AH Challenge: The Rockefellers & The Kennedys

Ok, I couldn't fit everything I wanted to say in the tittle so here goes it. With the recent insurgence of fascination with all things Kennedy on this board lol, I thought it be kinda fun to kinda a do a Prince and the Pauper with my other favorite political dynasty...The Rockefeller's:D. Here this Challenge will be seen as a wheel of fortune, as the Rockefeller's become more successfull politically, and the Kennedy's are the one's that never quite make it to the top.

With a POD no later than 1958, you must have atleast one President Rockefeller and atleast three Presidential Campaigns between 1960 and 1980 by three different Rockefeller Brothers. On the Kennedy side, you must have atleast four unsuccessfull bids for the Democratic nomination between 1960 and 1980. You must also have one Kennedy make it to the Vice Presidency, and the rest settle for Governorships, Senate seats, and filty rich bussinessmen. You must also have atleast one of the Fourth Generation Kennedy's currently serving in the senate(*Bonus as a Republican)

And I don't want to hear anyone saying that this is ASB(ehem RB ehem jk:D), because I think nothing's inevitable especially when it comes to American Politics. And plus its a challenge so have some fun with it:D

So in other words...I want you to switch this
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With this
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Let's see...

Nixon dies in a plane crash in 1960, Nelson gets the GOP nod, picking Goldwater as his running mate to secure the base and South. JFK doesn't clear a majority on the first ballot, LBJ is nominated with JFK as VP. Rocky wins in November and again in 1964. JFK narrowly loses to Goldwater in 1968, Goldwater is assassinated in 1970 by Arthur Bremer, and his Vice President, Win Rockefeller, becomes President until 1977. In 1976 David loses the nomination to Ronald Reagan, who narrowly wins against now-Senator Ted Kennedy.

As for the Kennedys: same as above. Ted decides to go into the NFL but becomes Senator from Massachusetts in 1964 following a knee injury in 1960, Jack remains in the newspaper business, eventually becoming Senator from Massachusetts in 1958, where he serves until his 1984 death. Bobby stays in his native New York and secretly apostasizes politically, joining the law firm of Arnold & Porter in 1954. By 1962 he becomes a full partner, and in 1966 joins JP Morgan & Co as general counsel. In 1968 President Goldwater names Kennedy Attorney General, but in 1972 becomes Secretary of the Treasury under Win Rockefeller. After the second Rockefeller administration ends in 1977, Kennedy returns to private practice, recalled in 1985 to serve in the same post under George H.W. Bush. In 1993, President Tsongas retains Kennedy in the Treasury post, and serves in the administration of Tsongas' former Vice President Bill Clinton, who succeeds Tsongas upon the latter's death in 1995, until 1999 when he retires at the age of 73, to be replaced by Larry Summers.
 
Good start would be JFK loses the 1960 nomination to Humphrey, who is elected POTUS.

Winthrop is elected AR Gov in 1960, runs for Pres 1964, and fails to take the nomination. Nelson wins 1968 and a second term in 1972, while one of his bros takes a stab in 1980. Three Rocky campaigns right there.

Have RFK meanwhile is elected to the US senate, while Jack challenges Humphreys VP, LBJ, for the nomination (loses). Ted can run the family fortune.

It's a start...
 
I'll do Wikiboxes to make it a bit easier...

John F. Kennedy (D-MA)

United States Senator (Class 1) from Massachusetts
In office
January 3, 1953- April 27, 1984

Robert F. Kennedy (R-NY)

United States Attorney General
In office
January 20, 1969- June 22, 1970

Secretary of the Treasury
In office
June 22, 1970- January 20, 1977
Preceded by: David Rockefeller
Succeeded by: Michael Blumenthal

Secretary of the Treasury (2nd term)
In office
January 20, 1985- September 1, 1999
Presidents: George H.W. Bush, Paul Tsongas, Bill Clinton
Preceded by: Michael Blumenthal
Succeeded by: Larry Summers

Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY)

Governor of New York
In office
January 1, 1959- December 8, 1960
Lieutenant: Malcolm Wilson
Preceded by: W. Averell Harriman
Succeeded by: Malcolm Wilson

35th President of the United States
In office
January 20, 1961- January 20, 1969
Vice President: Barry Goldwater
Preceded by: Dwight Eisenhower
Succeeded by: Barry Goldwater

