Blackwood
Banned
With a POD positing that President James A. Garfield survives his wounds in 1881, what do you think his administration might have been like? We'll assume that the doctors are a bit more careful - not probing for bullets with unsterilized fingers and the like - and that the bullet lodged in his spine/lung area is found. Garfield makes a speedy recovery, and by the Spring of 1882 reappears to the public. But what's more, is that in a surprising act of mercy, Garfield forgives Charles Guiteau of his sentence and places him in a federal prison, to serve a term of ten years. The public hails Garfield's survival and mercy and many Americans wholly support the new president.
As this is almost an unpredictable WI, anything that isn't too-ASBish will be plausible. What will the Garfield administration do in the next two years, and is it possible that he may be re-elected to serve a second term? How will President James A. Garfield go down in history, and will his survival affect the immediate future of the presidency?
As this is almost an unpredictable WI, anything that isn't too-ASBish will be plausible. What will the Garfield administration do in the next two years, and is it possible that he may be re-elected to serve a second term? How will President James A. Garfield go down in history, and will his survival affect the immediate future of the presidency?