WI T.R. for President in 1920?

An interesting POD that doesn't pop up much is one that probably would have gone through had Theodore Roosevelt not died in 1919. From what I can gather, T.R. was the presumptive Republican nominee going into the 1920 Presidential election, having made his peace with the Republican establishment and looking to fill the power vacuum within the GOP and take control back from the Democrats after eight years in the opposition.

So let's assume that Teddy doesn't succumb to the malaria that killed him IOTL.

1. Assuming that Roosevelt wins the Republican nomination, who is his running mate? I would assume a conservative Republican, owing to Roosevelt's out-and-out progressivism.

2. Who do the Democrats nominate to run against T.R.?

3. What does a Roosevelt presidency in the twenties look like? Does he stick with the progressivism of his first two terms, and push for child labor laws, regulation of business, etc.? If so, do we see a depression anywhere near as bad as we did IOTL?

4. How does this effect key political players of years to come? Does F.D.R. switch parties and join the more progressive GOP? Do the Democrats move right, the Republicans left? Or does Roosevelt cool on progressivism and stick with the Republican conservatism that was standard of OTL's twenties?

5. Who succeeds Roosevelt in the White House?
 
I don't think TR would have changed his principles but he has a more conservative Congress. He would not have been able to pass as much progressive reforms. Does anyone know if TR was able to state a position on the League of Nations? As for his running mate, one possibilty is a Conservative Senator from Ohio: Warren Harding. If TR's health only holds out for a few more years, then we get the Teapot Dome scandal.
 

Penelope

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I'm thinking that is best option is either:

A: Winning the Republican Nomination in 1912 over Taft.

B: Winning a landslide victory in 1912 as a Progressive.

Everything went down for him following his loss in the 1912 election, mostly stemming from his 1913-1914 South American Expedition that likely claimed the last 10-15 years of his life.

The best case scenario for a Roosevelt Victory in 2012 would likely be Taft dropping out. The vote split killed his election bid. The easy way out is to have him contract some sort of illness. Nevertheless, here's what giving all of Taft's votes to Roosevelt gives us.

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Japhy

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I don't think TR would have changed his principles but he has a more conservative Congress. He would not have been able to pass as much progressive reforms. Does anyone know if TR was able to state a position on the League of Nations? As for his running mate, one possibilty is a Conservative Senator from Ohio: Warren Harding. If TR's health only holds out for a few more years, then we get the Teapot Dome scandal.

Why would Harding be his presumptive VP? There are plenty of options there. Yes he needs to balance his ticket with a more conservative running mate but there are plenty of options there, Governors, Senators, Military Hero's from the War.

As far as a VP candidate goes, if you want to go as close to OTL as possible, why not go outright with the 1920 VP? Coolidge had made quite the reputation for himself dealing with the Boston Police Strike. But besides him one has dozens of options.
 
AThe best case scenario for a Roosevelt Victory in 2012 would likely be Taft dropping out. The vote split killed his election bid. The easy way out is to have him contract some sort of illness. Nevertheless, here's what giving all of Taft's votes to Roosevelt gives us.
I know that TR was badass, but that is ridiculous. :D
 
I'm thinking that is best option is either:

A: Winning the Republican Nomination in 1912 over Taft.

B: Winning a landslide victory in 1912 as a Progressive.


It would have to be A.

Any kind of victory (let alone landslide) on the third party ticket is virtually ASB. To happen, it would require the Democrats to choose a candidate well outside the political mainstream, and they aren't going to do that. Even Bryan joked about it, saying "Why should I run for President just to get the Republicans out of a hole?" though in fact he would have been perfectly electable in a three way race.

Even for A, it's probably necessary for Taft to die/withdraw early on, before the internal feud gets really passionate. If it doesn't happen till Convention eve, things are probably beyond repair, and the regulars so embittered that they might run a third candidate if TR were nominated.
 
I don't think TR would have changed his principles but he has a more conservative Congress. He would not have been able to pass as much progressive reforms.

Very much, in fact, like the final year of his OTL Presidency.

Does anyone know if TR was able to state a position on the League of Nations?


He would certainly have supported the Lodge Reservations. To him, Article X would have been an intolerable intrusion on American sovereignty. He wouldn't necessarily have been against the League, period, but I suspect he would have viewed the massive reopudiation of the Democrats as a repudiation of the League as well, and let it drop.



As for his running mate, one possibilty is a Conservative Senator from Ohio: Warren Harding. If TR's health only holds out for a few more years, then we get the Teapot Dome scandal.

Istr reading a biography of Harding many years ago, which mentioned that he was bing widely tipped for that position just before Roosevelt's death. However, almost any Midwesterner, of less likely far Westerner, would have been a possibility. Probably a conservative, though, to balance the ticket.
 
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