Winthrop Rockefeller (R-AR)
Governor of Arkansas
In office
January 1, 1967- December 22, 1968

Vice President of the United States
In office
January 20, 1969- June 22, 1970
Preceded by: Barry Goldwater
Succeeded by: Charles Percy

37th President of the United States
In office
June 22, 1970- January 20, 1977
Vice President:
Preceded by: Barry Goldwater
Succeeded by: Henry Jackson
 
OK (the POD will be my Earl Warren TL on the Atlas Forum), in 1952, Ike (for whatever reason), decides that he doesn't want the Republican nomination at the RNC. He endorses Earl Warren for the GOP nod. Warren wins the GOP nod and picks Ralph Flanders as his running mate. He wins the 1952 Presidential Election against Estes Kefauver, who wins the Dem nod ITTL. President Warren picks Nelson Rockefeller to be his Secretary of Treasury. Warren's Presidency is not too too much different from Ike's OTL, but way more liberal on civil rights. In 1956 (this is where it gets different from my TL), Ralph Flanders, who's in his 70s, steps off the ticket. Warren picks Nelson Rockefeller as his VEEP, and the Warren/Rockefeller ticket wins election over Dem nominee Richard Russell. Rocky's brother, John D. Rockefeller III, will run for Governor of New York in 1958, and will win election.

After Warren's second term, Rocky easily wins the GOP nod in 1960 and goes on to defeat Adlai Stevenson/Stuart Symington in the 1960 Presidential Election (choosing California Senator Richard Nixon as his running mate). JFK runs for Prez in 1960, but is considered by Democratic Party leaders to be too liberal (by this time Stevenson is seen as a pro states-rights moderate). On Rocky's coattails, his brother is elected Governor of Arkansas in 1960.

Rocky's first two years of his Presidency are successful, and he implements civil rights legislation and several Great Society reforms but he is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963. Nixon becomes President, and will continue Rocky's liberalism. In the 1964 Presidential election, JFK runs for the Democratic Party nomination, but he loses (once again, because he seen as too liberal for the Dems) to George Wallace. Nixon crushes Wallace in the 1964 Presidential election.

Nixon's Presidency is similar to LBJ's OTL (I'm aware it might not have been like LBJ's OTL, but for the sake of the story, it will be). There's a whole lot of conservative backlash over riots, civil rights, etc. Several people challenge Nixon for the GOP nod, including Governor Winthrop Rockefeller and Governor George Romney. Unfortunately, Rockefeller is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan. Nixon goes on to win the GOP nod but is defeated for re-election in 1968 by Democratic Ronald Reagan (who is conservative, just a Democrat). JFK ran for the Dem nomination in 1968, but died during the middle of campaign season due to complications of Addison's disease. Due to sympathy over JFK's death, Reagan (who won the Dem nod) chooses Robert Kennedy as his VEEP. RFK was elected Governor of Massachusetts in 1962 (I know RFK was actually a New York Senator, but bear with me). EMK wins the special election for JFK's senate seat. EMK is a successful Senator but is considered a DINO (the same way Rocky would now be considered a RINO OTL).

Reagan's Presidency is successful and conservative, and he is re-elected in 1972 (beating out George Romney). In 1976, RFK runs for the Democratic Nomination, but is narrowly defeated by Governor John Connally, who goes on to lose the election to Republican nominee Governor John D. Rockefeller III. Although John Rockefeller implements some liberal reforms, his term has problems, namely the Iran Hostage Crisis and stagflation. Rockefeller is unable to free the hostages in time, and is defeated by Democratic nominee Phil Crane in 1980.

Years later, John F. Kennedy Jr. became a liberal Republican and is now a New York Senator.
 
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Yay, Historico is back! Maybe we can get the end of the Out of the Blue TL...Anyway, here's my proposal.

Nelson Rockefeller and JFK both fails at the 1960 National Conventions; the Nixon-Lodge ticket loses anyway to a Democratic compromise between Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma (who dies on New Year's Eve 1960) for President and Senator Paul Douglas of Illinois. In his second try in 1964, Rockefeller clinches the nod, selects Milton Young of North Dakota as his VP and wins against Douglas/Smathers. He is re-elected in 1968 against JFK/George Wallace. While JFK is making his last try in 1972, without any success, Former Governor Winthrop Rockefeller of Arkansas makes a bid to succeed his brother during the 1972 Republican primaries, goes well, but has to retire due to his ongoing cancer. Elected in 1972, President Young and Vice-President Charles Mathias are defeated in 1976 by Democrats Frank Church and Robert Kennedy, then Senator of New York, who got the VP slot after his unsuccessful campaign. Church is defeated in 1980 by John Ashbrook, who had a fierce primary battle with former Secretary of State and Governor of California David Rockefeller. And what about Ted Kennedy? He died in 1962 in a plane crash.

