WI: Mrs. Kennedy Dies in Plane Crash

What if during the first term of John Kennedy, Mrs. Jackie Kennedy and the children were all killed in a plane crash en route somewhere together without the President?
 
Which year? besides killing john jr early(and by the same way as later in history, poor john jr is doomed with planes....) that butterfly away dallas at all and we've now a depressed JFK....

will he remaried or just finish his term and later think what to do with his life?
 
JFK becomes depressed and commits suicide before 1964...,the story follows a similar path to OTL,but due to not having a president assassinated in 1963 , the Secret Service is not very attentive and Gerald Ford was assassinated in 1975 , from there take place several changes.

JFK is remembered as a good president who did not deserve what fate gave him , there are many Conspiracy Theories about the suicide of JFK and he is not seen as the "Savior of America",by most Americans, but as an unlucky man because he lost his family .
 
I don't think kennedy would commit suicide(at least during his presidency) but how he cope, he would be one term and them just shut down from the world, maybe die for his own lack of care of himself(he was pretty sick person all his life and the depression will be the straw in camel back)

Depend of the year, of course dallas is butterfly away(he would send just johnson or something private) but 1963 he seems he wanted to somewhat saved his marriage and so distant family life(is not coincidence he goes with jackie to dallas, being more together) so would be hard if that happen in 1963 itself.

So lets say he decline run in 1964? Johnson vs Goldwater again?not so big butterflies besided maybe kennedy pushing civil rights if not depressed enough?
 
So lets say he decline run in 1964? Johnson vs Goldwater again?not so big butterflies besided maybe kennedy pushing civil rights if not depressed enough?

Not entirely sure about this but RFK would probably have enough political capital and sympathy to be able to pull off a run in 1964, especially if LBJ isn't already President by the time the election rolls around.
 
Would Bobby tried so fast? someone would consider he got the political capital because John otl dead. But still he goes good credentials and would try, but i can imagine 1968 at earliest(like otl).

Still John one term would be the result?
 
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