What happens if Harry S. Truman died in this tragic, albeit cartoonish, fashion on that fateful day in June, 1948? Under the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, the presidency would fall to Joseph William Martin, Jr., a Republican (there was no VP at the time.) How would this affect the impending presidential race? Would Martin be seriously considered for the nomination, or would his accession simply be considered an anamoly? The White House, I imagine, would be on an even more accelerated renovation schedule as compared to OTL.