign, Republican candidate Charles Evans Hughes makes that visit to California Governor Hiram Johnson that he didn’t IOTL. Because of this, Johnson does not feel snubbed and supports Hughes, campaigning on his behalf. This effort flips California to Hughes in...
  8. DBWI: Wilson Wins in 1916

    In 1916, Charles Evans Hughes narrowly defeated President Wilson by a margin of 267 to 264 in the electoral college. But what if Wilson had been re-elected?
  9. Would Champ Clark have won in 1916?

    The 1912 Democratic Convention was very close, and for a long time Champ Clark was considered a likely nominee, even getting a majority of delegates to support him. Had he won the nomination, he would have very likely won the general election, due to the split in the Republican party...
  10. Beauchamp

    Good Morning, Robert: Coolidge-Hughes '32
    Threadmarks: Constitutional Crisis?

    CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS? January 6th, 1933 President-Elect Calvin Coolidge passed away suddenly yesterday at 10:32 AM from coronary thrombosis, sparking a possible constitutional crisis. Following his landslide victory over incumbent President Harrison in November, Former President Coolidge has...
  11. Had Hughes Won in 1916, Would He Have Any Chance of Re-Election?

    There's a general opinion on this forum that had Hughes beaten Wilson in 1916 and taken the US into WW1, he would most likely have lost in 1920 due to the bad economy, rioting, and backlash against internationalism that plagued Wilson and helped elect Harding by a wide margin. However, was there...
  12. ZMF

    WI: President Charles Evans Hughes

    Charles Evans Hughes was the Republican candidate for President in 1916, going against Woodrow Wilson. He lost the presidency by twenty-two electoral votes, and California by about a third of a percent. In his campaign, the former Supreme Court Justice snubbed Governor Hiram Johnson of...
  13. Beata Beatrix

    Democratic Candidates in 1920 if Hughes Wins?

    So, let's say that Charles Evans Hughes ekes out a win in 1916. He's still involved in a more or less the same First World War, and his chances for reelection look dismal in 1920, with every minority under the sun hating him, although his opposition to the League of Nations might win him some...
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