Hangman: The 140 year timeline

This will be a timeline where we go from presidental administration to presidental administration until modern day.

Here is the list of presidents:

1869: Ulysses S. Grant/Schuyler Colfax (R)
1873: Ulysses S. Grant/Henry Wilson (R)
1877: Isaac Parker/William A. Wheeler (R)
1881: Winfield Scott Hancock/Thomas Andrews Hendricks (D)
1885: Winfield Scott Hancock/Grover Cleveland (D)
1889: Grover Cleveland/Robert E. Lee Jr. (D)
1893: Grover Cleveland/Robert E. Lee Jr. (D)
1897: Robert E. Lee Jr./William Jennings Bryan(D)
1901: Robert E. Lee Jr./William Jennings Bryan(D)
1905: William Jennings Byran/ Eugene V. Debs (Populist)
1909: Theodore Roosevelt/Walter M Chandler (Bull Moose Party)
1913: Theodore Roosevelt/James G. Woodward (Bull Moose)
1917: Theodore Roosevelt/James G. Woodward (Bull Moose)
1921: Upton Sinclair/Eugene V. Debs (Populist)
1922: Eugene V. Debs/Robert M. LaFollette, Sr. (Socialist, after Sinclair's assassination)
1925: Calvin Coolidge/Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican/Bull Moose)
1929: Calvin Coolidge/Nicholas Longworth (Republican/ Bull Moose but the Bull Moose party hardly existed at this time.)
1933: Al Smith/Franklin Roosevelt (Populist/Democrats)
1937: Al Smith/Gerardo Machado (Populist)
1941: Fiorello La Guardia/Wendell Willkie (Republican)
1945: Fiorello La Guardia/Wendell Willkie (Republican)
1949: George S. Patton/Omar Bradley (American)
1953: Frank P. Zeidler/Henry A. Wallace (Socialist)
1957: George S. Patton/Omar Bradley (American)
1961: John F Kennedy/Richard Nixon (R)
1965: John F Kennedy/Richard Nixon (R)
1969: Ferdinand Marcos/John Tower (R)
1973: Ferdinand Marcos/ John Connally (R)
1977: John Connally/Strom Thurmond (R)
1981: Ronald Reagan/ Robert F. Kennedy (R)
1985: Ronald Reagan/ Robert F. Kennedy (R)
1989: John Glenn/Charles Wilson (Democrat)
1993: John Glenn/Charles Wilson (Democrat)
1997: Charles Manson/Bill Clinton (D)
2000: Bill Clinton/ Hilary Clinton (D) (Charles Manson convicted of murder)
2001: Martin Luther King Jr./ Al Gore (I)
2005: Martin Luther King Jr./ Al Gore (I)
2009: Maria Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo/David Rockefeller Jr (Libertarian)



Some things to start it off.

March 17th 1871- Ruthford B. Hayes assassinated by an unknown killer.

June 3rd 1872- Louis Ducos du Hauron creates the first color photograph.


Have fun.
 
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Note: If anyone wants to put in any more events before January 1873, to better set up future presidents, be my guest (unless the admin complains)

March 17th 1871- Ruthford B. Hayes assassinated by an unknown killer.

June 3rd 1872- Louis Ducos du Hauron creates the first color photograph.

November 16, 1872- Missouri Senator Francis Preston Blair, Jr. struck down by paralysis

January 1873- The Missouri state government votes for Senate. Due to his paralysis, Blair has lost much political support. Congressman Parker gains appeal due to his honest dealings and support among the population, as well as his status as a staunch Republican in a time when the political affiliation of Missouri was beginning to shift to the Democrats.
 
WOW! OK, maybe I'm going at it the wrong way, but some comments anyway.
Marcos threw me, until I realised that the Phillipines must have become a state somewhere along the way. Then it struck me that this thread can't be serious anyway, so I won't make many other comments that I could, except to say that no matter what butterflies start to happen in 1869, Manson does not make it to be POTUS. The guy will still be a #1 asshole, no matter what. And I could be wrong here, but 1872 seems way too early for colour photos. I mean, I was born in 1955, and even most of my baby pictures are in BW.
 
except to say that no matter what butterflies start to happen in 1869, Manson does not make it to be POTUS. The guy will still be a #1 asshole, no matter what.

