AHC: Get a Native American POTUS by 1899

Someone that is no more than half native American might be possible with some sort of western US populist/progressive candidate winning in a 3 way presidential race. It would require Bryan to either endorse/stand aside and a deeper split in the Republican Party between McKinley/Roosevelt backers.

Full blooded native American? Short of a Souix-wank (the likes of "CSA invades USA up to Canada" or "Imperial Japan marches to Moscow")...no.
 
The whole thing is probably ASB, but here is my choice

Ely Parker

Does something very heroic in the Civil War under Grant where Grant is even more impressed with him. Perhaps, Parker advises Grant not to storm Confederate positions at Cold Harbor but make another left sidle to Petersburrg. Parker then plans the Petersburg sidle and leads the lead forces to capture Petersburg. It is at Petersburg where Ely commits forces all out to capture the city before Lee reacts and moves South

Petersburg falls at the end of June 1864. Richmond falls in the near future as Meade is in charge of troops North of the James and Parker is in command of troops south of the James.

After Richmond falls and Lee has to abandon the city, Ely cuts off his advance at Appomattox. Or Lee is able to hold onto Richhmond, sends Early on his Washington raid. Grant sends Parker to destroy Early. Parker does and conducts the Shenandoah campaign and then rejoins Grant at Richmond, sealing Richmond's fate. Lee tries to escape total encirclement. Parker blocks his way. Lee surrenders in December '64.

War ends in 1864, Grant is the hero. Grant runs for POTUS in 1868. Grant says that he will run only if Ely is the VP candidate saying that Ely really was the person responsible for capturing Richmond and ending the war and that he is the ideal person to have as a VP.

The Republicans want Grant, to get him, they have to have Ely as well.

Ely becomes a VP under Grant, something happens to Grant, Parker is POTUS for the remainder of his term.
 
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As it says, get a Native American into the White House (as POTUS) by 1899

Good luck.

You'd probably have to go back all the way to the colonial era and have the colonists be more interested in converting/assimilating the natives (a la Imperial Spain) than in displacing/expelling them. Then you could eventually get a member of an Americanised Indian family rising to the top office.
 
Governor John Floyd of Virginia was partly of Powhatan descent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Floyd_(Virginia_politician)



As was President Woodrow Wilson's 2nd wife, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson who, in fact, was a proven direct descendent from Pocahontas herself. After President Wilson had his stroke in October,1918, she somewhat ran things on his behalf to keep his fragile health from being too overwhelmed. Anyway, even though she never officially held office, she did somewhat fulfill the functions of the POTUS even though neither women nor Native Americans were legally able to vote in Presidential elections at that point of time.
 
1852: Against all odds, Congressman Jacob Broom of the Native American Party wins the Presidential election :p

(But yeah, even that's unrealistic given he only won 0.08% of the vote)
 
Given that Indians, in general, didn't get the right to vote until 1924, it would be difficult to get one elected President.

Yes, some Cherokee became citizens as early as 1817, so it's certainly a theoretical possibility. But still....
 
Given that Indians, in general, didn't get the right to vote until 1924, it would be difficult to get one elected President.

Yes, some Cherokee became citizens as early as 1817, so it's certainly a theoretical possibility. But still....

That's why we need to use the same definition of "native American". As noted, until the 1920's American Indians were not considered US citizens. They were members of "dependent sovereign nations" under the authority of the US government. It would have been legally and constitutionally impossible for an American Indian who self-identified as a member of a particular tribe, or who was on the rolls as a tribal member to be elected POTUS before then.

However, there were a large number of mixed-race people with a substantial degree of Indian ancestry who were no longer tribal members and who were US citizens because they were born in white settlements in which one parent was white and one was Indian. Such mixed-race people usually self-identified as white and there would be nothing (other than prejudice) that would prohibit these people from being elected POTUS, even if they acknowledged their Indian ancestry.
 
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