Alternate Politicians - Before 1900
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Henry Clay, Sr. (1777-1852)
Born: April 12, 1777
Died: June 29, 1852
Political Party:
Democratic-Republican (Until 1825)
National Republican (1825 - 1833)
Whig (1833 - 1852)
Spouse: Lucretia Hart (b. 1781; m. 1799; d. 1864)Children: Henrietta (b. 1800; d. 1801), Theodore (b. 1802; d. 1870), Thomas (b. 1803; d. 1871), Susan (b. 1805; d. 1825), Mary (b. 1807; d. 1835), Lucretia (b. 1809; d. 1823), Henry, Jr. (b. 1811; d. 1847), Eliza (b. 1813; d. 1825), Laura (b. 1816; d. 1816), James (b. 1817; d. 1864), John (b. 1821; d. 1887)
List of Offices:
Senator from Kentucky (December 29, 1806 - March 3, 1807; January 4, 1810 - March 3, 1811; November 10, 1831 - March 31, 1842)
Member of the House of Representatives from Kentucky (March 4, 1811 - January 19, 1814; March 4, 1815 - March 3, 1821; March 4, 1823 - March 6, 1825)
Speaker of the House of Representatives (March 4, 1811 - January 19, 1814; March 4, 1815 - October 28, 1820; March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825)
Secretary of State (March 4, 1825 - March 4, 1829)
President of the United States of America (March 4, 1845 - June 29, 1852)
Winfield Scott (1786-1866)
Born: June 13, 1786
Died: May 29, 1866
Political Party:
Whig
Spouse: Maria Mayo (b. 1789; m. 1817; d. 1862)Children: Maria (b. 1818; d. 1833), John (b. 1819; d. 1820), Virginia (b. 1821; d. 1845), Edward (b. 1823; d. 1827), Cornelia (b. 1825; d. 1885), Adeline (b. 1831; d. 1882), & Marcella (b. 1834; d. 1909)
List of Offices:
Military Offices:
Captain (May 3, 1808 - July 6, 1812)Lieutenant Colonel (July 6, 1812 - March 12, 1813)
Colonel (March 12, 1813 - March 9, 1814)
Brigadier General (March 9, 1814 - July 25, 1814)
Brevet Major General (July 25, 1814 - June 25, 1841)
Major General (June 25, 1841 - March 29, 1847)
Commanding General of the United States Army (July 5, 1841 - March 3, 1853)
Brevet Lieutenant General (March 29, 1847 - March 3, 1853)
Political Offices:
President of the United States of America (March 4, 1853 - March 4, 1857)
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Name: William Henry Harrison
Date of Birth: February 9, 1773
Date of Death: March 26, 1864 (age 91)
Political Party: Democratic-Republican (before 1828), Whig (1836-1856), Republican (after 1856)
List of Offices Held:
2nd Secretary of the Northwest Territory (June 28, 1798 - October 1, 1799)
Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Northwest Territory's at-large district (March 4, 1799 – May 14, 1800)
Governor of the Indiana Territory (January 10, 1801 – December 28, 1812)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 1st district (October 8, 1816 – March 3, 1819)
Member of the Ohio Senate from the Hamilton County district (1819-1821)
Senator from Ohio (March 4, 1825 – May 20, 1828)
U.S. Minister to Gran Columbia (February 5, 1829 – September 26, 1829)
President of the United States (March 4, 1841 - March 4, 1845)
Governor of Ohio (December 12, 1846 - January 22, 1849)
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Weren't Whigs supportive of a one-term promise? And Harrison was already one of the oldest elected Presidents of his time so I personally believe he would be a one-termer had he lived.
