Hi all,
The title says it all I guess-in OTL, 'Silent Cal' ran for his own presidencial term in 1924, having succeeded to the presidency after Harding's death.
But back then it wasn't overly common for a VP who became president in these circumstances to run (and be nominated) themselves, besides TR. Also, Coolidge lost his son at around the time he was nominated in OTL-I understand it happened at the WH and Coolidge blaimed himself for that reason.
So what if Coolidge had simply decided he didn't need the stress of the presidency (granted the 1920's weren't too stressful, but still) and stepped aside?
Firstly, which Republican is nominated instead? Does this in any way affect the Dems convention? I'm imagining the Republican is still favoured to win under these circumstances, especially if the Democrats still take over 100 balletts and end up nominating Davis to get it all over with?
What happens from there? The Depression still hits in some manner, but with a different president in the years before the crash, is it less severe (or moreso) than OTL?
The title says it all I guess-in OTL, 'Silent Cal' ran for his own presidencial term in 1924, having succeeded to the presidency after Harding's death.
But back then it wasn't overly common for a VP who became president in these circumstances to run (and be nominated) themselves, besides TR. Also, Coolidge lost his son at around the time he was nominated in OTL-I understand it happened at the WH and Coolidge blaimed himself for that reason.
So what if Coolidge had simply decided he didn't need the stress of the presidency (granted the 1920's weren't too stressful, but still) and stepped aside?
Firstly, which Republican is nominated instead? Does this in any way affect the Dems convention? I'm imagining the Republican is still favoured to win under these circumstances, especially if the Democrats still take over 100 balletts and end up nominating Davis to get it all over with?
What happens from there? The Depression still hits in some manner, but with a different president in the years before the crash, is it less severe (or moreso) than OTL?