Kaiser Wilhelm
Banned
I haven’t finished the opening chapter of this timeline yet, but here’s the outline.
POD: Grant has a heart attack and dies in summer 1871.
Vice President Colfax becomes President, but Colfax’s scandals emerge soon after Grant’s death instead of 1873 as IOTL. Due to the scandals, the GOP does not nominate him. Instead of him, they cannot agree on a candidate, so the consensus candidate is a Southern Republican Senator, Powell Clayton. Without the corruption of Grant’s OTL Cabinet, the 1876 election is a massive GOP victory, paving the way for a much more successful Reconstruction. The timeline is to end after a Great War between the Entente of France, Russia, Greece and Austria-Hungary vs the UK, Ottomans, Germany, Italy, and the USA.
This is my basic outline so far. Does anyone have any ideas for a VP (along with a good non-corrupt Cabinet) for Clayton? Once I have that I’m basically ready for the first post in the timeline.
POD: Grant has a heart attack and dies in summer 1871.
Vice President Colfax becomes President, but Colfax’s scandals emerge soon after Grant’s death instead of 1873 as IOTL. Due to the scandals, the GOP does not nominate him. Instead of him, they cannot agree on a candidate, so the consensus candidate is a Southern Republican Senator, Powell Clayton. Without the corruption of Grant’s OTL Cabinet, the 1876 election is a massive GOP victory, paving the way for a much more successful Reconstruction. The timeline is to end after a Great War between the Entente of France, Russia, Greece and Austria-Hungary vs the UK, Ottomans, Germany, Italy, and the USA.
This is my basic outline so far. Does anyone have any ideas for a VP (along with a good non-corrupt Cabinet) for Clayton? Once I have that I’m basically ready for the first post in the timeline.