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In September of 1955, President Eisenhower suffered a heart attack that had him in the hospital for several weeks. What if his heart attack is more severe and it kills him, leaving Tricky Dick as President in the 50s? I'm guessing he wins a full term in 56 due to the sympathy vote for Ike. A lot of stuff happened in Ike's OTL second term: The Little Rock Nine, The Suez Crisis, the creation of the Interstate Highways, and more. How would President Nixon deal with it? Would JFK still be the nominee in 1960 and beat him as an incumbent?
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