1898-1904 The Gist Administration finally killed the Confederate appetite for electing generals, and in 1897, for the first time, the CSA elected a man who had not served in the War of Secession. With the economy still in recession and the Liberals and Radicals nipping at the Whigs' heels, Robert Taylor of Tennesseebecame the first CS President to fail to win a majority of the popular vote. (If the Radicals and Liberals had combined, they would have taken Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Cuba, Louisiana, Sequoyah, Sonora, and Chihuahua, and a majority of the electoral college). His mostly quiet term in office saw the official formation of the Quadruple Entente, and the Radical Liberal Party.
1904-1910 With the populist tidal wave receding, Confederate Speaker of the House Champ Clark, of Kentucky, easily triumphed over Radical Liberal nominee Thomas Watson of Georgia, who won only Cuba, Sonora, Chihuahua, and his home state of Georgia - a far cry from the near-triumph of 1897. Clark, as befitting a Kentuckian who had grown up in close proximity to Yankees, pushed for better ties along with like-minded US President Nelson Aldrich. The so-called "Golden Age" of friendly American relations persisted under Clark's successor, until 1913.
1910-1916 Few men in public life have experienced as rapid a ride to prominence as Woodrow Wilson, who, as president of the University of Virginia, was elected Governor of Virginia in 1908, only a year before he was elected President of the United States, over retread Tom Watson. In 1912 he succeeded, along with Secretary of the Treasury Carter Glass, another Virginian, in forming a Confederate central bank modeled on the US's Federal Reserve, formed in Mahan's time. He also supported legislation limiting the workday to 10 hours, and pursued better ties with the United States. He even planned a state visit North, the first for either a US or CS President since the War of Secession, but it had unfortunately been scheduled for late 1913 - after the inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt, a man Wilson had despised ever since they had got into an argument following a guest lecture Wilson had given at Columbia in 1899. The visit was unceremoniously canceled.
I was thinking about the issue of the Trans-continental Railroad. Technically the CSA congress cannot spend money on internal improvements
Art. I Sec. 8(3) Congress has the power "To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes; but neither this, nor any other clause contained in the Constitution, shall ever be construed to delegate the power to Congress to appropriate money for any internal improvement intended to facilitate commerce; except for the purpose of furnishing lights, beacons, and buoys, and other aids to navigation upon the coasts, and the improvement of harbors and the removing of obstructions in river navigation; in all which cases such duties shall be laid on the navigation facilitated thereby as may be necessary to pay the costs and expenses thereof."
Supreme Court Justices
United States
Roger Taney: 1836-1864. Wrote the famous Dred Scott decision, helping to spark the War of Secession, and affirmed that the government could not hold citizens without trial.
Edward Bates: 1864-1869. Previously Lincoln's Attorney General, his Court denied that secession was legal, but recognized the right to revolution. Utah separatists would later cite his opinion.
Jeremiah Black: 1869-1883. The Black Court established that states could establish personal jurisdiction over anyone within their territory, and confirmed that polygamy could be outlawed.
James Garfield: 1883-1889. The last Republican Chief Justice, he wrote the opinion overturning the first income tax in US history, prompting a Constitutional amendment.
Henry Billings Brown: 1889-1895. Brown was assassinated by a socialist named Alexander Berkman, in retaliation for a decision denying the right to form a union. This may be the origin of the phrase "bomb-throwing radical."
Joseph McKenna: 1895-1915. The father of TR's Vice-President, he affirmed the use of discriminatory "black codes" in the US, and supported rationing laws.
Oliver Wendell Holmes: 1915-1935. Early in his tenure, the Holmes Court was quite conservative. Many of his later decisions show a leftward shift; for instance, he refused to strike down the Sinclair social reforms, using a new interpretation of the Commerce Clause.
Cicero Pittman: 1935-1947. Pittman, one of the first Democratic Justices appointed in years, was out of step with most of his Court. He wrote an opinion affirming the existence of a federal common law.
Omar Bradley: 1947- Bradley, despite being a Democratic appointee, has taken an expansive view of personal liberty. He has consistently upheld the Civil Rights Act of 1945 under the Privileges and Immunities Clause, and has steadily expanded Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights.
Confederate States
James Mason: 1863-1871. Campbell was the first Confederate Chief Justice, and refused to deny American citizens the right to sue Confederates. He also upheld several foreign slave-trading convictions, which was banned under the Confederate Constitution.
John Campbell: 1873-1886. Campbell affirmed the power of Congress to limit white immigration to the Indian Territory, and dealt with several issues involving states impeaching Confederate officials.
L.Q.C. Lamar: 1887-1893. The Lamar Court upheld the Manumission Amendment, over Lamar's dissenting votes. He upheld the right of states to strictly regulate the conduct of "residents" within their territory.
John Harlan: 1893-1911. Perhaps the most liberal Chief Justice in Confederate history, he upheld a permissive reading of the power of Congress to tax and spend under Art. I, Sec. 8.
Edward Douglass White: 1911-1921. White is perhaps most notable for decisions defending the detention of seditious persons, limiting the freedom of speech, and the expanded use of searches and seizures. Late in his career, the White Court affirmed that states had the right to relax laws governing Negroes.
James Clark McReynolds: 1921-1935. The final Chief Justice, McReynolds struck down a Freedom Party river and dams act (this was stretching jurisprudence to the limit, as Courts dating back to Harlan had nibbled away at the Internal Improvements Clause). Featherston used this as an excuse to abolish the Court.
In Victorious Opposition, Koenig stated that the supreme court had been established after the war, I think it was 1863 or 1864.
found the suggested chief justices, thought they were mentioned before
what about associate justices? what was the size of the CS supreme court? did the size of the US supreme court change at all?
I think if you search there maybe of mention of some Associate Justices but no definite list. Some Bios of Members of the two Supreme Court Members would be interesting.
There is a bio of Brandeis that Craigo put up
https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3125525&postcount=37
There is an Omar Bradley bio too if you are looking for inspiration.
Pettus, Alexander, yep, sounds good
what about Judah P. Benjamin? he was an accomplished lawyer
also, ive just realised that no one has done a confederate/us house and senate election results list, just lists of speakers
Juddah P Benjamin shows up in How Few Remain as Minister to the US.
or after? who's to say?
Where was when were bits about TL191 Cinema? here or After the end? with the butterflies, American Cinema would be interesting(specially the constrast north south and how both nations handled the ARW). Some thoughs about it?