What are Cass 1, 2 and 3 senators?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_senators has even more infoWhile I knew about the staggered elections for Senate and senior and junior senators for each state, I didn't know this was called class 1,2,3.
Funny, I'm not glancing askance at Florida TTL, very very interesting. This new Senate is fascinating.
Not only are lots of the former southern electorate disenfranchised as expatriated rebels who need to retake the oath of allegiance, but lots of their natural leaders have either been deported or are keeping out of politics less the Office of Proscription dust off their file and look again at it... Some states' politicians have been elected/chosen with the support of less than 20% of the population...
Not only are lots of the former southern electorate disenfranchised as expatriated rebels who need to retake the oath of allegiance, but lots of their natural leaders have either been deported or are keeping out of politics less the Office of Proscription dust off their file and look again at it... Some states' politicians have been elected/chosen with the support of less than 20% of the population...
TheKnightIrish with this emerging three-party system and rising freemen power bases in the old confederacy, how is Frederick Douglas fitting in this timeline's political landscape?
Ironically very similar to OTL but for different reasons. General John J.Peck of the Freedman's' Bureau was previously a founder partner in the Burnett Bank of Syracuse. He recognises the vital role that having access to banking facilities plays. As a result Douglass has been invited to play a leading role in the Freedman Savings Bank which is being established throughout the south. This is separate from the National Development Bank idea Jacob Dolson Cox is playing with in the Bureau of Collectors to support unionists, freedmen etc develop the land grants they are receiving out of confiscated southern land...
Chunky policy will start soon with the appointment of Kearny's cabinet...and a couple of wars...probably...
Some idle speculation about upcoming wars:
1. Mexico: the exiled Confederates (sorry; Imperial Americans) earning their reputation putting down any remaining resistance to Maximilian.
2. Central Europe: the German Wars of Unification are due to get underway in a few years, IIRC, although if Austria gets smart and hands over Schleswig-Holstein without a fight then the actual fighting might be delayed a year or three. I doubt the Franco-Prussian War can be put off much past it's OTL date, unless Kearny manages to keep the Army and the Navy formidable enough to give Bismarck second thoughts. That seems a little unlikely even for Kearny, and Moltke might be able to convince Bismarck that the Prussian/German army can defeat the French quickly enough that the Americans won't be able to intervene. So the Franco-Prussian War will most likely occur by it's OTL date.
3. Balkans/Middle East: This might be a slower-burning powder keg than the Germanies, but the Ottoman Empire isn't likely to stop declining anytime soon so it's constituent states will start looking for opportunities to go their own way. I think it was hinted that there would be some trouble in Egypt relatively soon, and there's a revolt in Herzegovina due in 1875 that, OTL, metastasized to Bosnia and Bulgaria and eventually led to war with Russia.
4. China: IIRC, the Taiping Rebellion is still going fairly strong, although Gordon and co. are putting some dents in it. Given America's OTL fascination with China (which lasted right up through WWII and, arguably, into the present day), might we see an American intervention if things continue out of control?
5. South America: The Paraguayan War is should be underway already, unless I miss my guess, and I doubt it will be any less of a bloody mess than it was IOTL. I doubt there will be much interest in America, but it will be interesting to see how Kearny and Pedro II deal with each other if Brazil assumes it's OTL position as the leading light of South America.
Off the top of my head, I can't think of anything else, but does anyone else have any ideas?
Some idle speculation about upcoming wars:
1. Mexico: the exiled Confederates (sorry; Imperial Americans) earning their reputation putting down any remaining resistance to Maximilian.
2. Central Europe: the German Wars of Unification are due to get underway in a few years, IIRC, although if Austria gets smart and hands over Schleswig-Holstein without a fight then the actual fighting might be delayed a year or three. I doubt the Franco-Prussian War can be put off much past it's OTL date, unless Kearny manages to keep the Army and the Navy formidable enough to give Bismarck second thoughts. That seems a little unlikely even for Kearny, and Moltke might be able to convince Bismarck that the Prussian/German army can defeat the French quickly enough that the Americans won't be able to intervene. So the Franco-Prussian War will most likely occur by it's OTL date.
3. Balkans/Middle East: This might be a slower-burning powder keg than the Germanies, but the Ottoman Empire isn't likely to stop declining anytime soon so it's constituent states will start looking for opportunities to go their own way. I think it was hinted that there would be some trouble in Egypt relatively soon, and there's a revolt in Herzegovina due in 1875 that, OTL, metastasized to Bosnia and Bulgaria and eventually led to war with Russia.
4. China: IIRC, the Taiping Rebellion is still going fairly strong, although Gordon and co. are putting some dents in it. Given America's OTL fascination with China (which lasted right up through WWII and, arguably, into the present day), might we see an American intervention if things continue out of control?
5. South America: The Paraguayan War is should be underway already, unless I miss my guess, and I doubt it will be any less of a bloody mess than it was IOTL. I doubt there will be much interest in America, but it will be interesting to see how Kearny and Pedro II deal with each other if Brazil assumes it's OTL position as the leading light of South America.
Off the top of my head, I can't think of anything else, but does anyone else have any ideas?