Alternate Presidents for 60s.

We ipotize that For some reasons (health,scandals,private life) in 1960 and in 1964, John F. Kennedy,Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson,Nelson Rockefeller and hubert humphrey were not availables as candidates for the White House.
Which others politicians ( democrats and Republicans can be suitables for the job?
 
Without Kennedy, Johnson, or Humphrey there's a chance that Adlai Stevenson is nominated again in 1960. Ordinarily this would be difficult to achieve-but here all of his major competition is not in contention and Stevenson did try at a third nomination.
 
I could see an early (probably too early) nomination for Reagan.

Could George Wallace sneak in a nom?

Eugene McCarthy

Ed Muskie
 
Scoop Jackson would be a good candidate; pre-Vietnam, the Democrats were more hawkish, he was a staunch New Dealer, by 1960 he already had eight years in the Senate in so he was well-experienced.

In 1960, Prescott Bush could run, but after that he's probably be seen as too old. Later in the decade, William Scranton could be the leader of the liberal Republicans, so could Mark Hatfield. Goldwater's still around, and so is James Rhodes, to be conservative leaders.
 
On the Democratic side the question is whether there's a consensus candidate by the convention-there may not be. If there is a consensus candidate can he stop Stevenson?

On the Republican side I think without Nixon someone would run as Ike'a anointed successor. Indeed given the at times tense relationship between Nixon and Eisenhower there's some chance said candidate is actually backed more by Ike than Nixon was. Not sure who that would be. On the other hand the draft Goldwater campaign is more serious here. Also didn't Rockefeller think about runnlng? The GOP race could be between the Eisenhower candidate, Rockefeller, and Goldwater.

There's a chance we're looking at Stevenson vs. Goldwater in this scenario. Which presumably means third times the charm for Adlai.
 
This isn't a complete list of possibilities, but I do think that these people had the capability to wage a successful campaign in both their Parties' primaries and the general election itself should the opportunity and electoral situation bend in their favor.

Democratic
Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri
Senator Joseph Clark of Pennsylvania
Governor Orville Freeman of Minnesota
Senator Scoop Jackson of Washington
Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota
Senator Thomas Dodd of Connecticut
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana
Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin
Senator William Fulbright of Arkansas
Governor Terry Sanford of North Carolina
Governor John Connally of Texas
- (First Addition)
Senator Robert Kennedy of New York
Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts
Senator George McGovern of South Dakota
Senator Fred Harris of Oklahoma
Senator Frank Church of Idaho
Governor Robert Meyner of New Jersey
Senator Mike Monroney of Oklahoma
Mayor Richard Dilworth of Pennsylvania
Former Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois
Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee
Senator Paul Douglas of Illinois
Senator Frank Lausche of Ohio
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. of New York (provided he manages to become Governor)
Governor Mennen Williams of Michigan
Associate Justice William Douglas of Connecticut


Republican
Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts
University President Milton Eisenhower of Pennsylvania
Governor George Romney of Michigan
Governor Mark Hatfield of Oregon
Governor William Scranton of Pennsylvania
Governor Ronald Reagan of California
Governor Raymond Shafer of Pennsylvania
Minority Leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois
Senator Charles Percy of Illinois
Senator Jacob Javits of New York
Mayor John Lindsay of New York
General Curtis LeMay of California
General William Westmoreland of South Carolina
- (First Addition)
Secretary of State Christian Herter of Massachusetts
Secretary of the Treasury Robert Anderson of New York
Former Governor Thomas Dewey of New York
Former Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota
Mayor Sam Yorty of California (if switched affiliation)
Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona
Senator Prescott Bush of Connecticut
Robert Taft Jr. of Ohio (should he become a Senator earlier, or at all)
 
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Richardson Dilworth is an alt candidate that could arise.
The fella supposedly is charismatic and Kennedy-esque.
A POD in his 1950 run for Governor could result in him being a very experienced and prepared for a run in the 1960s. A POD in his 1962 run for Governor could result in him being ready for a run starting in 1968.

Another longshot possibility is FDR Jr, who was persuaded not to run for governor in 1954. If things went his way he'd be suitible for a 60s run.

Senator Mike Mulroney is another name that could go on the above list.
Governor Robert Meyner could work in 1960.
 
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Oh, and depending on why John F. Kennedy is forced out of the race, Robert Kennedy could be a possibility for 1968. Like if JFK dies or is hit by health problems which force him to resign from office in the early 1960s, Robert could succeed him.
 
Added quite a few more names to my list, while also taking into account names that people have bandied about. Seems there isn't exactly a small pool of candidates to choose from, but certainly a few of them would require quite a bit of work to get into the Oval Office.
 
Oh heres an intriguing possibility.
General Edwin Walker attempted to become the Democratic nominee for Texas in 1962.
I suppose if an alt 50s where Communism seems to be winning, a more humilating Cuban Missile Crisis and you butterfly John Connally's career it might be possible for him to get the nomination and win.
This could place him in the running for the Democratic nomination in 1968 or alternatively he strikes out as an independent/third party.
 
We ipotize that For some reasons (health,scandals,private life) in 1960 and in 1964, John F. Kennedy,Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson,Nelson Rockefeller and hubert humphrey were not availables as candidates for the White House.
Which others politicians ( democrats and Republicans can be suitables for the job?

The only plausible POD for them *all* being unavailable is a nuclear war! :p But leaving that aside, Stuart Symington was "everyone's second choice" for the Democratic nomination in 1960, and would probably defeat Adlai Stevenson, who by this time had just lost too many times to appeal to anyone but eggheads. As for the Republicans, on the conservative side, 1960 is still probably too early for Goldwater, and the 1958 election eliminated Knowland as a possibility. On the liberal side, Lodge is an obvious possibility, at least if Ike threw his support behind him. But even so, the party might be reluctant to nominate someone as liberal as Lodge. Among centrists, Thruston Morton would be a possibility.
 
Oh heres an intriguing possibility.
General Edwin Walker attempted to become the Democratic nominee for Texas in 1962.
I suppose if an alt 50s where Communism seems to be winning, a more humilating Cuban Missile Crisis and you butterfly John Connally's career it might be possible for him to get the nomination and win.
This could place him in the running for the Democratic nomination in 1968 or alternatively he strikes out as an independent/third party.

Walker finished in *sixth* place, with less than ten percent of the vote. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=48&year=1962&f=0&off=5&elect=1 I suppose without Connally in the race, there is a remote chance of Walker making the runoff (I doubt it--most of Connally's votes would probably go to Price Daniel) but hardly any of his winnng the nomination. And the Cuban Missile crisis wasn't until months after the primary.
 
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