WI: John Jay as Washington's VP

Germaniac

Donor
John Adams goes back to England as ambassador and in all likely hood his more abrasive demeanor leads to the “Jay" Treaty possibly not happening. However with the federalists having less success the alien and seditions act may not get passed, with more support for France. John Jay will also almost definitely become president at some point because his popularity only began to collapse after the treaty
 

Japhy

Banned
The power of the Vice President will be increased dramatically. The powers given to the VP in the Constitution opened the possibility for the VP to serve as a Powerful force in the Senate, not just as President of it, but with the possibility of powers similar to what the Speaker eventually gained in the House. Of course Adams completely screwed that up, and the Federalists quickly lost all interest in allowing him to operate as their leader in the Senate or to dictate to the chamber, and Washington in turn moved to keep Adams powerless in the Executive Branch by cutting him out of the cabinet and not supporting him in Congress and thus precedents were set to make the VP sit quietly in the chamber and not make a fuss, which is why so many Vice Presidents have had no interest in sitting in the high chair. Jay being a more personable Federalist can probably carve out a stronger niche.
 
John Adams goes back to England as ambassador and in all likely hood his more abrasive demeanor leads to the “Jay" Treaty possibly not happening. However with the federalists having less success the alien and seditions act may not get passed, with more support for France. John Jay will also almost definitely become president at some point because his popularity only began to collapse after the treaty

Why was the treaty perceived to be so bad anyway? Was it just general anti-Britishness?
 
Why was the treaty perceived to be so bad anyway? Was it just general anti-Britishness?

It was that, the perceived betrayal to France when she was fighting in Europe (who basically was America's biggest lifeline during the ARW), and finally the nascent Jeffersonians suspecting a backdoor way of strengthening the Federalists and undercutting that lead to it being such an explosive and toxic issue, especially to John Jay.
 
Why was the treaty perceived to be so bad anyway? Was it just general anti-Britishness?
Plus, it acceded to Britain's definition of "contraband" (closing off the most profitable parts of American-French trade) and accepted that British West Indies ports would be almost entirely closed to American ships. That particular article was, in fact, so odious that the Senate ratified all the treaty except for that. Fortunately, the British didn't object to that article's being dropped.
 
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