Alternate Politicians - Before 1900

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Name: James Abram Garfield
Date of Birth: November 19, 1831
Date of Death: July 2, 1914 (age 82)
Political Party: Republican

List of Offices Held:
Member of the Ohio Senate from the 26th district (January 2, 1860 – August 21, 1861)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 19th district (March 4, 1863 - November 4, 1880)
Chair of the House Appropriations Committee (March 4, 1871 - March 4, 1875)
President of the United States (March 4, 1881 - March 4, 1889)
Governor of Ohio (January 13, 1890 - January 15, 1894)
Senator from Ohio (March 4, 1898 - July 2, 1914)
Wouldn't Garfield take office in the Senate in 1897 or 1899? Or was there a Senate seat IOTL that was taken in 1898?
 
Wouldn't McKinley leave the Senate on March 4, 1921? Other wise I'm loving the alternate Garfield and McKinley presidencies where they live prosperous lives and semi-successful presidencies with a post-presidency political career.
The way I read it on Wikipedia, the incumbent Senator leaves on March 3rd and their successor enters office the day after.
 
Rooseveltian Dynasty - Part 3: Theodore Roosevelt, Sr.
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Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. (1831-1907)
Name: Theodore Roosevelt, Sr.
Born: September 22, 1831
Died: February 9, 1907
Political Party:
Republican
Spouse: Martha Stewart Bullock (m. 1853)
Children: Anna (b. 1855; d. 1931), Theodore, Jr. (b. 1858; d. 1919), Elliott (b. 1860; d. 1894), & Corinne (b. 1861; d. 1933)

List of Offices:
22nd United States Collector of the Port of New York (1878 - 1881)
28th United States Governor of New York (January 1, 1883 - January 1, 1889)
23rd President of the United States of America (March 4, 1889 - March 4, 1897)
 
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Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. (1831-1907)
Name: Theodore Roosevelt, Sr.
Born: September 22, 1831
Died: February 9, 1907
Political Party:

Republican
Spouse: Martha Stewart Bullock (m. 1853)
Children: Anna (b. 1855; d. 1931), Theodore, Jr. (b. 1858; d. 1919), Elliott (b. 1860; d. 1894), & Corinne (b. 1861; d. 1933)

List of Offices:
22nd United States Collector of the Port of New York (1878 - 1881)
28th United States Governor of New York (January 1, 1883 - January 1, 1889)
23rd President of the United States of America (March 4, 1889 - March 4, 1897)
I like it!
 
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Cornelius Cole (1822–1924)

Name: Cornelius Cole
Born: September 17, 1822
Died: November 3, 1924 (aged 102)
Political Party:

Republican
Spouse: Olivia Colegrove

List of Offices:
Clerk of Sacramento Court (1857-1859)
District Attorney of Sacramento County (1859-1863)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's at-large district (March 4, 1863 - March 4, 1865)
United States Senator from California, Class 3 (March 4, 1867 - March 4, 1873)
13th Governor of California (December 9, 1875 - January 10, 1883)
29th Vice President of the United States (March 4, 1921 - August 2, 1923)
30th President of the United States (August 2, 1923 - November 3, 1924)
 
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Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1925)

Name: Ulysses S. Grant
Born: April 27, 1822
Died: July 23, 1925 (aged 103)
Political Party:

Republican
Spouse: Julia Dent (m. 1848; died 1902)
Children: Frederick (b. 1850), Ulysses Jr. (b. 1852), Nellie (b. 1855), Jesse (b. 1858)

List of Offices:
Commanding General of the U.S. Army (March 9, 1864 - March 4, 1865)
18th President of the United States (March 4, 1865 - March 4, 1885)


Basically Lincoln is assassinated in August 1864 by an unknown sniper (one of the greatest mysteries of the 19th Century) and Ulysses S. Grant is drafted for the Republican nomination. The Democrats, bitterly divided and unable to decide between the candidates, end up nominating Grant on their ticket as well. Grant wins the election unopposed as he leads the nation through the final stretch of the Civil War and the beginning of Reconstruction. He wins re-election in 1868, 1872, 1876, and 1880 quite easily. His oldest son Frederick Dent Grant would be elected Vice President in 1900 and succeed President McKinley after his assassination in September 1901, serving until 1913. Grant's youngest son Jesse joined the Democrats and was elected President in 1912, serving two terms.
 
