Roosevelt dies in 1940

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So, let's say that FDR because of say, stroke or heart attack dies in July 1940.

What concequences?
 
Garner probably doesn't have the strength to get the nomination, especially not after the Battle of France. (Assuming FDR died before the convention.)

Willkie vs. Byrnes?

It's a bit more interesting if FDR dies in May or June before the GOP convention.
 
Another storyline I am working on, Wilkie v Garner. It looks like after reading up on 1940, many of the Isolnatist Republicans like Fish, Martin etc would have suported Garner. Garner was a not fan of Britian, (he refused to clap when King George visted the White House in 1939).
FDR belived that in a straight race between Wilkie and Garner, Wilkie would win easily, and Garner would only carry the "south".
 

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Well, let's say that he died before the convention. Would convention be posponed little bit because of death of president?
 
Wilkie v Garner
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Wilkie 347
Garner 184
 
I am not sure who would win the nomination. He would have the advantages of incumbency but how much Northern support would he get?
I think Paul V McNutt would fire up the campaign he suspended after the fall of France.
 
Garner probably gets the nomination as the incumbent, like LBJ did a quarter-century later. Willkie crushes him and you get a Republican House, though probably not a GOP Senate till 1944.
 

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I am not sure who would win the nomination. He would have the advantages of incumbency but how much Northern support would he get?
I think Paul V McNutt would fire up the campaign he suspended after the fall of France.

Well, he would surely have to find some Northern running mate, maybe Joe Kennedy?
 
I think Willikie would have run the eat like Roosevelt but he would have seen less of it. OTL he died in October 1944. ITTL You are increasing the job stress of a guy with a heart condition. Since Willikie's running mate died in early 1944, you could have President Dulles.
 
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