AHC: Probability/Plausibility of a Seward/Lincoln ticket?

What factors would be necessary to get a Seward/Lincoln ticket in either 1860 or earlier (if possible, say 1856:confused:) - and could it actually work plausibly, keeping in mind that the Civil War goes off as per OTL. Would it actually be worse than OTL because Seward was perceived as a radical, and would he actually make the same decisions as Lincoln did in the same period???
 
What factors would be necessary to get a Seward/Lincoln ticket in either 1860 or earlier (if possible, say 1856:confused:) - and could it actually work plausibly, keeping in mind that the Civil War goes off as per OTL. Would it actually be worse than OTL because Seward was perceived as a radical, and would he actually make the same decisions as Lincoln did in the same period???

It's not likely because Lincoln and Seward were both ex-Whigs. OTL, Lincoln ran with ex-Democrat Hannibal Hamlin, and then with War Democrat Andrew Johnson.

If Seward wanted an Illinois Republican to placate westerners, I think a more likely VP would be Senator Lyman Trumbull, former "Anti-Nebraska Democrat", who would appeal to the Free Soil crowd.

Seward I think would still win the election. After that, who knows?
 
It's not likely because Lincoln and Seward were both ex-Whigs. OTL, Lincoln ran with ex-Democrat Hannibal Hamlin, and then with War Democrat Andrew Johnson.

If Seward wanted an Illinois Republican to placate westerners, I think a more likely VP would be Senator Lyman Trumbull, former "Anti-Nebraska Democrat", who would appeal to the Free Soil crowd.

Seward I think would still win the election. After that, who knows?

Eh, Trumbull might turn the Vice Presidency down. It was a much weaker office then; it wasn't until the Wilson administration that The VP was even invites to cabinet meetings. Unlike today, going from Senator to Vice President wasn't necessarily a promotion. Lincoln on the other hand had no office at the time and might be more willing. Of course as you note, Seward would pick Lincoln only if he decided geographic balance was more important than political balance.
 
Eh, Trumbull might turn the Vice Presidency down... Unlike today, going from Senator to Vice President wasn't necessarily a promotion.

Sen. Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME) didn't.

Sen. Ben Fitzgerald (D-AL) accepted the VP nomination with Douglas.

Sen. Joe Lane (D-OR) ran with Breckinridge.

Sen. William R.D. King (D-AL) was elected VP from the Senate in 1852.

Sen. Henry Wilson (R-NY) was elected VP from the Senate in 1872.

Sen. John Logan (R-IL) was Blaine's running mate in 1884.
 
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