JFK died in 1975, followed by Bobby in 2004. As of 2010, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend is the incumbent Democratic Governor of Maryland, JFK, Jr. is candidate to the seat of Governor of New York, while the son of Robert Kennedy, RFK Jr., is the Republican Junior Senator of New York. Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, Governor of Arkansas, served as VP under Christine Todd Whitman from 2005 to his death in 2006.
 
So we've got these lists:

The Dead Rockefellers: POTUS list:
34. Dwight D. Eisenhower (R-KS) January, 20 1953-January, 20 1961
35. Robert S. Kerr (D-OK) January, 20 1961-January, 1 1963
36. Paul Douglas (D-IL) January, 1 1963-January, 20 1965
37. Nelson A. Rockefeller (R-NY) January, 20 1965-January, 20 1973
38. Milton Young (R-ND) January, 20 1973-January, 20 1977
39. Frank Church (D-ID) January, 20 1977-January, 20 1981
40. John Ashbrook (R-OH) January, 20 1981-April, 24 1982
41. Bob Dole (R-KS) April, 24 1982-January, 20 1985
42. Gary Hart (D-CO) January, 20 1985-January, 20 1993
43. Jerry Brown (D-CA) January, 20 1993-January, 20 1997
44. Colin Powell (R-NY) January, 20 1997-January, 20 2005
45. Christine Todd Whitman (R-NJ) January, 20 2005-January, 20 2009
46. Cruz Bustamante (D-CA) January, 20 2009-...

VPOTUS list:
36. Richard Nixon (R-CA) January, 20 1953-January, 20 1961
37. Paul Douglas (D-IL) January, 20 1961-January, 1 1963
38. Milton Young (R-ND) January, 20 1965-January, 20 1973
39. Charles Mathias (R-MD) January, 20 1973-January, 20 1977
40. Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) January, 20 1977-January, 20 1981
41. Bob Dole (R-KS) January, 20 1981-April, 24 1982
42. Pierre S. DuPont IV (R-NJ) May, 15 1982-January, 20 1985
43. John Glenn (D-OH) January, 20 1985-January, 20 1993
44. Harvey Gantt (D-NC) January, 20 1993-January, 20 1997
45. Carroll A. Campbell (R-SC) January, 20 1997-January, 20 2005
46. Winthrop Paul Rockefeller (R-AK) January, 20 2005-July, 16 2006
47. George Allen (R-VA) August, 1 2006-January, 20 2009
48. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) January, 20 2009-...

Defeated tickets:
1960: VP Richard Nixon (R-CA)/Ambassador Henry C. Lodge (R-MA)
1964: Pres. Paul Douglas (D-IL)/Sen. George Smathers (D-FL)
1968: Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-MA)/Sen. John M. Patterson (D-AL)
1972: Sen. Henry Jackson (D-WA)/Fmr. Gov. Richard J. Hughes (D-NJ)
1976: Pres. Milton Young (R-ND)/VP Charles Mathias (R-MD)
1980: Pres. Frank Church (D-ID)/VP Robert Kennedy (D-NY)
1984: Pres. Bob Dole (R-KS)/VP Pierre DuPont (R-NJ)
1988: Sen. James Baker (R-TN)/Rep. Marjorie Holt (R-MD)
1992: Gov. Michael Rockefeller (R-NY)/Rep. Trent Lott (R-MS)
1996: Pres. Jerry Brown (D-CA)/VP Harvey Gantt (D-NC)
2000: Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD)/Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL)
2004: Fmr. VP Harvey Gantt (D-NC)/Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI)
2008: Pres. Christine Todd Whitman (R-NJ)/VP George Allen (R-VA)
 
Here are the lists to my idea.

