Alternate Politicians - After 1900
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John F. Fitzgerald (1863–1960)
Name: John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald
Born: February 11, 1863
Died: December 22, 1960 (aged 97)
Political Party:
Democratic
Spouse: Mary Josephine Hannon (m. 1889)Children: Rose (b. 1890), Mary (b. 1892; died 1936), Thomas (b. 1895), John Jr. (b. 1897), Eunice (b. 1900; died 1923), Frederick (b. 1904; died 1935)
List of Offices:
Boston Common Council, Ward 6 (1891-1892)
Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 3rd Suffolk district (1892-1894)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 9th district (March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1901)
38th and 40th Mayor of Boston (January 1, 1906 - January 6, 1908; February 7, 1910 - February 4, 1916)
United States Senator from Massachusetts, Class 1 (March 4, 1917 - March 3, 1921; January 3, 1937 - January 3, 1949)
29th President of the United States (March 4, 1921 - March 4, 1929)
52nd Governor of Massachusetts (January 8, 1931 - January 3, 1937)
Name: Helen Gahagan Douglas
Date of Birth: November 25, 1900
Date of Death: June 28, 1980 (age 79)
Political Party: Democratic
List of Offices Held:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California’s 14th district (January 3, 1945 - January 19, 1949)
Vice President of the United States (January 20, 1949 - November 1, 1950)
President of the United States (November 1, 1950 - January 20, 1957)
Douglas is picked to be Truman’s VP in the ‘48 election instead of Senator Barkley, becomes the first female VP of the United States, and then becomes the first female U.S. president after Truman is assassinated by Puerto Rican activists in 1950, being elected in her own right in 1952 but losing re-election in 1956.
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Name: Prescott Sheldon Bush
Date of Birth: May 15, 1895
Date of Death: October 8, 1972 (age 77)
Political Party: Republican
List of Offices Held:
Senator from Connecticut (November 4, 1952 - January 19, 1961)
Vice President of the United States (January 20, 1961 - November 22, 1963)
President of the United States (November 22, 1963 - January 20, 1969)
Bush becomes Nixon's VP in the '60 election instead of Cabot Lodge Jr, and they win the election. In 1963, Nixon is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald and Bush is sworn in as president. He wins the 1964 election mainly on a wave of sympathy votes, but loses re-election in 1968. He dies 4 years later in 1972.
Diana Spencer Kennedy (1961–present)
Name: Diana Frances Spencer Kennedy
Born: July 1, 1961 (age 61)
Political Party:
Democratic
Spouse: George VII (m. 1981; div. 1996); John F. Kennedy Jr. (m. 1999)Children: Arabella (b. 2001), John III (b. 2003)
List of Offices:
Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth Realms (July 29, 1981 - August 28, 1996)
First Lady of the United States (January 20, 2009 - January 20, 2017)
United States Senator from New York, Class 3 (January 3, 2017 - January 18, 2021)
46th President of the United States (January 20, 2021 - present)
He is OTL Quentin Roosevelt II and is the son of Theodore Roosevelt III. He is named William because his uncle, Quentin Roosevelt, isn’t killed in World War One and isn’t named in honor of him.
Joseph Foraker
Born: July 5, 1846
Died: May 10, 1917
Political Party: Republican
Offices Held
Governor of Ohio 1886-1890
Senator of Ohio 1897-1909
President of the United States 1909-1917
If she was born in England then how is she eligible to run for president in the U.S.?
Hatch Amendment passed in 2004. Ironically she defeated incumbent President Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2020, who has since promised "he'll be back" in 2024.
JFK Jr., elected President in 2008, convinced Senator Chuck Schumer to retire in 2017 and forgo running for re-election in 2016 in order to allow for the very politically active First Lady to run for his seat in the Senate, looking forward to a presidential run.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–2021)
Name: Martin Luther "MLK/MLK Jr." King Jr.
