You Either Die A Hero...
*=died in office, **=assassinated, ->resigned, red=Republican, blue=Democrat
37(first term): Richard Nixon**/Spiro Agnew(January 20 1969-April 13 1972)[1]
38(first term): Spiro Agnew(April 13 1972-January 20 1973)/Edward W. Brooke(June 1 1972-January 20 1973)
-Election of 1972: Spiro Agnew/Edward W. Brooke(Republican) vs George McGovern/Sargent Shriver(Democrat)
38(second term): Spiro Agnew->/Edward W.Brooke(January 20 1973-December 21 1973)
39(first term): Edward W.Brooke(December 21 1973-January 20 1977)/Gerald Ford(February 2 1974-January 20 1977)[2]
-Election of 1976: Ronald Reagan/Howard Baker(Republican) vs Mo Udall/Lloyd Bentsen(Democrat)
40(first term): Mo Udall/Lloyd Bentsen(January 20 1977-January 20 1981)
-Election of 1980: Mo Udall/Lloyd Bentsen(Democrat) vs George HW Bush/Bob Dole(Republican)
41(first term): George HW Bush/Bob Dole(January 20 1981-January 20 1985)
-Election of 1984: George HW Bush/Bob Dole(Republican) vs Gary Hart/Walter Mondale(Democrat)
41(second term): George HW Bush/Bob Dole(January 20 1985-January 20 1989)
-Election of 1988: Bob Dole/Donald Rumsfeld(Republican) vs Jesse Jackson/Dick Gephradt(Democrat)
42(first term): Jesse Jackson/Dick Gephradt(January 20 1989-January 20 1993)
-Election of 1992: Jesse Jackson/Dick Gephradt(Democrat) vs Bob Dole/Alan Keyes(Republican)
42(second term): Jesse Jackson/Dick Gephradt(January 20 1993-January 20 1997)
[1]ITTL, Arthur Bremer isn't put off by security and succeeds at killing Richard Nixon. This is catastrophic for many reasons, such as Agnew becoming president. It's closer, but still a landslide and entirely due to the image of Nixon. Edward Brooke is taken as VP, and pretty much everyone knows that Agnew is going to be a figurehead. Eventually he is found guilty of bribery and pressured to resign, leaving Edward Brooke as the first African-American president in a way he didn't exactly want
[2]Conspiracy theories by racists abound, and the lasting trauma of everything was not a good look. Agnew argued the whole thing was a coup against him. Reagan managed to take the nomination away from Brooke, but ultimately lost. However Brooke managed to find success in his post-presidency and would ultimately inspire the second black president, Jesse Jackson, to win in his own right
Abridged list
34: Dwight D Eisenhower/Richard Nixon(1953-1961)
35: John F Kennedy**/Lyndon B Johnson(1961-1963)
36: Lyndon B Johnson(1963-1969)/Hubert Humphrey(1965-1969)
37: Richard Nixon**/Spiro Agnew(1969-1972)
38: Spiro Agnew->/Edward Brooke(1972-1973)
39: Edward Brooke(1973-1977)/Gerald Ford(1974-1977)
40: Mo Udall/Lloyd Bentsen(1977-1981)
41: George HW Bush/Bob Dole(1981-1989)
42: Jesse Jackson/Dick Gephradt(1989-1997)
*=died in office, **=assassinated, ->resigned, red=Republican, blue=Democrat
37(first term): Richard Nixon**/Spiro Agnew(January 20 1969-April 13 1972)[1]
38(first term): Spiro Agnew(April 13 1972-January 20 1973)/Edward W. Brooke(June 1 1972-January 20 1973)
-Election of 1972: Spiro Agnew/Edward W. Brooke(Republican) vs George McGovern/Sargent Shriver(Democrat)
38(second term): Spiro Agnew->/Edward W.Brooke(January 20 1973-December 21 1973)
39(first term): Edward W.Brooke(December 21 1973-January 20 1977)/Gerald Ford(February 2 1974-January 20 1977)[2]
-Election of 1976: Ronald Reagan/Howard Baker(Republican) vs Mo Udall/Lloyd Bentsen(Democrat)
40(first term): Mo Udall/Lloyd Bentsen(January 20 1977-January 20 1981)
-Election of 1980: Mo Udall/Lloyd Bentsen(Democrat) vs George HW Bush/Bob Dole(Republican)
41(first term): George HW Bush/Bob Dole(January 20 1981-January 20 1985)
-Election of 1984: George HW Bush/Bob Dole(Republican) vs Gary Hart/Walter Mondale(Democrat)
41(second term): George HW Bush/Bob Dole(January 20 1985-January 20 1989)
-Election of 1988: Bob Dole/Donald Rumsfeld(Republican) vs Jesse Jackson/Dick Gephradt(Democrat)
42(first term): Jesse Jackson/Dick Gephradt(January 20 1989-January 20 1993)
-Election of 1992: Jesse Jackson/Dick Gephradt(Democrat) vs Bob Dole/Alan Keyes(Republican)
42(second term): Jesse Jackson/Dick Gephradt(January 20 1993-January 20 1997)
[1]ITTL, Arthur Bremer isn't put off by security and succeeds at killing Richard Nixon. This is catastrophic for many reasons, such as Agnew becoming president. It's closer, but still a landslide and entirely due to the image of Nixon. Edward Brooke is taken as VP, and pretty much everyone knows that Agnew is going to be a figurehead. Eventually he is found guilty of bribery and pressured to resign, leaving Edward Brooke as the first African-American president in a way he didn't exactly want
[2]Conspiracy theories by racists abound, and the lasting trauma of everything was not a good look. Agnew argued the whole thing was a coup against him. Reagan managed to take the nomination away from Brooke, but ultimately lost. However Brooke managed to find success in his post-presidency and would ultimately inspire the second black president, Jesse Jackson, to win in his own right
Abridged list
34: Dwight D Eisenhower/Richard Nixon(1953-1961)
35: John F Kennedy**/Lyndon B Johnson(1961-1963)
36: Lyndon B Johnson(1963-1969)/Hubert Humphrey(1965-1969)
37: Richard Nixon**/Spiro Agnew(1969-1972)
38: Spiro Agnew->/Edward Brooke(1972-1973)
39: Edward Brooke(1973-1977)/Gerald Ford(1974-1977)
40: Mo Udall/Lloyd Bentsen(1977-1981)
41: George HW Bush/Bob Dole(1981-1989)
42: Jesse Jackson/Dick Gephradt(1989-1997)