The Biggest Damned Fool Mistake I Ever Made (Take 2):
POTUS List:
33. Harry Truman (D-MO): April 12, 1945-January 20, 1953
34. Earl Warren (R-CA): January 20, 1953-January 20, 1961
35. Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY): January 20, 1961-November 26, 1963
36. Richard Nixon (R-CA): November 26, 1963-January 20, 1969

37. Ronald Reagan (D-CA): January 20, 1969-January 20, 1977

38. John Rockefeller III (R-NY): January 20, 1977-January 20, 1981

39. Phil Crane (D-IL): January 20, 1981-January 20, 1989
40. Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX): January 20, 1989-January 20, 1993

41. Jerry Brown (R-CA): January 20, 1993-January 20, 2001
42. Geraldine Ferraro (R-NY): January 20, 2001-January 20, 2005

43. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (D-TX): January 20, 2005-January 20, 2009

44. Barack Obama (R-IL): January 20, 2009-onward

35. Assassinated

VEEP List:
35. Alben Barkley (D-KY): January 20, 1949-January 20, 1953
36. Ralph Flanders (R-VT): January 20, 1953-January 20, 1957
37. Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY): January 20, 1957-January 20, 1961
38. Richard Nixon (R-CA): January 20, 1961-November 26, 1963

Vacant: November 26, 1963-January 20, 1965
39. Henry Lodge Jr. (R-MA): January 20, 1965-January 20, 1969

40. Robert Kennedy (D-MA): January 20, 1969-January 20, 1977

41. Morris Udall (R-AZ): January 20, 1977-January 20, 1981

42. Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX): January 20, 1981-January 20, 1989
43. Jack Kemp (D-NY): January 20, 1989-January 20, 1993

44. Geraldine Ferraro (R-NY): January 20, 1993-January 20, 2001
45. Bill Bradley (R-NJ): January 20, 2001-January 20, 2005

46. John McCain (D-AZ): January 20, 2005-January 20, 2009

47. Mark Warner (R-VA): January 20, 2009-onward

Failed Tickets
1952: Estes Kefauver (D-TN)/Averell Harriman (D-NY)
1956: Richard Russell (D-GA)/William Fulbright (D-AR)
1960: Adlai Stevenson (D-IL)/Stuart Symington (D-MO)
1964: George Wallace (D-AL)/Albert "Happy" Chandler (D-KY)
1968: Richard Nixon (R-CA)/Henry Lodge Jr. (R-MA)
1972: George Romney (R-MI)/Wayne Morse (R-OR)
1976: John Connally (D-TX)/John Ashbrook (D-OH)
1980: John Rockefeller III (R-NY)/Morris Udall (R-AZ)
1984: Morris Udall (R-AZ)/Joe Biden (R-DE)
1988: Joe Biden (R-DE)/Gary Hart (R-CO)
1992: Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX)/Jack Kemp (D-NY)
1996: Jack Kemp (D-NY)/Bob Dole (D-KS)
2000: Carroll Campbell (D-SC)/Pete Wilson (D-CA)
2004: Geraldine Ferraro (R-NY)/Bill Bradley (R-NJ)
2008: Kay Hutchinson (D-TX)/John McCain (D-AZ)
 
Rocky’s Road: POTUS List

34. Dwight “Ike” Eisenhower (R-NY): January 20th 1953-January 20th 1961
35. Nelson A. Rockefeller (R-NY): January 20th 1961-October 1st 1962*
36. Roman Hruska (R-NE): October 1st 1962-January 20th 1965

37. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-MN): January 20th 1965-January 20th 1969
38. Winthrop Rockefeller (R-AK): January 20th 1969-Febuary 22nd 1973*
39. Robert P. Griffin (R-MI): February 22nd 1973-January 20th 1981

40. Lawton M. Chiles Jr. (D-FL): January 20th 1981-January 20th 1989
41. Edward I. “Ed” Koch (D-NY): January 20th 1989-January 20th 1993**

42. Colin Powell (R-NY): January 20th 1993-January 20th 1997
43. Kent R. Hance (D-TX): January 20th 1997-January 20th 2005
44. Winthrop P. Rockefeller (R-AK): January 20th 2005-July 16th 2006*
45. Olympia Snowe (R-ME): July 16th 2006-January 20th 2013**
46. Paul D. Ryan Jr. (R-WI): January 20th 2013-???


