Alternate Left-Wing VPs for FDR

Probably everyone familiar with the term “alternate history” knows that in the 1944 presidential election, Roosevelt was persuaded to dump his unabashedly left-wing Vice President, Henry Wallace, in favor of the more moderate Harry Truman — which meant that it was Truman who became President after FDR’s death, and not Wallace.

Wallace was dumped partly for his left-wing views not sitting well with the party bosses, and partly because of his interest in non-traditional religions and hypnosis, which Republicans would’ve had a field day with.

So my question to you is this — who are some viable left-wing VPs that could replace Wallace in ‘44? Somebody farther left than Truman, even if they’re not exactly Wallace.
 
South Carolina Senator James Byrnes was the main alternative. He was an economic liberal but staunch segregationist in 1944. After 1944 his economic views moved significantly rightward, and in 1964 he switched to the Republican Party.

IDK if Byrnes would have remained economically liberal as president, or if his views would have switched rightward. In any case, there would be no Dixiecrat walkout and presidential campaign in 1948, since Byrnes certainly wouldn't have integrated the military.
 
South Carolina Senator James Byrnes was the main alternative. He was an economic liberal but staunch segregationist in 1944. After 1944 his economic views moved significantly rightward, and in 1964 he switched to the Republican Party.

IDK if Byrnes would have remained economically liberal as president, or if his views would have switched rightward. In any case, there would be no Dixiecrat walkout and presidential campaign in 1948, since Byrnes certainly wouldn't have integrated the military.

The gains Byrnes would make in the South would be canceled out by losses in the North. Truman's civil rights policies mobilized black turnout and mitigated Wallace's support. Also Byrnes' hostile relationship with unions probably means he signs Taft-Hartley. This would further hurt his popularity and probably elect Dewey in 1948.

William O. Douglas, John G. Winant, and Hugo Black were all mentioned at various points.

Douglas was FDR's first choice actually. He was a committed liberal, though unlike Wallace a consistent anti-communist as well. (I emphasize consistent because Wallace became a staunch anti-communist in the 1950s and admitted he was wrong about Stalin. He even voted for Nixon in 1960).

So if you're looking for an alternate liberal VP, Douglas is your man.
 
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