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So I'm trying to think up a decent way TR could've had a third term. Of course he could've just ran in 1908 and won (I almost typed that as 2008, which is an interesting thought in of itself), but I'm thinking about him winning in 1912.

What I'm currently thinking is that Taft dies of a heart attack sometime around June of 1912. Vice-President Sherman is sworn in, but during the intense nomination fight with Teddy Roosevelt, he, too, dies in office in early August (in OTL he died in office as Vice-President October of 1912). That would give the Presidency to James Beauchamp "Champ" Clark, a Democrat.

Now the Presidency has switched parties, Wilson is trying his best to get the nomination, and Teddy Roosevelt is able to step up, galvanize the Republican party behind him and sweep into office.

Sound plausible?

Once he's there, I'm thinking lots of things would turn out differently. I could imagine him helping to negotiate and end to World War One (like he did with the Russo-Japanese War), before it gets really nasty, ending it in late 1914 or early 1915. With that, you might not end up with WWII. Possibly the Russian Revolution might not have happened, or if it had, it might've been very different. As an interesting side effect, Taft wouldn't have ended up on the Supreme Court, so I don't know what effect that would have on Court rulings.

Anyhow, opinions?
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