AHC: POTUS William Jennings Bryan

Wolfpaw

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With a POD after March 4, 1891, your challenge is to have William Jennings Bryan become President of the United States.

Because Bryan just doesn't get repped enough 'round here ;)
 
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mowque

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Whenever. It could be as early or late as you like, so long as it remains plausible :)

My TL has a 1908 victory. I'm not with my stuff right now, but later tonight I can post my stuff. I have his cabinet worked out and everything.

(Three terms!)
 
Mark Hanna dies in a riding accident in 1895. Without his organizational genius (and raising today's equivalent of $3 billion for the GOP warchest, which hasn't been equalled before or since) what was IOTL a closely fought election becomes a Democratic victory.
 
Best way is for some illlness (real or diplomatic) to keep him out of the 1908 race.

By 1912, the Dems have still lost four times running, but now it's twice with Bryan and twice without - and the latter defeats were worse. His last defeat (1900) is fading into the past, and the Democrats are ready to give him another go. He wins the three way race by a margin similar to Wilson's.
 
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Mark Hanna dies in a riding accident in 1895. Without his organizational genius (and raising today's equivalent of $3 billion for the GOP warchest, which hasn't been equalled before or since) what was IOTL a closely fought election becomes a Democratic victory.

That would have interesting consequences for several islands in the Caribbean and Pacific.
 

mowque

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By 1912, the Dems have still lost four times running, but now it's twice with Bryan and twice without - and the latter defeats were worse. His last defeat (1900) is fading into the past, and the Democrats are ready to give him another go. He wins the three way race by a margin similar to Wilson's.

But he is so old, and he is getting way behind the times. Granted, any Democrat will win in 1912, but still.
 

mowque

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My Bryan Cabinet. Would really like some input. (UC) means only in my TL.


Bryan #1 (1909-1912)
President William Bryan
Vice President- Kern
Secretary of State- Richard Olney
Secretary of War- James B. Weaver
Secretary of the Treasury- Adlai Ewing Stevenson
Secretary of Commerce & Labor- Debs
Attorney General- Brandies
Secretary of the Navy- Josephus Daniels
Secretary of the Interior- David Rowland Francis
Postmaster General- Walter Marion Chandler
United States Secretary of Agriculture- Henry Heitfield



Bryan #2 (1913-1916)
President William Bryan
Vice President- Kern
Secretary of State- Robert Lansing
Secretary of War- (UC)
Secretary of the Treasury- Alexander del Mar
Secretary of Commerce & Labor- Debs
Attorney General- Brandies
Secretary of the Navy- Robley Dunglison Evans
Secretary of the Interior- George Washington Donaghey
Postmaster General- Burleson
United States Secretary of Agriculture- David Rowland Francis

Bryan #3 (1917-1920)
President William Bryan
Vice President – Marshall
Secretary of State- Frank Billings Kellogg
Secretary of War- Matthew Reap (UC)
Secretary of the Treasury- Alexander del Mar
Secretary of Commerce & Labor- Smith (UC)
Attorney General- Burton k. Wheeler
Secretary of the Navy- David Alexander (UC)
Secretary of the Interior- Amos Pinchot
Postmaster General- Burleson
United States Secretary of Agriculture- Steven Ridge (UC)
 
But he is so old, and he is getting way behind the times. Granted, any Democrat will win in 1912, but still.


How precisely was he "behind the times"? Afaik the policies he was by now advocating differed little from Wilson's. The only big difference I can see is that he was keener on Prohibition, and the 1910's this wouldn't necessarily be a vote loser.
 
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