Born: January 15, 1929
Died: December 8, 2021 (aged 92)
Political Party:
Democratic
Spouse: Coretta Scott (m. 1953; died 2020)Children: Yolanda (b. 1955), Martin III (b. 1957), Dexter (b. 1961), Bernice (b. 1963)
List of Offices:
1st President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (January 10, 1957 - January 3, 1967)
United States Senator from Georgia, Class 2 (January 3, 1967 - December 21, 1984)
41st President of the United States (January 20, 1985 - January 20, 1993)
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (August 10, 1993 - June 30, 2009)
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Name: Malcolm "Malcolm X" Little/Malik el-Shabazz
Date of Birth: May 19, 1925
Date of Death: February 27, 2022 (age 96)
Political Party: Democratic
List of Offices Held:
Senator from New York (January 3, 1963 - December 19, 1976)
President of the United States (January 20, 1977 - January 20, 1985)
Robert F. Kennedy (1925–2028)
Name: Robert Francis "RFK/Bobby" Kennedy
Born: November 20, 1925
Died: March 11, 2028 (aged 102)
Political Party:
Democratic
Spouse: Ethel Skakel (m. 1950)Children: Kathleen (b. 1951), Joseph II (b. 1952), Robert Jr. (b. 1954), David (b. 1955), Courtney (b. 1956), Michael (b. 1958), Kerry (b. 1959), Christopher (b. 1963), Matthew (b. 1965), Douglas (b. 1967), Rory (b. 1968)
List of Offices:
64th United States Attorney General (January 21, 1961 - January 20, 1965)
9th United States Secretary of Defense (January 21, 1965 - January 20, 1969)
United States Senator from New York, Class 1 (January 3, 1971 - January 3, 1977)
38th President of the United States (January 20, 1977 - January 20, 1985)
16th Chief Justice of the United States (September 26, 1986 - June 30, 2009)
Inspired by @President_Lincoln's Blue Skies in Camelot: An Alternate 60's and Beyond and @hcallega's The Spirit of '76: The Fall and Rise of Robert Kennedy.
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Could a former queen(I genuinely don't know), run for President?
I wonder what would RFK’s political career look like if these two scenarios were combined into one?
There's nothing saying she can't except for the natural born clause in the Constitution which is explained away by the Hatch Amendment.
Well I don't really see him running for Senate post-1985. That's why I think a Supreme Court nomination would be best suited for him after leaving the presidency in the mid 1980s. Either that or he could settle for a cabinet position (like Secretary of Peace from No Southern Strategy).
Curtis Emerson LeMay (1906-1990)
Born: November 15, 1906
Died: October 1, 1990
Political Party:
Republican
Spouse: Helen MaitlandChildren: Patricia
List of Offices:
Military Offices:
Second Lieutenant in the the United States Army Air Corps (October 12, 1929 - March 12, 1935)First Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Corps (March 12, 1935 - January 26, 1940)
Captain in the United States Army Air Corps (January 26, 1940 - March 21, 1941)
Major in the United States Army Air Corps (March 21, 1941 - January 23, 1942)
Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Air Forces (January 23, 1942 - June 17, 1942)
Colonel in the United States Army Air Forces (June 17, 1942 - September 28, 1943)
Brigadier General in the United States Army Air Forces (September 28, 1943 - March 3, 1944; June 26, 1946 - January 26, 1948)
Major General in the United States Army Air Forces (March 3, 1944 - June 26, 1946)
Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force (January 26, 1948 - February 19, 1948)
Major General in the United States Air Force (February 19, 1948 - October 29, 1951)
General in the United States Air Force (October 29, 1951 - February 28, 1962)
Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force (July 1, 1957 - June 30, 1961)
Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force (June 30, 1961 - February 1, 1965)
General of the United States Air Force (February 28, 1962 - February 1, 1965)
Political Offices:
15th United States Senator from California, Class 3 (January 3, 1969 - January 20, 1981) 11th United States Senate Republican Whip (September 24, 1969 - January 3, 1977)
12th United States Senate Republican Leader (January 3, 1977 - January 3, 1981)
15th United States Secretary of Defense (January 21, 1981 - January 20, 1989)