Alternate Wikipedia Infoboxes II

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(14) Who sends the telegram now?

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And idea that randomly popped into my head. Set in the Breaking Bad universe, if things went a bit differently for Walter White.

Hank Schrader is, as of January 1, 2030, the current Governor of New Mexico. Formerly a member of the United States senate, Schrader, a former DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) agent, achieved international fame following his capture of the drug-lord "Heisenberg," who turned out to be none other than his own brother-in-law, Walter White. His pursuit of justice, despite the familial ties, led many to hail him as a hero, despite some criticism for failing to detect White's crimes earlier.

Riding off this fame, Schrader quickly worked his way up the DEA, and in 2017 was named Administrator of the DEA by President Hillary Clinton. However, his relationship with the Clinton administration was problematic, and he resigned in 2020 to run for Senate, successfully winning the election following a strong law-and-order, anti-crime campaign. While Schrader, because of his prior fame, quickly became a prominent senator, he soon grew tired of the Senate, finding it too slow-moving. While Schrader considered retiring from politics altogether, he was convinced to run for Governor of New Mexico in 2026, feeling that his brand of leadership would be much more suited in the executive branch of government. Elected in 2026 and re-elected in 2030, Schrader is considered a front-runner for the Republican nomination in 2032, and polls show him leading potential Democratic opponents, though he has remained coy about his intentions.

Cool. I always saw Hank as a Republican, though, possibly because of the way he casually uses the word beaner and his obsession with minerals.
 
Did you read or look at any part of this post beside the opening sentence?
I read this:

"Riding off this fame, Schrader quickly worked his way up the DEA, and in 2017 was named Administrator of the DEA by President Hillary Clinton. However, his relationship with the Clinton administration was problematic, and he resigned in 2020 to run for Senate, successfully winning the election following a strong law-and-order, anti-crime campaign. While Schrader, because of his prior fame, quickly became a prominent senator, he soon grew tired of the Senate, finding it too slow-moving. While Schrader considered retiring from politics altogether, he was convinced to run for Governor of New Mexico in 2026, feeling that his brand of leadership would be much more suited in the executive branch of government. Elected in 2026 and re-elected in 2030, Schrader is considered a front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2032, and polls show him leading potential Democratic opponents, though he has remained coy about his intentions."

And somehow, I managed to miss the bolded part. I just saw "nominated by Clinton" and "leading potential Democratic opponents", and figured that it was about the Democratic primaries. :eek:
 

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After Eisenhower suffered a rather debilitating heart attack in 1956; Nixon stepped up and made his bid to run the White House. He was challenged by the (in)famous Democratic member of HUAC, partnered with a young Senator, John F. Kennedy. The Democrats were defeated, and Nixon became President.
 
I'm intrigued by this series of infoboxes. What's the backstory?

You've mentioned a war of secession against the British crown, and Alabam joining the UASR (whatever that is) in the 1880s. And you imply that American Federation happened in the early 1900s.

I'm guessing that the POD (such as it is) happened during the American Revolution, but why did it take so long to federate Britain's American colonies? And what happened throughout the 19th century to cause the secession of states to the UASR?
The backstory is that the American Revolution fails, Britain sits on the colonies and ensure they don't leave. People try to create new republics in the west, but they are annexed as new colonies.

UASR: Union of Allied Southern Republics. The second, slightly smaller, Southern secession attempt (the first was the United Southern States of America).

Yep, started in 1897 with the sign up of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Ohio. The OTL mainland USA was fully federated with Louisiana's admission in 1916. Alaska and Hawaii was admitted in 1947, and Canada never joined. The first election was in 1899.

Why did it take so long? Well, the states did have considerable self government since roughly the 1830s-50s, and the 'American' identity was shattered by the defeat in the ARW. The states bickered amongst themselves, had little wars and all that, etcetra. They only got around to federation in the 1890s.

Slavery. Britain abolished slavery in the 1810s, but didn't force it on to the colonies until the 1860s. This led to the southern states saying "fuck this, I want out." and seceding. It was pretty much all of the OTL CSA apart from Louisiana (which was an independent republic later annexed due to funding the USSA.), Texas (who was completely disinterested in it due to a lack of slaves in the state) and Florida (a very British-controlled colony).

The second secession attempt was due to 'Reconstruction' not doing the job properly and the Southern people, seething over defeat, voted in Republican governments that declared independence yet again. Crushed yet again. This ensures 'Republicanism' is associated with slavery and segregationism in many modern American minds.
 
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The United States of Southern America! A racist hellhole seceding from the British Crown. A dark mirror of the original USA.

When the British Crown decided to make sure their laws apply to its colonies, the South was up in arms about the whole "slavery gotta be banned" stuff and so declared independence. They eventually fused together as the United States of Southern America, evoking the original USA.

John Tyler was their first and sole President. An elderly man (he was 76 at the time of the start of his presidency) he nevertheless had the passion of a young idealist and led the country with all his energy. His vice president was from South Carolina and the former President of that state, Milledge L. Bonham.

The Southern Uprising took four years to crush, with the battles of Henderson and Blacksburg being major events in the Uprising. In the end, their republic fell and in the other parts of America, patriotism became associated with loyalty to the crown and republicanism with treason. Many states lacked political parties before the Uprising, but new "Patriotic Association" groups sprang up and quickly took over state governments in the North via elections.

The USSA would fall in 1869 with the President and Vice-President taken as captives. 'Reconstruction' would start with the aim to free slaves and re-establish democracy. However, this would be seen as a failure by historians due to the second Southern Uprising.

The Republic of Louisiana, formerly a British protectorate, would be annexed once strong evidence was found that it funded the USSA. Nevertheless, it did get a slice of Georgia when that big state was divided up as punishment for its treason.

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AUSA
United States of Southern America (1866-1869)
Illinoisan state election of 1904
New York state elections of 1921, 1924, 1927 & 1929
American federal election of 1934
New York state elections of 2009 and 2013
Alabaman state election of 2013
Texan state election of 2014
 
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