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WI CA Senator Hiram Johnson (R) had lived a few more months, but abdicated his Senate seat due to declining health in the 1948 election and George S. Patton (Without the vehicle accident.) had been drafted by the Republican's to run for Johnson's Senate seat?

1.) Could Patton have delivered California for Dewey? ( California's 25 electoral votes would have put Dewey over the top.)

2.) What would have been the effect of Senator Patton on Korea?

3.) With Dewey the incumbent. Up for a second term. Would Eisenhaur have still entered politics or simply have retired to Kansas?

4.) Would Senator Patton be hip deep in the Red scare? What would his relationship with Joseph McCarthy, Roy Cohn and Jr CA U.S. House Rep Richard M. Nixon look like? Would senator Patton have gone after George Marshal as Eisenhaur came to Marshal's defense?


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