Samuel Jones Tilden (1814-1886)
Born: February 9, 1814
Died: August 4, 1886
Political Party:
Democratic (Until 1848; 1848 - 1886)
Free Soil (1848)
Spouse: NoneChildren: None
List of Offices:
Corporation Council of New York City (1843 - 1844)
Member of the New York State Assembly from New York County (January 1, 1846 - December 31, 1847)
Chair of the New York Democratic Party (August 1866 - September 1874)
Member of the New York State Assembly from New York County’s 18th District (January 1, 1872 - December 31, 1872)
Governor of New York (January 1, 1875 - December 31, 1876)
President of the United States of America (March 4, 1877 - March 4, 1885)
Sorry, mistake. I edited the list of offices from one another one of my entries and I thought I deleted everything.
John Brown, Sr. (1800-1861)
Born: May 9, 1800
Died: February 23, 1861
Political Party:
Democratic (Until 1840)
Liberty (1840 - 1848)
Free Soil (1848 - 1854)
Republican (1854 - 1861)
Spouses: Dianthe Lusk (b. 1801; m. 1820; d. 1832) & Mary Ann Day (b. 1816; m. 1833; d. 1884)Children: John, Jr. (b. 1821; d. 1895), Jason (b. 1823; d. 1912), Owen (b. 1824; d. 1889), Frederick (b. 1827; d. 1831), Ruth (b. 1829; d. 1904), Frederick (b. 1830; d. 1856), Unnamed (b. 1832; d. 1832), Sarah (b. 1834; d. 1843), Watson (b. 1835; d. 1910), Salmon (b. 1836; d. 1919), Charles (b. 1837; d. 1843), Oliver (b. 1839; d. 1914), Peter (b. 1840; d. 1843), Austin (b. 1842; d. 1843), Annie (b. 1843; d. 1926), Sarah (b. 1846; d. 1916), Ellen (b. 1848; d. 1849), & Ellen (b. 1854; d. 1916)
List of Offices:
Member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 13th District (March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1837)
Member of the Senate from Ohio, Class 1 (March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1845)
Member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts’s 1st District (March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849)
Member of the House of Representatives from Ohio’s 11th District (March 4, 1853 - May 18, 1860)
President-Elect of the United States of America (November 7, 1860 - February 23, 1861)
John Brown doesn’t become radical due to being in congress and doesn’t die in 1859 as a result. Brown ran for the Republican Presidential Nomination in 1856 but lost to John C. Frémont however he would run for the nomination again in 1860 and this time wins it. Brown goes on to win the 1860 election however he is assassinated on February 23 of the next year by Cypriano Ferrandini.
Elizabeth of Clarence
(1820-1888)
Princess of the United Kingdom, younger sister to Her Majesty Charlotte I of Great Britain
Political party: Tory
Spouses: none
Children: none
List of offices:
Governor of Lagos (1850-1855)
(1820-1888)
Princess of the United Kingdom, younger sister to Her Majesty Charlotte I of Great Britain
Political party: Tory
Spouses: none
Children: none
List of offices:
Governor of Lagos (1850-1855)
(Reviving this thread a bit)
THE KENNEDY CURSE, EXTENDED, PART ONE
Name: Patrick Joseph "P.J." Kennedy
Date of Birth: January 14, 1858
Date of Death: September 3, 1902 (age 44)
Political Party: Democratic
Cause of Death: Carriage accident in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
List of Offices Held:
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)
Senator of Massachusetts (March 4, 1895 - February 25, 1897)
President of the United States (March 4, 1897 - September 3, 1902)
Notes:
- Was, at the time, the youngest person to ever become U.S. president, at age 38 when he won the 1896 election and age 39 when he was sworn in as president
THE KENNEDY CURSE, EXTENDED, PART ONE
Name: Patrick Joseph "P.J." Kennedy
Date of Birth: January 14, 1858
Date of Death: September 3, 1902 (age 44)
Political Party: Democratic
Cause of Death: Carriage accident in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
List of Offices Held:
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)
Senator of Massachusetts (March 4, 1895 - February 25, 1897)
President of the United States (March 4, 1897 - September 3, 1902)
Notes:
- Was, at the time, the youngest person to ever become U.S. president, at age 38 when he won the 1896 election and age 39 when he was sworn in as president
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I assume PJ is killed in the 1902 automobile accident that nearly killed Teddy Roosevelt IOTL?
