Chester Arthur: Death got him into office and death got him out of it

WI Arthur had been in somewhat better health, got more involved in winning his party's nomination in 1884, eventually securing it, and then won the presidential election? He'd still die within 2 years of that, so who would be his successor? Blaine? George Edmunds?
 
WI Arthur had been in somewhat better health, got more involved in winning his party's nomination in 1884, eventually securing it, and then won the presidential election? He'd still die within 2 years of that, so who would be his successor? Blaine? George Edmunds?


As easterners, they would be unlikely VPs for a New Yorker.

Almost certainly someone from the Midwest, maybe John Sherman or Benjamin Harrison?
 
As easterners, they would be unlikely VPs for a New Yorker.

Almost certainly someone from the Midwest, maybe John Sherman or Benjamin Harrison?
Blaine most likely wouldn't go for the Vice-Presidency, especially not under Arthur. Harrison likewise isn't good Vice-Presidential material (especially on the campaign trail-- people almost always voted against Harrison after shaking his hand), so Edmunds or Sherman are the two decent choices left. Of the two, Sherman is an Ohian and so probably is a shoe-in against Edmunds.

So that means a John Sherman presidency from 1886-88 or '92? It's worth mulling over; this is before he ever wrote the Anti-Trust Act.
 
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