President Charles Curtis

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In December 1928, Herbert Hoover was almost assassinated by anarchists (?) while visiting Argentina. The two men; Alejandro Scarfó and Severino Di Giovanni had the whole plan figured out with maps and everything. The original plan was to blow up the railway, thus derailing the train Hoover was travelling on. However, Scarfó was detained by the police before planting the bomb. So what if Hoover was murdered and Charles Curtis becamse president? Any effects on the Depression?
 
In December 1928, Herbert Hoover was almost assassinated by anarchists (?) while visiting Argentina. The two men; Alejandro Scarfó and Severino Di Giovanni had the whole plan figured out with maps and everything. The original plan was to blow up the railway, thus derailing the train Hoover was travelling on. However, Scarfó was detained by the police before planting the bomb. So what if Hoover was murdered and Charles Curtis becamse president? Any effects on the Depression?

Curtisvilles ?

I don't know anything about the guy I'm afraid to admit....

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Grey Wolf
 
I did some quick research but could find nothing that directly answers your question about how President Curtis might have handled the economic collapse & depression. However, I have a hunch that, in spite of being a conservative Republican, he may have supported some sort of government intervention in the markets to keep things moving. I also suspect that he would have come across as more empathetic and concerned about the plight of "average Americans" and the "down and out" then Hoover did. Whether he runs in '32 depends on how his health holds up (he died in '36 from a heart attack).

I discovered in my reading that Curtis was the 1st Native American VPOTUS (being 1/8 Kaw).
 
It might be easy to justify doing away with the Crash of '29 with the butterfly effect. But if it happens...wouldn't he be more sympathetic to the Indians and maybe proposing policies which would give more opportunities to Indians, and by extension, other minorities? More Indians would have the opportunity of leaving the reservations...?
 
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