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I went searching for whether there had even been a thread on it before posting. I figured I'd go with Jackson, as it's hard to get Harrison into office in 1836. Or, at least, harder.

Your challenge - create a TL as close to ours as possible (though there will be historic divergences that change history of couse - could be a faster Civil Rights movement or whatever) in which the following happens:

1. Andrew jackson is killed in 1835, as per the assassination attempt.
2. To explain the killing by an insane man, a "curse" legend is created, wherein some Indians cursed the year Jackson was elected.
3. Have that legend come true, as every president elected in a year ending in "8" dies in office.
4. Have the curse end in 1968 or 1988.
5. Have OTL historical figures - I know some on here believe in massive butterlies wherein nobody born after the POD could be born; but if you do that, you lose 3,273,925 points. :D (Number chosen at random)

1. 200 Bonus points if you can get one (and only one) president dying in a year ending in an 8 that is not elected in a year ending in "8" (a la taylor in 1850.) Yes, it could be an election year, but note #6 below.)

2. 200 Bonus points for each president who died in OTL dying in TTL. (You get a freebie in Taylor, others will be a lot harder.)

3. 250 Bonus pionts if Reagan ends the jinx in 1968.

4. 250 bonus points if you have the same number of natural deaths as assassinations. (Not counting Taylor's, since it was not an election year.)

5. 300 Bonus Points if a Vice President who becomes President in TTL threough the death of a pPresident also became President that way in OTL; *or* if you have a President who was President in OTL become President through succession in TTL. (For this one, they can be Presidents who were elected in OTL, or who came to office in OTL.) (Note - this is *not* going to be as easy as it sounds at first. But, again, you get a freebie in Fillmore.)

6. 100 pionts for each President who was elected in a 0 year and died in OTL being elected and surviving in TTL. (Trhough of course, some will be almost impossible; FDR was really sick, for instance. Though you get the bonus if he just doesn't run in '44, but that in itself will be hard. And, who awould he support.)

Now, the most important rule...

7. Have fun! It's not like I'm giong to add all this, I'm not, but I did want to establish what I'm looking for. But, this could also be very interesting; like, if Levi Morton were to become a President. What would some of these guys be like?
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