Name: Solomon Porcius Sharp
Date of Birth: August 22, 1787
Date of Death: February 24, 1879 (age 91)
Political Party: Democratic-Republican (until 1832), Democratic (after 1832)
List of Offices Held:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 6th district (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817)
Attorney General of Kentucky (October 30, 1821 – November 7, 1825)
10th Governor of Kentucky (August 26, 1828 – September 4, 1832)
Vice President of the United States (March 4, 1833 - March 4, 1837)
8th President of the United States (March 4, 1837 - March 4, 1841)
Notes:
Sharp avoids his assassination from OTL in 1825 and goes on to become the governor of Kentucky. Later on, Jackson recruits him instead of Van Buren to be his running mate in the 1832 election, leading him to essentially take Van Buren's role as both VP and President from OTL.
Rooseveltian Dynasty - Part 1: James J. Roosevelt
James J. Roosevelt (1795-1875)
Born: December 14, 1795
Died: April 5, 1875
Political Party:
Democratic
Spouse: Cornelia Van Ness (b. 1810; m. 1831; d. 1876)Children: Mary (b. 1832; d. 1841), Cornelia (b. 1834; d. 1838), James Nicholas (b. 1836; d. 1856), John P. (b. 1838; d. 1841), William Ouseley (b. 1839; d. 1841), Augustus Jay (b. 1841; d. 1842), Van Ness (b. 1843; d. 1872), Charles Yates (b. 1846; d. 1883), Marcia Ouseley (b. 1847; d. 1906), & Matilda (b. 1851; d. 1854)
List of Offices:
Member of the New York State Assembly from the New York District (January 1, 1835 - January 1, 1836; January 1, 1840 - January 1, 1841)
Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York’s 3rd District (March 4, 1841 - March 4, 1845)
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (March 4, 1843 - March 4, 1845)
President of the United States of America (March 4, 1845 - March 4, 1853)
Rooseveltian Dynasty - Part 2: James Roosevelt I
James Roosevelt I (1828-1900)
Born: July 16, 1828
Died: December 8, 1900
Political Party:
Democratic
Spouses: Rebecca Brien Howland (b. 1831; m. 1853; d. 1876) & Sarah Ann Delano (b. 1854; m. 1880; d. 1941)Children: James Roosevelt (b. 1854; d. 1927) & Franklin Delano (b. 1882; d. 1947)
List of Offices:
United States Minister to the United Kingdom (April 4, 1857 - May 16, 1861)
Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York’s 19th District (March 4, 1863 - March 4, 1875; March 4, 1883 - March 4, 1885)
Chairman of the United States House Democratic Caucus (March 4, 1869 - March 4, 1875)
Member of the United States Senate from New York’s Class 1 District (March 4, 1875 - March 4, 1881)
President of the United States of America (March 4, 1885 - March 4, 1889)
Based on a previous project:
Name: DeWitt Clinton
List of Offices:
Mayor of New York City (1803-1807) (1808-1810) (1811-1815)
Senator from New York (1802-1803)
Lieutenant Governor of New York (1811-1813)
6th President of the United States (1817-1825)
Political Party:
Conservative
Democratic-Republican (Until 1815)
Name: John Quincy Adams
List of Offices:
Massachusetts Senator (1803-1808)
Secretary of State (1817-1825)
7th President of the United States (1825-1833)
Conservative
Democratic-Republican (Until 1815)
Federalist (Until 1808)
Name: DeWitt Clinton
List of Offices:
Mayor of New York City (1803-1807) (1808-1810) (1811-1815)
Senator from New York (1802-1803)
Lieutenant Governor of New York (1811-1813)
6th President of the United States (1817-1825)
Political Party:
Conservative
Democratic-Republican (Until 1815)
Name: John Quincy Adams
List of Offices:
Massachusetts Senator (1803-1808)
Secretary of State (1817-1825)
7th President of the United States (1825-1833)
Conservative
Democratic-Republican (Until 1815)
Federalist (Until 1808)