Notes

35. Assassinated by a Segregationist in Oxford, Mississippi
38. First Brother of a US President to be elected, later died in office due to pancreatic cancer
41. First Jewish American President
42. First African American President
44. Died in office due to complications of myeloproliferative disease
45. First Female President

Rocky’s Road: VEEP List

36. Richard M. “Dick” Nixon (R-CA): January 20th 1953-January 20th 1961
37. Roman Hruska (R-NE): January 20th 1961-October 1st 1962

Vacant: October 1st 1962-January 20th 1965
38. Edmund G. “Pat” Brown (D-CA): January 20th 1965-January 20th 1969*
39. Robert P. Griffin (R-MI): January 20th 1969-Feburary 22nd 1973
Vacant: February 22nd 1973-May 2nd 1973
40. Mary Louise Smith (R-IA): May 2nd 1973-January 20th 1981*
41. Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy (D-MA) January 20th 1981-August 14th 1986**
Vacant: August 14th 1986-October 28th 1986
42. Edward I. “Ed” Koch (D-NY): October 28th 1986-January 20th 1989**
43. Kent R. Hance (D-TX): January 20th 1989-January 20th 1993

44. Pete Wilson (R-CA): January 20th 1993-January 20th 1997
45. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY): January 20th 1997-January 20th 2005***
46. Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME): January 20th 2005-July 15th 2006
Vacant: July 15th 2006-September 11th 2006
47. Paul D. Ryan Jr. (R-WI): September 11th 2006-January 20th 2013
48. Michael R. Bloomberg (R-NY): January 20th 2013-???


Notes

38. First Irish American Roman Catholic Vice President
40. First Female Vice President
41. First Jewish American Vice President
45. First Italian American Vice President

Rocky’s Road: Defeated Tickets

1960: John F. Kennedy (D-MA)/ Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX)
1964: Roman Hruska (R-NE)/ Prescott S. Bush (R-CT)
1968: Hubert H. Humphrey (D-MN)/ Edmund G. Brown (D-CA) , George C. Wallace (AI-AL)/Albert B. Chandler (AI-KY)
1972: Edmund G. Brown (D-CA)/ Carl E. Sanders (D-GA)
1976: Lloyd M. Bentsen (D-TX)/ Eugene McCarthy (D-MN)
1980: David Rockefeller (R-NY)/ George H.W. Bush (R-TX)
1984: George H.W. Bush (R-TX)/ Andrew Young (R-GA)
1988: Barry M. Goldwater Jr. (R-CA)/ James Thompson (R-IL)
1992: Edward I. Koch (D-NY)/ Kent R. Hance (D-TX)
1996: Colin Powell (R-NY)/ Pete Wilson (R-CA)
2000: Pete Wilson (R-CA)/ Winthrop P. Rockefeller (R-AK)
2004: Andrew Cuomo (D-NY)/ Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
2008: Sam Nunn (D-GA)/Marco A. Rubio (D-FL)
2012: Marco A. Rubio (D-FL)/ Joseph Biden (D-PA)

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Nelson Rockefeller decision to challenge the sitting Vice President Nixon for the Presidential nomination of the Republican Party of 1960 was a very gutsy one indeed. Using his enormous financial wealth and resources, the popular New York Governor was able to peel away enough Progressive voters in the party to seep the limited primary season of 1960. The convention on the other hand was another beast in its entirety, but after several rounds of balloting he was able to best the car salesmen-like Nixon for the nomination. He would face an even tougher General Election campaign against the vibrant campaign of Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy. The first televised debates between the two proved largely inconclusive, as both candidates seemed incredibly well-versed on the issues, as well as looked good on camera. However it would be questions over Jack’s playboy image, lack of significant foreign policy experience and some states his Catholicism which cost him the incredibly close victory in the 1960 election. Rocky would win the election 274 electoral votes to Jack’s 244 Electoral Votes, while a coalition of unpledged states rights electors cobbled up only 19 votes.

Nelson A. Rockefeller/Roman Hruska: 274 Electoral votes
John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson: 244 Electoral votes
Unpledged States Right’s Electors: 19 Electoral votes


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Nelson Rockefeller would be sworn in on January 20th 1961 as the nation’s 35th President as a shinning beacon of optimism. His Presidency however would be less than that as for a majority of his term would be fighting Secretary Khrushchev on issues such as the Berlin Wall, A failed CIA relation assassination attempt against Fidel Castro establishment of the Alliance of Progress for Latin America, and of course the Space Race However. Yet by the second year of his Presidency, Rockefeller was determined to make a firm stand in support of Civil Rights. That decision would end up costing the 35th President his life as Rocky is assassinated when he decided to escort James Meredith, The first African American student, personally to the University of Mississippi on October 1st 1962. Although followed by both the National Guard and the U.S. Marshall, a dangerous riot occurred on the campus grounds. President Rockefeller would turn out to be one of the victims, after he is shot in the chest several times, by a Southern segregationist. He would not survive his wounds, and the former Senator from Nebraska…Roman Hruska is sworn as the nation’s 36th President.

