List of US presidents in case of Confederate victory.

I know that this list start before 1900, but since the majority of the presidents in the list will be from post-1900 dates, I decided to put it into this subforum. Also I assume that a Confederate victory means that all the states that stayed in the union when the southern states left the union remains in the union after the Confederate victory.

1860-1868: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
 
I somehow doubt that Lincoln would have stayed President in case of a Confederate victory; he'd be politically dead after that.
 
I somehow doubt that Lincoln would have stayed President in case of a Confederate victory; he'd be politically dead after that.

Doesn´t that depend on whether he wins the 1964 election or not. If it is clear that the northern states will lose by 1864, then he would likely lose the election, but suppose that the war drags on for longer? In this scenario, the war might not end in 1865, but maybe later.

What would happen to the Democratic Party? Would it disintegrate and be replaced by another party? Its strongest support was in the south, wasn´t it?
 
I think so too.

It maybe the first case of a president either being removed from office by Congress or resigning. And I think the latter may be more likely in Lincoln's case.
 
1861-1869: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1869-1877: Thomas A. Hendricks (Democratic)
1877-1881: Samuel J. Tilden (Democratic)
1881-1889: George Armstrong Custer (New Whig)
 
Doesn´t that depend on whether he wins the 1964 election or not.[1] If it is clear that the northern states will lose by 1864, then he would likely lose the election, but suppose that the war drags on for longer? In this scenario, the war might not end in 1865, but maybe later.[2]
1) Not really. If the Confederates won the ACW before 1864, he wouldn't even get elected for a second term. If they won in 1864 or 1865, he would either resign deliberately or be removed by his own party.
2) That doesn't really make much sense, though. The longer the ACW lasts, the less likely a Confederate victory is. Heck, even a CSA victory in 1864 is already hardly probable.
 
1) Not really. If the Confederates won the ACW before 1864, he wouldn't even get elected for a second term. If they won in 1864 or 1865, he would either resign deliberately or be removed by his own party.
2) That doesn't really make much sense, though. The longer the ACW lasts, the less likely a Confederate victory is. Heck, even a CSA victory in 1864 is already hardly probable.

Hmm, maybe we should reconsider the list. By the way, I took a list of some of the presidential elections in OTL. It looks like Samuel J. Tilden would have less chance to win a presidential election than in OTL, as he was more popular in the south than in the north: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1876
 
How about this:

1861-1863: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1863-1865: Hannibal Hamlin (Republican)
1865-1872: Thomas A. Hendricks (Democratic)
1872-1877: Henry Wilson (Republican)
1877-1881: Samuel J. Tilden (Democratic)
1881-1889: George Armstrong Custer (New Whig)

♤ - Resigned by lack of confidence and talks of impeachment.
 
1863-1865: Hannibal Hamlin (Republican)
1865-1872: Thomas A. Hendricks (Democratic)
1872-1877: Henry Wilson (Republican)
1877-1881: Samuel J. Tilden (Democratic)
1881-1889: George Armstrong Custer (New Whig)
1889-1897: Benjamin Harrison (Republican)


♤ - Resigned by lack of confidence and talks of impeachment.
 

Gaius Julius Magnus

Gone Fishin'
1863-1865: Hannibal Hamlin (Republican)
1865-1872: Thomas A. Hendricks (Democratic)
1872-1877: Henry Wilson (Republican)
1877-1881: Samuel J. Tilden (Democratic)
1881-1889: George Armstrong Custer (New Whig)
1889-1897: Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
1897-1900: Thomas Brackett Reed (Republican)

♤ - Resigned by lack of confidence and talks of impeachment.
 
Looking on the results from OTL, Tilden and Hendricks would be even less likely to win than in OTL, as they got relatively most support from the south. Therefore, I believe that in thoose cases, the winner of the election in OTL would win even more overwhelmingly unless some other more popular candidate (maybe from a new party) would be the main opponent.
 
1863-1865: Hannibal Hamlin (Republican)
1865-1872: Thomas A. Hendricks (Democratic)
1872-1877: Henry Wilson (Republican)
1877-1881: Samuel J. Tilden (Democratic)
1881-1889: George Armstrong Custer (New Whig)
1889-1897: Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
1897-1900: Thomas Brackett Reed (Republican)
1900-1904: James Baird Weaver (National Union Party)

♤ - Resigned by lack of confidence and talks of impeachment.
 
I can't help but feel as though the Democrats are going to be dead in the water after a Confederate victory, if only due to the Copperheads (who were the majority of the party), who can be fairly easily scapegoated by the Republicans as being the *cause* of any defeat.

Is this list of presidents going to end with Barack Obama in 2008?
 
As mentioned in the previous post, Tilden and Hendricks would be even less likely to win than in OTL, as they got relatively most support from the south. I have made a revised list. In many cases here, I included those who were the actual presidents. Even if it is an alternate time line, the same person might win, and in this time line they might even be more likely to win. On the other hand, a new number two party is likely to rise.

1861-1863: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1863-1865: Hannibal Hamlin (Republican)
1865-1869: Andrew Jacksons (Republican)
1869-1877: Schuyler Colfax (Republican)
1877-1881: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)
1881-1889: James A. Garfield (Republican)
1889-1897: George Armstrong Custer (New Whig)


♤ - Resigned by lack of confidence and talks of impeachment.
 

Gaius Julius Magnus

Gone Fishin'
1861-1863: Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
1863-1865: Hannibal Hamlin (Republican)
1865-1869: Andrew Jacksons (Republican)
1869-1877: Schuyler Colfax (Republican)
1877-1881: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)
1881-1889: James A. Garfield (Republican)
1889-1897: George Armstrong Custer (New Whig)
1897 - 1901: William McKinley (Republican)♤♤


♤ - Resigned by lack of confidence and talks of impeachment.
♤ ♤ - Deadlock in the electoral college resulted in a Republican President (William McKinley) and a Democratic-Labor, a merger of the old Democratic party and various populists parties,Vice-President (William Jennings Bryan).
 
Let just start all over again. Alright?

Plus, I think the Democrats might have a chance in 1864, after all, the Republicans lost the South.

Oh and Johnson was from Tennessee and he was a Democrat.

16. Abraham Lincoln (Republican) 1861-1865
 
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