Taft never develops cancer, beats Eisenhower in 1952, and narrowly wins the general election. However, Stevenson beats him in a rematch four years later. The result is 24 straight years of Democratic dominance of the executive branch.
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Taft never develops cancer, beats Eisenhower in 1952, and narrowly wins the general election. However, Stevenson beats him in a rematch four years later. The result is 24 straight years of Democratic dominance of the executive branch.
Presidents of the Russian Democratic Federative Republic
1921-1927: Alexander Kerensky (Trudovik)
1927-1933: Pavel Milyukov (Kadet)
1933-1939: Boris Savinkov (Socialist)
1939-1945: Alexander Kolchak (National-Populist)
1945-1951: Nikolai Vissarionvich (Kadet)
1951-1957: Igor Stravinsky (Kadet)
1957-1963: Nikita Khrushchev (Trudovik)
1963-1969: Yuri Andropov (Trudovik)
1969-1975: Alisa Rosenbaum (Conservative)
1975-1981: Leonid Brezhnev (Trudovik)
1981-1987: Boris Yeltsin (Conservative)
1987-1993: Mikhail Gorbachev (Kadet)
1993-1999: Gennady Zyuganov (Trudovik)
1999-2005: Vladimir Putin (Conservative)
2005-2011: Grigory Yavlinsky (Kadet)
2011-2017: Leonid Kuchma (Kadet)
2017-Present: Alexei Navalny (Conservative)
1921-1927: Alexander Kerensky (Trudovik)
1927-1933: Pavel Milyukov (Kadet)
1933-1939: Boris Savinkov (Socialist)
1939-1945: Alexander Kolchak (National-Populist)
1945-1951: Nikolai Vissarionvich (Kadet)
1951-1957: Igor Stravinsky (Kadet)
1957-1963: Nikita Khrushchev (Trudovik)
1963-1969: Yuri Andropov (Trudovik)
1969-1975: Alisa Rosenbaum (Conservative)
1975-1981: Leonid Brezhnev (Trudovik)
1981-1987: Boris Yeltsin (Conservative)
1987-1993: Mikhail Gorbachev (Kadet)
1993-1999: Gennady Zyuganov (Trudovik)
1999-2005: Vladimir Putin (Conservative)
2005-2011: Grigory Yavlinsky (Kadet)
2011-2017: Leonid Kuchma (Kadet)
2017-Present: Alexei Navalny (Conservative)
Vladimir Lenin dies of a stroke in 1920, allowing the Bolshevik to fall apart. The RDFR becomes a major power.
Garfield survives and Cleveland doesn't
1953-1957: Harry S. Truman/ Dwight Eisenhower (Democrat)
1957-1963: Dwight Eisenhower*/ John F. Kennedy (Democrat)
1963-1965: John F. Kennedy/ vacant (Democrat)
1965-1973: John F. Kennedy/ George Smathers (Democrat)
1973-1981: John Connolly/ George Romney (Republican)
1981-1989: Robert F. Kennedy/ Jimmy Carter (Democrat)
1989-1997: George H.W. Bush/ Jack Kemp (Republican)
1997-2001: Jesse Ventura*/ Donald Trump (Reform)
2001-2005: Donald Trump/ vacant (Reform)
2005-2013: John McCain/ George W. Bush (Republican)
2013-incumbent: George W. Bush/ Mitt Romney (Republican)
Eisenhower is courted and drafted by the Democratic Party only to be assassinated in 1963. His death allows JFK to pick up were Eisenhower began in Vietnam. However, his War on Poverty fails, allowing Republican victory in the election of 1972.
RFK was drafted after the Watergate scandal, serving for two terms.
The late 1990s brought in a viable third party.
Lincoln and the rest of the cabinet die in 1862 leading to McClellan declaring a military dictatorship which lasts untill 1922. Herbert Hoover is elected but primaries by Butler. Butler dies in 32, and leaving Truman to be president untill 1940 where loses to FDR who only serves one term.
* 1994-2000: Luis Donaldo Colosio (PRI)
* 2000-2006: Cuauhtemoc Cárdenas (PRD)
* 2006-2012: Andrés Manuel López Obrador (PRD)
* 2012-2018: Marcelo Ebrard (PRD)
* 2000-2006: Cuauhtemoc Cárdenas (PRD)
* 2006-2012: Andrés Manuel López Obrador (PRD)
* 2012-2018: Marcelo Ebrard (PRD)
Colosio is never assassinated, however, after 72 years of consecutive power, the PRI is defeated by the PRD and a vengeful Cardenas, leading to an 18-year reign.
1977-1981: Jimmy Carter / Walter Mondale (Democratic)
1981-1981: Ronald Reagan / George Bush (Republican)
1981-1985: George Bush / Phil Crane (Republican)
1985-1989: Ted Kennedy / Dale Bumpers (Democratic)
1989-1997: Bob Dole / Trent Lott (Republican)
1997-2001: Trent Lott / Richard Lugar (Republican)
2001-2009: Howard Dean / Sam Nunn (Democratic)
2009-2013: Jim Webb / Susan Collins (Republican)
2013-present: Brian Schweitzer / Harold Ford, Jr. (Democratic)
Regan is assassinated and Bush fails to be dynamic. Bob Dole is popular enough, though.
