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Sort of related to my previous "What Would a Douglas Presidency Look Like?" (here), I thought I ought to give the opposition equal time. Plus I think these are fun, so
This is what I've got so far for a Radical Republican Administration elected in 1860.
President: Charles Sumner (MA)
Vice President: Salmon P. Chase (OH)
Secretary of State: Nathanial Prentice Banks (MA) or Hannibal Hamlin (ME) or William L. Dayton (NJ)
Secretary of the Treasury: George Luther Stearns (MA)
Secretary of War: John C. Frémont (CA)
Attorney General: Wendell Phillips (MA) or Benjamin Wade (OH)
Postmaster General: ????
Secretary of the Navy: Gideon Welles (CT)
Secretary of the Interior: David Wilmot (PA)
As you can see, I'm still unsure of who should be SecState or AG, and yes, I am aware of how heavy this Cabinet is with New Englanders (sort of what I was going for). I'm unsure about SecNav, too. I just said Gideon Welles because he was already a fervent abolitionist and Lincoln made him SecNav, so if you guys have better ideas let me hear 'em.
Postmater General will go to a crony, not sure who, suggestions welcome. You will also note that I've left out Thaddeus Stevens. I've thought of having him stay in the House and become Speaker or, if Frémont proves too cautious in the civil war that will almost inevitably evolve out of this, bump Stevens up to Secretary of War.