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What if Booth's coconspirator had not chickened out and killed Andrew Johnson. According to the 1792 law then in effect,the Senate Pro Tempre would become President until a special election. I see the RNC picking Grant as their candidate and I see the war hero winning. I see him favoring civil rights and working with the Congress. He would also bring his corrupt cronies. So there would be the scandals. I see him being reelected in 1868. I assume he would have honored the two term tradition in 1872. So who runs and who wins?