If Robert E Lee ever ran for CSA President, who would be his running mate?

In an independent CSA, Robert E Lee is elected the 2nd President and like OTL dies on October 12, 1870 just two years into his term, who would he have chosen to be his Vice President and succeeds him after his death
 
In my opinion, I like to think that James Longstreet would run as his vice presidential candidate. They got along well, both trust each other, and Longstreet is a well known commander.
 
He would never be elected becuse he had no intrest in running for any political position.
I don't believe the Union's Ulysses S Grant had any political ambitions. He was nominated and accepted the nomination because he thought he could unite the country. Lee could be persuaded into running to stabilize the nation.
 
I don't believe the Union's Ulysses S Grant had any political ambitions. He was nominated and accepted the nomination because he thought he could unite the country. Lee could be persuaded into running to stabilize the nation.
Fair point. I second longstreet then
 
I could also see Jubal Early as Lee's veep, seeing as he was an OTL political figure. Even better, he wasn't exactly pro slavery if I remember him correctly
 
I don't believe the Union's Ulysses S Grant had any political ambitions. He was nominated and accepted the nomination because he thought he could unite the country. Lee could be persuaded into running to stabilize the nation.

Lee would probably run if persuaded it was for the good of the country, but unlike most AH's it would probably not be a landslide. Confederate independence will probably require at least one more general who equals or exceeds Lee in skill, so I'd expect that other general to be nominated by a rival party. Lee running in 1867 is not a guarantee of unity. If Jefferson Davis endorses him, Lee will inherit the baggage of the ruined economy and the failure to control all slaveholding states. States Rights voters will see Lee as a successor of Davis' centralization. The Fire Eaters will loathe Lee for his support of arming slaves. Even some Centralists will oppose Lee if Davis endorses him. Rather than a second military man, I'd expect Lee's VP to be a career politician, a Centralist with no particular feud with Jefferson Davis, who came from a populous state that wasn't Virginia. John Reagan of Texas and John Breckiridge of Kentucky will fail on the last point, so the most likely choices seem to be Wiley Harris of Mississippi, Thomas Bragg of North Carolina, and George Davis of North Carolina. Of them, in OTL, Bragg died January 21, 1872.
 
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Lee would probably run if persuaded it was for the good of the country, but unlike most AH's it would probably not be a landslide. Confederate independence will probably require at least one more general who equals or exceeds Lee in skill, so I'd expect that other general to be nominated by a rival party. Lee running in 1867 is not a guarantee of unity. If Jefferson Davis endorses him, Lee will inherit the baggage of the ruined economy and the failure to control all slaveholding states. States Rights voters will see Lee as a successor of Davis' centralization. The Fire Eaters will loathe Lee for his support of arming slaves. Even some Centralists will oppose Lee if Davis endorses him. Rather than a second military man, I'd expect Lee's VP to be a career politician, a Centralist with no particular feud Jefferson Davis, who came from a populous state that wasn't Virginia. John Reagan of Texas and John Breckiridge of Kentucky will fail on the last point, so the most likely choices seem to be Wiley Harris of Mississippi, Thomas Bragg of North Carolina, and George Davis of North Carolina. Of them, in OTL, Bragg died January 21, 1872.
I know it's not the theme of the discussion, but who would be his opponent? Wade Hampton III, perhaps?
 
I could also see Jubal Early as Lee's veep, seeing as he was an OTL political figure. Even better, he wasn't exactly pro slavery if I remember him correctly
Early was also a Virginian, so I don't think he would make a good VP choice. A Georgian such as John B. Gordon or Ben Hill would probably be better.
 
Early was also a Virginian, so I don't think he would make a good VP choice. A Georgian such as John B. Gordon or Ben Hill would probably be better.

That's an interesting point. Did the CSA have a rule that both members of the ticket could not come from the same state?
 
I don't know of any CSA law that did that, it's more just an established practice in elections.
Article II of the Constitution (Both Confederate and United States) states that Electors could not cast votes for Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates from the same State.
 
I know it's not the theme of the discussion, but who would be his opponent? Wade Hampton III, perhaps?

There could well be more than 2 major candidates. William Davis' Look Away points that all Confederate politicians being Democrats they tended to form coalitions on an issue by issue basis. Short term, they have factions, not political parties. Existing factions were the Fire Eaters (small and largely shunted aside); what Davis calls the new Nationalists (mainly Breckinridge Democrats like Toombs, Wiley, and Davis); the reluctant secessionists or Moderates (mainly former Douglas Democrats, Bell supporters, and former Whigs); and the Unionists (who lacked leadership but formed a significant group). There was also the divide between pro-Davis and anti-Davis men. All of the previous groups (save the Unionists) were divided on whether they thought Jefferson Davis was doing a good job. And these factions are riven with personal conflicts even among men who share the same views.

Fire Eaters would probably nominate Rhett of South Carolina or Wigfall of Texas. I'm not sure who Rhett would want as VP - Wigfall is one of the few prominent Fire Eaters outside South Carolina, but they don't get along. I suspect Wigfall would favor PGT Beauregard for VP. The Moderates would probably favor Alexander Stephens of Georgia or Robert Hunter of Virginia, with perhaps James Longstreet on the ticket. If they don't go with a military man, Hunter might pick an anti-Davis Centralist like Cobb or Toombs of Georgia.
 
I would assume Lee with his experience from the war, much like George Washington as President, would see the benefits in centralization under the national government, to at least a moderate degree.

His VP candidate would come likely from one of Jefferson Davis's supporters. Maybe he could get Breckenridge to agree.
 
I would assume Lee with his experience from the war, much like George Washington as President, would see the benefits in centralization under the national government, to at least a moderate degree.

His VP candidate would come likely from one of Jefferson Davis's supporters. Maybe he could get Breckenridge to agree.

Breckenridge had one major flaw as a candidate. His home state of Kentucky was a Union state with very little chance of being part of the Confederacy and thus providing no voters for Confederate elections.
 
Breckenridge had one major flaw as a candidate. His home state of Kentucky was a Union state with very little chance of being part of the Confederacy and thus providing no voters for Confederate elections.
But wasn't he the candidate that most of the South voted for in the 1860 election?
 
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