hubert humphrey

Many years ago I read a few biographies on Robert F. Kennedy. In September 1967, prominent political activist Allard Lowenstein was trying to draft someone to run as the anti-war candidate against President Johnson in the 1968 Democratic primaries. His first choice was Robert F. Kennedy, and he...

The President Lay Dying A Short Story in Alternate History by Vidal Introduction First, you needn’t worry. This is not some long-term project that will in any way jeopardize Jimmy Two. We’ll be back at the peanut farm in no time. I have loved writing Jimmy Two, but one of the few downsides...

If Hubert Humphrey had won the 1968 election, how would the Vietnam War have ended? Would it have ended earlier than OTL, or rather at the same time? How would the peace negotiations have gone?

NIXON SABOTAGE? White House Officials Release Information on a Potential Sabotage of the Paris Peace Talks by the Nixon Campaign "Humphrey. You gotta listen here. This could be your key to victory. Come on." "I am trying to win this through honorable means. Not through petty attacks. Plus, I...

If I recall, many Democrats were pleading for Humphrey to run in 1976 due to the relatively weak field and the general distrust of Carter with his southern upbringing. While Humphrey did express interest in the idea of being a compromise candidate should the convention deadlock, Humphrey made...

https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/hhh-becomes-potus-in-january-1965.26012/ Bringing back an OLD one. We don't see "what if LBJ dies in 1965" often. This one was quite interesting with Vietnam avoided and a quieter 1960s to 1970s in some ways. There's RFK, but he's portrayed as...

(Since today is Humphrey’s birthday) What if, just hours after being sworn in to his own term on 1/20/1965, US President Lyndon B. Johnson died from a heart attack or in a freak accident or something, making Hubert Humphrey, VP for only a few hours, the new President. What happens next? It’s...

Something I was wondering about, since he came so close to defeating Nixon in 1968, what would a Hubert H. Humphrey presidency look like?

Nixon's victory in the 1968 US Presidential election is known as one of the great comebacks in American political history: after narrowly losing to JFK in 1960 and being humiliated by Pat Brown in 1962, Nixon defeated Hubert Humphrey and became the 37th US President. But Nixon won only narrowly...

In this poll, you're provided with losing candidates from 1900 to 2012 who were nominated by the two major American political parties but never became President. Candidates who did at one point lose but then came back to win, such as Richard Nixon, or candidates who won once but lost a second...

With those who are interested in politics, we know that George McGovern almost won the 1972 Democratic Nomination. It's nice to imagine what would have happened if Humphrey and allies hadn't been able to effectively block him, then McGovern and his allies might have won the 1972 nomination...

The POD is RFK is never assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan. Despite winning most of the primaries he goes on to lose the nomination. But Kennedy's stand-out speech at the Democratic convention, which helps to calm the attendees and blunt the violence in Chicago, and his support for Humphrey in the...

Hubert Humphrey served as the 37th US President from 1969 to 1973. Your challenge is to evaluate Humphrey's administration. Was Humphrey a good or bad President? Was he somewhere in the middle?

The POD is Humphrey decides to actively contest the 1972 Democratic presidential primaries from the beginning and he ultimately wins the nomination. After picking his running mate at the convention, Humphrey faces President Richard Nixon a second time in the general election. Who might Humphrey...

Recognizing that the Vietnam War was unwinnable, LBJ continued JFK's de-escalation of US involvement. While some advisers told Johnson to initiate a bombing campaign and unleash American ground forces, LBJ took the counsel of Vice-President Hubert Humphrey and refused to intervene militarily...

Had Hubert Humphrey been elected in 1968, would he have won a second term in 1972?

The POD is JFK experiences a health scare in 1959 that convinces him to sit out the 1960 election and instead wait for 1964. Without Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey wins the Democratic nomination and faces Vice-President Nixon in the general. Who wins the election?

The POD is Humphrey reveals Nixon sabotaged the Vietnam Peace Talks before the 1968 election. Humphrey wins in a surprise upset and becomes America's 37th President. Humphrey scores an early victory when he negotiates an end to the war in 1969, but the 1970 midterms and the fall of Saigon in...

Many assume that had he not been assassinated, RFK would've won the 1968 Democratic nomination and beaten Nixon in November. While there's no doubt Kennedy would've swept the primaries after winning California, and he probably would've beaten Nixon if nominated given how close Humphrey came in...

As the title says, how would America’s economy fare in the 1970’s following an earlier exit from the Vietnam War somewhere in between 1969 and 1970? Say that either Kennedy or Humphrey defeats Nixon in 1968. Would stagflation be just as bad or would it be lessened without the burdens of the war...