Wade/Grant in 1868?

Is there any way for a Benjamin Wade/Ulysses Grant ticket in 1868? My thinking was that if Grant stays more reluctant for the Presidency and Johnson is impeached, the incumbent Wade may be able to convince Grant to content himself with the Vice Presidency. However, I realize it's a long shot.

Could this happen or would Grant's momentum be too much?
 

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Be an interesting pairing; I think Grant was pretty

Is there any way for a Benjamin Wade/Ulysses Grant ticket in 1868? My thinking was that if Grant stays more reluctant for the Presidency and Johnson is impeached, the incumbent Wade may be able to convince Grant to content himself with the Vice Presidency. However, I realize it's a long shot.

Could this happen or would Grant's momentum be too much?

Be an interesting pairing; I think Grant was pretty much in the position DDE was in 1952; if he wanted it, it was his...Wade was a pretty strong contender for the VP in 1868, historically.

A Grant vs Hancock match-up would have been interesting in the 1868 national campaign...

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If Grant, for whatever reason, decided to sit out of 1868, then he probably would just not run for anything instead of accepting one of the most useless positions at the time. If he challenges Wade for the nomination, he will win, but if Grant is not running, Wade might be able to get the nomination if he is the incumbent already.
 
If Grant, for whatever reason, decided to sit out of 1868, then he probably would just not run for anything instead of accepting one of the most useless positions at the time. If he challenges Wade for the nomination, he will win, but if Grant is not running, Wade might be able to get the nomination if he is the incumbent already.


That of course would require either that the impeachment be earlier or the Republican Convention later. OTL Grant was nominated the same day the Senate started to vote.

I also suspect that things were timed that way deliberately. The GOP wanted Grant, hence didn't want an interim POTUS getting in on the act.
 
I think Grant was pretty much in the position DDE was in 1952; if he wanted it, it was his.

Agreed. Grant was like Eisenhower, in that either party would kill to have him side with them, and the one he did side with was guaranteed the White House in '72.
 
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