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In 1940, conservative darling Robert Taft was a strong contender for President - but he was ultimately passed over as the GOP nominee by dark horse Wendell Willkie. What if Taft had been nominated by the GOP in 1940?

Synopsis Suppose, if only for a minute, what if the longest serving president in America had served a little longer? Welcome to Long May He Serve, my timeline on that what if. We'll follow events starting off from April 12, when FDR actually died, and go on for as long as I can. So sit back in...

In 1944, Democratic Party bosses were insistent that Vice-President Henry Wallace be dumped from the presidential ticket. But FDR stuck to his guns, and pushed through Wallace's renomination and pelated party bosses via federal patronage. But what if FDR had left the bosses to their own devices...

In 1928, Democratic New York Governor went down to a crushing defeat at the hands of Republican Herbert Hoover in that year's presidential election. Hoover's landslide victory was attributed to the nation's economic prosperity, as well as bigotry towards Smith's Catholicism and his unpopular...

The frontrunner for the 1940 GOP presidential nomination was Thomas Dewey, but he was upset at the convention by dark horse Wendell Willkie. What if Dewey had won the nomination and gone on to face Roosevelt in November? Does Dewey do any better than Willkie? At the time Dewey was an...

In 1928 New York Governor Al Smith made a disastrous run for President. The booming economy and prejudice against his Catholic faith allowed Herbert Hoover to win a landslide victory. And by vacating the Governorship Smith created a powerful rival in Franklin Roosevelt who would beat him for the...

The 1936 election is famous for FDR's massive landslide against Alf Landon, who only won two states - Vermont and Maine. Is it possible that Landon could have done better against the popular Roosevelt? What is the best possible showing that he could have realistically made in the election?

In 1940, FDR was under pressure to run for a third term as President. But in keeping with Washington's precedent, he declined to do so. What if Franklin Roosevelt had run for a third term?

Henry Wallace has been a long time favorite of alternate history writers. Well, maybe "favorite" isn't exactly the best word since nearly everyone agrees that Wallace wouldn't have been a successful President and he would certainly have been defeated in 1948. But here is a man who came so close...

So, faced with more opposition to New Deal from industry and the Supreme Court (thr details are up to you) FDR decides that soft authoritarianism is what America needs, and through dubiously legal and democrstic methods pass legislation like the NIRA. What would happen?

Okay, here's something I've been mulling for an alt history project of mine. The likelihood of FDR winning through a third party, like a Progressive Party. Now, for some context on this alternate history scenario: -1: Central Powers won WW1, albeit barely and the US was not involved. Yeah, WW1...

An interesting quirk in US history is that FDR and Wendell Willkie, opponents in 1940, discussed forming a new "Liberal Party" after WWII but both men died before this could happen. Roosevelt also offered Willkie the position of Vice President in 1944, but negotiations fell apart. This might...

In real life, Wallace, a staunch progressive who opposed the idea of a Cold War was the VP from 1941 until 1944, when an internal party coup replaced him with Truman. Personally, FDR liked Wallace better, and its very possible that at some point (either Truman failing to get FDR's support, or...

What if more regionally-focused, federally owned corporations like the Tennessee Valley Authority had been established? Probably during FDR's administration and the New Deal, although not necessarily limited to that time period.

In OTL, Franklin Roosevelt planned on stepping down in 1940 in favor of his preferred successor, Harry Hopkins. However, Hopkins' health collapsed and WWII broke out, prompting FDR to run for an unprecedented third term. The POD is that German Conservatives forge a coalition to block the Nazis...

What if in 1921, Franklin D. Roosevelt never caught the illness that left him wheelchair-bound for the rest of his life? What effects would this have on his career? Will he still become President? And if a second global war still breaks out in this timeline, would this have any significant...

What if FDR and Winston Churchill were switched? What if FDR was Prime Minister of Britain and Churchill President of America? Say that their terms were the same as the other, FDR is PM from 10 May 1940 – 26 July 1945 and Churchill is President from 4 March 1933 – 12 April 1945. What would...

What if the crew of the USS William D. Porter accidentally manage to kill FDR with a torpedo that was misfired in 1943?

What if FDR was never born or died as a baby? What would happen? Who would be president in 1929 and would they survive to World War Two, if not who would be president by World War Two? How would this change the Depression, World War Two, and post war? Would America ever enter the war or enter in...

The Presidental Election of 1932 happened. In OTL Franklin D. Roosevelt won that election and lead America through the Great Depression and World War II. 'What if' he didn't win? In another world, Franklin Roosevelt was less careful with his secrets. By some means, his paralytic illness was...