To be fair, he was extremely charismatic and getting people to follow him. And we don't know yet what sort of socioeconomical position America will be in. To someone from today listening to Manson's rants, he's clearly a crazy. To someone listening to Manson back in his prime, he was a lot more reasonable. It's not like he'd come right out and say "Hey, wanna join my cult/family? We're gonna go out and kill some people tonight, then blame it on the niggers so we can start a massive race war and take over." If you can butterfly his time in prison during his early years, and give him a better upbringing, you can end up with an extremely capable politician that might be a bit of a douche, but still holds the admiration of the masses.

And I could be wrong here, but 1872 seems way too early for colour photos. I mean, I was born in 1955, and even most of my baby pictures are in BW.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Duhauron1877.jpg

That was taken by Du Hauron in 1877. I dunno when the very first color photography actually happened, but 1872 sounds reasonable.

It's a matter of the technology for color pictures being widespread, cheap, and reasonable portable. I mean, if it's a matter of someone in 1955 using a cheap handheld instant camera vs a huge camera that costs twenty times as much, they'll probably go for the former.
 
To be fair, he was extremely charismatic and getting people to follow him. And we don't know yet what sort of socioeconomical position America will be in. To someone from today listening to Manson's rants, he's clearly a crazy. To someone listening to Manson back in his prime, he was a lot more reasonable. It's not like he'd come right out and say "Hey, wanna join my cult/family? We're gonna go out and kill some people tonight, then blame it on the niggers so we can start a massive race war and take over." If you can butterfly his time in prison during his early years, and give him a better upbringing, you can end up with an extremely capable politician that might be a bit of a douche, but still holds the admiration of the masses.



http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Duhauron1877.jpg

That was taken by Du Hauron in 1877. I dunno when the very first color photography actually happened, but 1872 sounds reasonable.

It's a matter of the technology for color pictures being widespread, cheap, and reasonable portable. I mean, if it's a matter of someone in 1955 using a cheap handheld instant camera vs a huge camera that costs twenty times as much, they'll probably go for the former.

The first color photo OTL was in 1872, I just added a date.

Also, you can add events from any day from the day Grant entered office to the day he left it.
 
Ok i might be confused but wasnt the first color photograph by James Clerk Maxwell in 1861? That would be before your POD in this timeline so that would make it still happen.

File:Tartan_Ribbon.jpg
 
Ok i might be confused but wasnt the first color photograph by James Clerk Maxwell in 1861? That would be before your POD in this timeline so that would make it still happen.

File:Tartan_Ribbon.jpg

Yeah, you're right. This is the first color image, taken in 1861. The article was probably talking about perfect photography (or more or less perfect, anyway). You can clearly see in that image that the ribbon was not copied over very well, as opposed to the image from the 70s I put up before.
 
Yeah, you're right. This is the first color image, taken in 1861. The article was probably talking about perfect photography (or more or less perfect, anyway). You can clearly see in that image that the ribbon was not copied over very well, as opposed to the image from the 70s I put up before.

I'll fix the pod when I do tommorow's full list.
 
March 17th 1871- Ruthford B. Hayes assassinated by an unknown killer.

November 16, 1872- Missouri Senator Francis Preston Blair, Jr. struck down by paralysis

June 3rd 1872- Louis Ducos du Hauron creates perfect photography.

January 1873- The Missouri state government votes for Senate. Due to his paralysis, Blair has lost much political support. Congressman Parker gains appeal due to his honest dealings and support among the population, as well as his status as a staunch Republican in a time when the political affiliation of Missouri was beginning to shift to the Democrats.

January 21st 1873- President Grant says that Congressman Parker is "The kind of man who always knows what to do when he's needed." this quote becomes a cornerstone of Parker's political career.
 
Fixing a couple of things. you had June 1872 before November 1872, and referred to "Congressman" Parker after he had already been elected Senator.

March 17th 1871- Ruthford B. Hayes assassinated by an unknown killer.

June 3rd 1872- Louis Ducos du Hauron creates perfect photography.

November 16th 1872- Missouri Senator Francis Preston Blair, Jr. struck down by paralysis

November 29th 1872- Presidential nominee Horace Greeley dies after the popular vote but before the electoral vote. As a result, the Radical Republican electors are split, leading to a more or less uncontested victory by incumbent Grant.

January 1873- The Missouri state government votes for Senate. Due to his paralysis, Blair has lost much political support. Congressman Parker gains appeal due to his honest dealings and support among the population, as well as his status as a staunch Republican in a time when the political affiliation of Missouri was beginning to shift to the Democrats.

January 21st 1873- President Grant says that Senator Parker is "The kind of man who always knows what to do when he's needed." this quote becomes a cornerstone of Parker's political career.
 
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