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[1] At Britain's lowest point in the war, Churchill succumbs to a bout of pneumonia and is replaced by the respected Lord Halifax.
[2] Halifax oversees closer co-operation with the US and the dramatic invasion of Europe's "soft underbelly" in 1944. He serves until the end of the Second World War in 1945 but, tired of conflict and acutely aware of shifting public opinion, doesn't push the Soviets as hard on postwar jurisdiction Churchill did IOTL. While hardliners cry foul and much of Eastern Europe is swallowed by the Red Tide, the move is widely seen as a sensible effort to preserve peace and the Conservatives survive the 1945 election. Halifax retires from politics two years later to teach at Cambridge.
[3] Horace Wilson, a supporter of Chamberlain's appeasement, never expected to become Prime Minister. However Halifax's time in office has allowed the public to forgive and forget, and Wilson (who had spent the 40s on the sidelines) is seen as an easy way to prevent a leadership struggle. His initial term in office is successful but unexceptional. Following the 1951 election, a sharp post-war recession hits and riots and strikes sweep the nation.
[4] The "Cold Year" culminates in an attempted bombing of the House of Commons by pro-Soviet terrorists. In a totally legal manoeuvre, respected war hero Bernard Montgomery is given a seat in the House of Lords and placed in charge of a "National Government". His harsh crackdown extends beyond radical groups to the left-most fringes of the Labour Party, and when police attempt to arrest several sitting Labour MPs the Queen forces him to call a general election.
[5] Labour, with Clement Atlee at the helm, is swept to power in a massive landslide. Atlee quickly institutes a radical program of nationalisation and sweeping welfare reforms, while Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin organises Britain's allies into the "European Alliance" to combat the increasingly powerful communist bloc. Scholars usually mark this as the point where the UK replaced the increasingly-isolationist United States on the world stage. The Mandate of Palestine is split between Zionist and Arab spheres of influence. Atlee retires for health reasons in '65, passing the torch to his protege.
[6] Harold Wilson initially benefits from a booming economy and a period of relative national and international peace. However, he is soon forced to lead to EA on behalf of pro-Western forces in the Polish Civil War and is troubled by the rise of Irish nationalism. Then the unthinkable happens: an IRA cell attacks the Queen during a tour of Belfast, killing her. Wilson attempts to keep the country calm but is instead blamed for allowing the murder to happen and not pursuing those responsible. The 1971 election sees a very different Conservative Party return to power.
[7] The "Iron Lady" to her supporters, the "Witch" - or worse - to her many enemies. Margaret Thatcher sweeps into office and changes the country forever. Calling for an end to the post-war consensus and "total war" against the IRA, she massively enhances government power, turns Northern Ireland into a battleground, and openly challenges the decaying Soviet Union on the world stage. And, for the most part, it works. Sure, the "Troubles" are still ongoing (and most of Scotland is ready to declare independence at the drop of a hat), but the economy is chugging along and Britain is the undisputed master of the free world. For the Conservative Party, and the country they rule, the future looks bright.
Apologies for any egregious breaches of character, I'm not exactly an expert on British politics.
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1945-1955: Clement Attlee(Labour)
1955-1963: Anthony Eden(Conservative)
1963-1965: Harold Macmillan(Conservative)
1965-1974: Harold Wilson(Labour)
1974-1980: Roy Jenkins(Labour)
1980-1981: Michael Foot(Labour)
1981-1987: Geoffrey Howe(Conservative)
1987-1995: Michael Heseltine(Conservative)
1995-1998: David Owen(Social Democratic)
1998-2002: Paddy Ashdown(Liberal)
2002-2010: Charles Kennedy(Social Democratic)
2010-2019: Nick Clegg(Liberal)
2019-present: Jeremy Corbyn(Labour)
1945-1955: Clement Attlee(Labour)
1955-1963: Anthony Eden(Conservative)
1963-1965: Harold Macmillan(Conservative)
1965-1974: Harold Wilson(Labour)
1974-1980: Roy Jenkins(Labour)
1980-1981: Michael Foot(Labour)
1981-1987: Geoffrey Howe(Conservative)
1987-1995: Michael Heseltine(Conservative)
1995-1998: David Owen(Social Democratic)
1998-2002: Paddy Ashdown(Liberal)
2002-2010: Charles Kennedy(Social Democratic)
2010-2019: Nick Clegg(Liberal)
2019-present: Jeremy Corbyn(Labour)
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Thanks! If nothing else it let me learn some interesting stuff about British politics.
Sir Winston Churchill never becomes Prime Minister in the '50s, thus leading to a world where the iron lady never rises to the position of PM.