Roosevelt Lives?

Hey guys! I was wondering what you AH.commers think would happen if Roosevelt had lived past his death in 1919? To get a more specific POD hashed out - 1913, two of the canoes are going to smash in the rocks unless someone does something. Either someone besides Roosevelt jumps in, or his jump is at the perfect angle that he still saves the boats but does not hit a rock and make a huge gash in his leg. Anyways, long story short, Roosevelt thus doesn't get an infection, and just battles with malaria like everyone else. It's said that Roosevelt remarked that the trip "took ten years off of his life". Quite eerie how he predicted that. Anyways, 1920 rolls around, not much has changed, except for Theodore Roosevelt, who, while aged a little bit, is still at his tip top. There are rumors that he was planning a Presidential run in 1920, and if wikipedia is to be believed, then he was popular enough to be a serious contender.

One interesting thing it the competition - His fifth cousin Franklin Roosevelt is on the Vice Presidential ticket. That might make for some interesting things. Anyways, I think if Roosevelt actually wins the nomination, his Presidential election will be assured, considering that the Democrats where in a bad spot in 1920. So, is it plausible for Roosevelt to win the 1920 election? What would his term look like if he did?
 
Roosevelt wins in 1920 and dies in office. He was the front-runner.

One of his VP choices floated around was Harding :eek:
 
Roosevelt wins in 1920 and dies in office. He was the front-runner.

One of his VP choices floated around was Harding :eek:
Why exactly would he die in office? I suspect that without his sickness, he could last until about 1929. Which, even if he pulled TWO terms in the 1920s would still be after his presidential term.
 
Why exactly would he die in office? I suspect that without his sickness, he could last until about 1929. Which, even if he pulled TWO terms in the 1920s would still be after his presidential term.
Not sure. I am sure that he would be the nominee in 1920 though.
Butterflying away his favorite son Quentin's death would make him live longer.

I think 1929 is too long... 1923-7 seems a good one.
 
I think that without the illness, the state of Roosevelt's health in the 20's is difficult to know. Perhaps he'd die in office. I admit my relative ignorance on the state of Roosevelt's health in the period. But supposing a perfect storm, no illness, Quentin doesn't die in the war, etc, I think a longer lived Roosevelt is at least a slight possibility. While his father died in his forties, Roosevelt's grandfather lived to be 77. If the first President Roosevelt manages to make it to 77, that would put his date of death somewhere around 1935. Of course his health was perhaps in such a state naturally that surviving for another 17 years is impossible. But he did manage to live longer than his parents did, who died in their forties. And his older sister lived to be about 76. Again, health is a precarious thing. I don't know whether I have the credentials to say what the outer limit of Roosevelt's survival is. If Roosevelt's health were in much better shape, he might die in his seventies. Meaning he could die anywhere between 1928 and 1938. Going off of his sister and his grandfather, Roosevelt may live to see 1930. But then again, health is an individual issue, and therefore hard to predict.
 
I doubt he would live to 70. His problem was hyperactivity - too much campaigning, too much eating, too much everything. He has very high blood pressure probably and his heart eventually couldn't take it.

Now, if he has a heart attack scare that doesn't ruin him maybe he lives longer because he changes his ways. Best option, he wins in 1920 and then retires, dying before the 'inevitable' economic downturn of such boom days, his image of excellence preserved.
 
We'd probably see a Washington Naval Treaty analogue. After all, one justification for the pact was as a practical, limited alternative to Versailles' idealism and to show that being anti-league did not make one a warmonger.
 
How would his domestic policy be different than Harding and Cooldge? On the subject of his health in addition to all his normal stress there is the burden of office. So I would think TR's death brings Harding or some other conservative Republican to the White House.
 
How would his domestic policy be different than Harding and Cooldge? On the subject of his health in addition to all his normal stress there is the burden of office. So I would think TR's death brings Harding or some other conservative Republican to the White House.
Completely different domestic policy. Harding and Coolidge ended the Progressive Era. Look at the TR and Taft 1912 platforms and reconcile them. But when he dies, it will probably be undone undone. The Depression could happen a little later, then, depending on how fast his successor undoes TR's work
 
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