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P. J. Kennedy (1858–1929)

Name: Patrick Joseph "P. J." Kennedy
Born: January 14, 1858
Died: May 18, 1929 (aged 71)
Political Party:

Democratic
Spouse: Mary Augusta Hickey (m. 1887; died 1923)
Children: Joseph (b. 1888), Francis (b. 1891), Mary (b. 1892), Margaret (b. 1898)

List of Offices:
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 2nd Suffolk district (January 3, 1884 - January 3, 1889)
Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 4th Suffolk district (January 3, 1889 - January 3, 1895)
39th Governor of Massachusetts (January 4, 1895 - January 3, 1897)
25th President of the United States (March 4, 1897 - March 4, 1905)
 
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Name: Robert Todd Lincoln
Date of Birth: August 1, 1843
Date of Death: July 26, 1926 (age 82)
Political Party: Republican

List of Offices Held:
Town Supervisor of South Chicago (1876-1877)
U.S. Secretary of War (March 4, 1881 - March 4, 1885)
22nd President of the United States (March 4, 1885 - March 4, 1893)
U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (May 5, 1893 - March 25, 1897)
Senator from Vermont (January 11, 1899 - July 26, 1926) (Died in office)
 
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Name: Robert Todd Lincoln
Date of Birth: August 1, 1843
Date of Death: July 26, 1926 (age 82)
Political Party: Republican

List of Offices Held:
Town Supervisor of South Chicago (1876-1877)
U.S. Secretary of War (March 4, 1881 - March 4, 1885)
22nd President of the United States (March 4, 1885 - March 4, 1893)
U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (May 5, 1893 - March 25, 1897)
Senator from Vermont (January 11, 1899 - July 26, 1926) (Died in office)
Why Senator from Vermont? Wasn't Lincoln from Illinois?
 
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Louis P. Harvey
Date of Birth: July 22, 1820
Date of Death: April 19, 1903 (age 83)
Political Party: Republican

List of Offices Held:
Wisconsin State Senator: 1854-8
Wisconsin Secretary of State: 1860 - 62
Governor of Wisconsin: 1862 - 1868 [FN1]
United States Senator: 1869 - 1893 [FN2]

[FN1] The POD. Governor Harvey does not fall off of his ship while delivering supplies to Union sodiers in Tennessee. Instead, he returns home as a vigorious war governor and manages to secure three terms (one more than the usually accepted two terms). A close ally of the Lincoln administration, he eventually moves into the Radical camp following the death of Lincoln; a move which puts him at odds with Wisconsin's former governor Dodge who remained loyal to Andrew Johnson.

[FN2] Following the retirement of Senator James R. Doolittle, former Governor Harvey is chosen to represent Wisconsin in the United States Senate following a surprisingly vigorious fight in the Legislature against the supporters of Matthew H. Carpenter. Harvey would hold the seat for the next 24 years before retiring in 1893, after the Democrats swept to power in the state. During this time he built up a reputation as a moderate reformer; loyal to the Grant administration, but also calling for civil service reform. Often mentioned as a possible Presidential or Vice-Presidential candidate, Harvey never received the nod in the convention, despite running in 1876 and 1880. His last years were spent in quiet retirement with his wife Cornellia and their three children.
 
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Tad Lincoln as a child

Name: Thomas "Tad" Lincoln III
Date of Birth: April 4, 1853
Date of Death: July 15, 1941 (age 88)
Political Party: Republican

List of Offices Held:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois' 7th district (March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1895)
Senator from Illinois (March 4, 1897 - February 27, 1901) (Resigned after winning 1900 presidential election)
25th President of the United States (March 4, 1901 - March 4, 1909)
Governor of Illinois (February 3, 1913 - January 10, 1921)
 
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Tad Lincoln as a child

Name: Thomas "Tad" Lincoln III
Date of Birth: April 4, 1853
Date of Death: July 15, 1941 (age 88)
Political Party: Republican

List of Offices Held:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois' 7th district (March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1895)
Senator from Illinois (March 4, 1897 - November 8, 1900) (Resigned after winning 1900 presidential election)
25th President of the United States (March 4, 1901 - March 4, 1909)
Governor of Illinois (February 3, 1913 - January 10, 1921)
Senator from Illinois (March 4, 1925 - March 3, 1931) (Declined to run again in 1930 election due to old age)
Would be cool to see a Lincolnian Dynasty rivaling @LAHistorian15's A Rooseveltian Dynasty.
Abraham Lincoln (1861-1869), Robert Todd Lincoln (1885-1893), Tad Lincoln (1901-1909), and Jack Lincoln (1921-1929). Maybe even an Abraham Lincoln III in later years.
 
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