Andrew Johnson, and State William H. Seward also kill in 1865

In this, Powell is able to kill Seward, and Atzerodt is able to kill Johnson on April 14, 1865. What now with Lincoln, Johnson, and Seward all dead?
 
For starters there is no clear successor to the POTUS- presidential succession stopped at the P until the 25th amendment more than a century afterwards.
You're likely to see an earlier amendmen, once the chaos dies down.
 
For starters there is no clear successor to the POTUS- presidential succession stopped at the P until the 25th amendment more than a century afterwards.
You're likely to see an earlier amendmen, once the chaos dies down.


BTW, since cabinet members were not included in the line of presidential succession until 1886, the assassination or non-assassination of Seward has no *direct* relevance to presidential succession in 1865.
 
For starters there is no clear successor to the POTUS- presidential succession stopped at the P until the 25th amendment more than a century afterwards.
You're likely to see an earlier amendmen, once the chaos dies down.

Incorrect. The great Lafayette S. Foster ascends to the Presidency, per the Presidential Succession Act of 1792 (President, VP, President pro tempore, then Speaker). William Seward's death probably does throw the State Department in a loop, assuming they also take out, as they nearly did, the Assistant Secretary of State Frederick Seward (also William's completely unqualified son).
 
Incorrect. The great Lafayette S. Foster ascends to the Presidency, per the Presidential Succession Act of 1792 (President, VP, President pro tempore, then Speaker). William Seward's death probably does throw the State Department in a loop, assuming they also take out, as they nearly did, the Assistant Secretary of State Frederick Seward (also William's completely unqualified son).

And given the provisions of the 1792 Act, there would be a Special Election in November 1865 for the remainder of Lincoln's term. I asked who the likely Republican nominee would be (because let's face it, the Democrats aren't going to win given their abysmal state), and the generally accepted answer was Grant, meaning he serves 1866-1869 and likely beyond.
 
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And given the provisions of the 1792 Act, there would be a Special Election in November 1865 for the remainder of Lincoln's term. I asked who the likely Republican nominee would be (because let's face it, the Democrats aren't going to win given their abysmal state), and the generally accepted answer was Grant, meaning he serves 1866-1869 and likely beyond.

Ah, but my reading of the Act tells me that the new President would be elected for a four-year term, permanently offsetting the elections to odd years (1865, 1869, 1873... ...2009, 2013, 2017...).

Not that that would matter due to the butterflies. Grant would probably run for a second re-election in 1873, and perhaps longer (until his troubles creeped up), as his real-life second re-election in 1876 was nixed due to the death of Henry Wilson and the effect of that on Grant.
 
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