President Hruska’s term in office started off very quickly as it was discovered that the Soviets had several nuclear missiles in Cuba. Although many American’s were deeply concerned about having such a staunch conservative with his hands on the nuclear button, cooler heads would prevail, and Hruska’s America would barely survive the Cuban Missile Crisis. Although he would be a champion of fiscal conservatism as he cut back funding for a lot of domestic programs, some of his cuts were deemed highly unpopular with the American People. Hruska would however, using the death of President Rockefeller at the hands of a Segregationist as a weapon, craft the Civil Rights Act of 1963(Essentially the same as in OTL) with the help of a coalition of liberal Democrats and moderate Republicans. Many on the Conservative wing of the GOP, felt as if Hruska had betrayed their ideals, and even suggested that Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater run against the incumbent President. Goldwater refused, and President Hruska would go on to win re-nomination, with his popular choice of a Vice Presidential Running mate, Senator Prescott S. Bush of Connecticut. However, the Hruska/Bush ticket could not overcome the winds of change, after 12 years of Republican administration; the American people would decide to go with the dynamic and young ticket of the liberal Senator from Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey and Governor Pat Brown of California, in a narrow rout. With Hruska’s betrayal on Civil rights and Humphrey’s nomination on the Democrat side, The South would go with Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus on the States Rights Ticket.

Hubert H. Humphrey/ Edmund G. “Pat” Brown: 318 Electoral votes
Roman Hruska/ Prescott S. Bush: 167 Electoral votes
Orval Faubus/ John C. Stennis: 53 Electoral votes

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President Humphrey would come into office setting a blazing trail of new and reformed Domestic Programs as he took full advantage of his Democratic Majority in Congress. His “Great Society” programs included aid to education, attack on disease, Medicare, urban renewal, beautification, conservation, development of depressed regions, a wide-scale fight against poverty, control and prevention of crime, and removal of obstacles to the right to vote. Yet, it would be his continued policy of escalation in the War in Vietnam, his Mitigation approach to the urban riots, as well as over-taxation for his social programs that would erode his base of support. He would seek reelection for a second term, but face a strong primary challenge from Anti-war Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin (Robert Kennedy is Humphrey’s Attorney General, Jack died of Congestive Heart failure on November 22nd 1963, in which Teddy now serves in his old seat). Humphrey openly campaigned in all of the primary contests, except for the California Primary, in which Surrogate AG Robert Kennedy was assassinated on June 4th 1968, after an extremely narrow Humphrey victory in the Golden state. In spite of a chaotic convention, Richard Daley and the Party bosses would ensure the President’s re-nomination.

Yet it would be Pyrrhic victory, as the Southern Delegates walked out of the convention and formed their own party…The American Independent Party lead by staunch segregationist Governor George C. Wallace. On the Republican side, many within the party turned toward the late President Rockefeller’s younger brother…Governor Winthrop Rockefeller of Arkansas. Although only within his 1st year of his governorship, a massive grassroots campaign and his moderate to conservative stances on the issues, articulated by his campaign manager Richard Nixon. He would best ultra Conservative/Hruska supported Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona and former Vice Presidential nominee Senator Prescott Bush of Connecticut in a most of the primaries. In hopes of unifying the party, and weakening Humphrey’s support in the industrial states, Winthrop chose Michigan Senator Robert P. Griffin as his running mate. The third party candidacy of George Wallace hurt both Rockefeller and Humphrey in the South, but he would not attain his goal of throwing the election to the house, as Governor Rockefeller would win an extremely narrow victory overt the incumbent President.

Winthrop A. Rockefeller/Robert P. Griffin: 283 Electoral votes
Hubert H. Humphrey/ Edmund G. “Pat” Brown: 168 Electoral votes
George C. Wallace/ Albert B. “Happy” Chandler: 87 Electoral votes

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