AHC: President Charles Bonaparte

Challenge: Have Charles Joseph Bonaparte, US Attorney General and Secretary of the Navy under Theodore Roosevelt, become President of the United States of America.
 
Serves as alternative Taft Vice Presidential choice but bows out in 1912 due to his relationship with Roosevelt. Roosevelt then has him win the GOP nomination in 1916 rather than Hughes. Bonaparte beats Wilson in a close election, which includes Maryland going to Bonaparte.
 

dead_wolf

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Boneparte winning in 1916 will affect the US' entry into WWI; his opponents will decry sending American troops to wage a 'French war.'
 

dead_wolf

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Not the OP but bumping this because I think it's a really interesting challenge. What would it really take to get him into office?
 
Boneparte winning in 1916 will affect the US' entry into WWI; his opponents will decry sending American troops to wage a 'French war.'

And think of the cries of "Empire!" if he suppresses dissent in ways similar to the Wilson administration.
 
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