martin van buren

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, while probably the most infamous assassination attempt on a president atleast until JFK, was not the first attempt on a president's life. For those that may not be aware, Andrew Jackson was nearly gunned down in 1835 by Richard Lawrence outside of the...

William Henry Seward was one of the US's more important politicians during the antebellum period and eventually the Civil War, being elected governor of (in 1838) and later senator from (1849) the state of New York. After being defeated in his attempt to become the Republican Party's...

The initial front runner for the 1836 Whig nomination was legendary Massachusetts Senator Daniel Webster. However, in an effort to hang the electoral college and throw the general election to Congress the Whigs shifted their support to three additional candidates: William Henry Harrison, Hugh...

This is part of a series of threads I've created regarding a future TL I'll be posting on this site. I was curious what the board's thoughts were on this: could the US Democratic Party evolve along similar lines (i.e. becoming the party of Van Buren, Polk, etc.) without an Andrew Jackson...

So, let's say that Richard Lawrence gets rather luckier than IOTL, and he pulls the triggers on Jackson, and he goes down. Now, the Constitution is very clear that the Vice President (Van Buren) will act as President, but that doesn't mean that he's actually president, as there was some debate...