WI: President Learned Hand?

He would have to be elected as a senator or governor, or hold cabinet office (like Herbert Hoover), but for which party? A Progressive and a liberal, he voted for Hoover in 1928 and 1932, but for FDR in 1936.

Possible scenario: He is elected as a Republican as governor of New York in 1920 and re-elected in 1922. Calvin Coolidge appoints him Attorney-General in March 1924 instead of Harlan Stone. He wins the Republican nomination in 1928 instead of Hoover and is elected President.
 
He would have to be elected as a senator or governor, or hold cabinet office (like Herbert Hoover), but for which party? A Progressive and a liberal, he voted for Hoover in 1928 and 1932, but for FDR in 1936.

Possible scenario: He is elected as a Republican as governor of New York in 1920 and re-elected in 1922. Calvin Coolidge appoints him Attorney-General in March 1924 instead of Harlan Stone. He wins the Republican nomination in 1928 instead of Hoover and is elected President.
That makes sense.

How would President Hand have handled the Crash of '29?
 
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