Question about POTUS 1936 (hypothetical)

Edward IX

Banned
I am kicking around a TL where FDR is not alive in 1936. I am looking for suggestions as to who would could run for the Democrat's nominee? I don't see John Nance Garner running for re-election.

I am looking for a realistic thing and I am not looking to turn it in to a dystopian "Man in High Castle" thing, just more of a if no FDR who is realistic?
 

bguy

Donor
I am kicking around a TL where FDR is not alive in 1936. I am looking for suggestions as to who would could run for the Democrat's nominee? I don't see John Nance Garner running for re-election.

Why would Garner not run for reelection? OTL he was running for president in 1940 until FDR announced he would run for a third term. If Garner was willing to run for president in 1940, he would almost certainly run in 1936 (and especially if he is the incumbent president.)
 

Edward IX

Banned
Why would Garner not run for reelection? OTL he was running for president in 1940 until FDR announced he would run for a third term. If Garner was willing to run for president in 1940, he would almost certainly run in 1936 (and especially if he is the incumbent president.)
Ok, I guess that works the '36 election was not etched in stone. Any thoughts as to who might have been his VP? I intend for a Democrat in charge for WW II.
 

bguy

Donor
Ok, I guess that works the '36 election was not etched in stone. Any thoughts as to who might have been his VP? I intend for a Democrat in charge for WW II.

I think James Farley makes a lot of sense for Garner's veep. Farley is from a critical state, will provide geographic balance to the ticket and assures Garner the support of the northern big city machines (which Garner will likely need in order to win the nomination in 1936.)

As for 1940 Garner would most likely respect the two term tradition, so he is unlikely to run that year which means the Democratic nomination will be wide open. I would expect to see Vice President Farley, Cordell Hull (likely either Secretary of State or Secretary of the Treasury in the Garner Administration), and Senator Burton Wheeler as the strongest candidates for the Democratic nomination. Senator Huey Long is also a possibility (though there's a good chance that even if Long manages to avoid being assassinated that he ends up getting indicted for tax evasion by the Garner Administration sometime in the 1930s.)
 
How about Hugo Black? He was the Democratic Caucus Secretary at the time, and we know from OTL that he became influential in politics later in life (abide in a different branch of government). He was from Alabama, bringing in the Southern vote. For VP he could have the seasoned Al Smith, bringing in the New York/ Northern vote.
 
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