WI James Buchanan dies before the 1856 election, or maybe doesn't want to run because he's been appointed to the SCOTUS or something.
OTL President Pierce and Stephen A Douglas were the other main contenders, but with the Kansas-Nebraska Act hanging round their necks could either have been nominated, and if not where does the convention turn?
Ideally, I'd like either Edwin M Stanton or Benjamin F Butler, but don't think either is likely. Above all, is there any hope of the Dems choosing someone with the smarts to reject the Lecompton Constitution?
Thoughts?
OTL President Pierce and Stephen A Douglas were the other main contenders, but with the Kansas-Nebraska Act hanging round their necks could either have been nominated, and if not where does the convention turn?
Ideally, I'd like either Edwin M Stanton or Benjamin F Butler, but don't think either is likely. Above all, is there any hope of the Dems choosing someone with the smarts to reject the Lecompton Constitution?
Thoughts?