What Would a Radical Republican Administration Look Like?

I think pragmatism wins. Sumner may be radical but he isn't stupid. Alot of his vindictiveness came from the beating he took from Preston Brooks (D-SC) while giving a speech denouncing Brooks' cousin a Senator from SC. Maybe if that beating gets butterflied than Sumner is more pragmatic about the whole situation. That being said this war will definitely go longer and as such we may have a peace candidate in '64.
 

Wolfpaw

Banned
Alright, so back to my original questions. Who would be the best choice for Secretary of State and who would be best choice for Attorney General?
 
I am going Dayton since OTL he was Minister to Paris although I guess Banks wouldn't be bad (former Speaker). As for P.G. I am going with anyone Sumner needs to appease. I would think a Midwesterner because of the Patronage which may be able to swing important folks back home.
 

Wolfpaw

Banned
Hrmm. Any prominent Southern abolitionists at this point that could maybe be P.G.?

I'm thinking I'll make Benjamin Wade Attorney General which, coupled with Salmon P. Chase as VP, ought to satisfy the Midwest even if they're both from Ohio.

And I'm glad you picked Dayton for SecState. I was leaning towards him since a) he was minister to France and b) he was the Republicans' VP nominee in '56.
 

Wolfpaw

Banned
So how's this for a Radical Republican Administration?

  • President: Charles Sumner (MA)
  • Vice President: Salmon P. Chase (OH)
  • Secretary of State: William L. Dayton (NJ)
  • Secretary of the Treasury: George Luther Stearns (MA)
  • Secretary of War: John C. Frémont (CA)
  • Attorney General: Benjamin Wade (OH)
  • Postmaster General: Cassius M. Clay (KY)
  • Secretary of the Navy: Gustavus Fox (MA)
  • Secretary of the Interior: David Wilmot (PA)
 
Last edited:
Top