====== Points of Divergence : United States Presidents ====== PODs concerning presidents of the United States throughout history. ---- ==== 18th and 19th century ==== * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=261933|Alternate First President of the USA]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=234921|An alternative evolution of the United States Presidency]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=4866|Benjamin Franklin is elected as first President (1)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=94406|Benjamin Franklin is elected as first President (2)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=118124|Benjamin Franklin is elected as first President (3)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=173980|Benjamin Franklin is elected as first President (4)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=250242|Benjamin Franklin is elected as first President (5)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=255111|Benjamin Franklin is elected as first President (6)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=235265|George Washington dies while President-elect]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=234930|Washington dies in 1790, during his first term]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=206856|Challenge:Make Washington lose the 1792 election]]** * **[[pods:US_Election_of_1800|PODs based on the hard-fought US Presidential Election of 1800]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=257842|A second John Adams term]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=262369|18th and 19th century presidents who could've "pulled a Cleveland"]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=332362|Could John Quincy Adams have clearly won in 1824 ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=145895|Plausibility check: President Edgar Allen Poe]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=259545|The Whigs in 1836]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=246890|Zachary Taylor survives]]**, leading to an earlier Civil War * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=151181|WI Lincoln lost New York (and election went to the House]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=262716|Challenge: Election of 1860 thrown to Congress ?]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=263163|Lincoln's presidency without a secession]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=226698|The "Little-by-little Emancipator"]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=23505|WI: Abe Lincoln killed in a duel in 1842]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=270240|DBWI: Abraham Lincoln wasn't killed by a bear]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=244028|Challenge: Have Lincoln kill Booth]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=236207|James McClellan as President]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=91605|Grant gets a third term (instead of Garfield) 1]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=133213|Grant gets a third term (instead of Garfield) 2]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=188526|Grant gets a third term (instead of Garfield) 3]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=261597|WI Garfield doesn't seek nomination?]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=261119|VP Arthur dies before Garfield]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=242607|WI Guiteau gets a job before assassinating Garfield?]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=7776|Garfield survives (1)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=30206|Garfield survives (2)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=106045|Garfield survives (3)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=120115|Garfield survives (4)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=126409|Garfield survives (5)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=133215|Garfield survives (6)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=136448|Garfield survives (7)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=185514|Garfield survives (8)]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=227430|Civil rights in a surviving Garfield's Presidency?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=272559|Challenge: Slave to President]]** * Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== 20th century ==== === Beginning of the century and World War I === * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=260673|If Theodore Roosevelt was reelected in 1908, what would be the ramifications ?]]** * **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/theodore-roosevelt-gets-elected-during-the-1912-election-what-happens-to-the-united-states.537355/|Theodore Roosevelt gets elected during the 1912 election: What Happens to The United States?]]** * **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-theodore-roosevelt-wins-the-1912-presidential-election.320517/|WI: Theodore Roosevelt wins the 1912 presidential election.]]** * **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/if-teddy-roosevelt-won-in-1912-how-would-this-affect-america%E2%80%99s-participation-in-ww1.469725/|If Teddy Roosevelt won in 1912, how would this affect America’s participation in WW1?]]** * **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-tr-wins-the-1912-republican-nomination.494789/|WI: TR Wins the 1912 Republican Nomination]]** * **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/us-postwar-politics-if-roosevelt-won-in-1912.501905/|US postwar politics if Roosevelt won in 1912]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=304288|Challenge: Make Theodore Roosevelt be considered the worst American president]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=256335|WI Woodrow Wilson dies during the 1912 elections ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=260240|What does it take to get a Socialist into the White House ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=207308|WI OTL First Ladies became President ?]]** * Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. === The Interwar period and World War II === * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=260240|What does it take to get a Socialist into the White House ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=259939|WI: President Henry Wallace]]** * **[[pods:Huey Long]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=372877|How could America get a socialist president ?]]** * Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. === The Cold War === * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=255731|WI: No Richard Nixon]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=177199|Nixon Beats Kennedy]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=144345|WI: Nixon Elected in 1960]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=257501|WI: Edward Heath survives]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=257497|Challenge: Modern Grover Cleveland]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=259814|WI: Truman Killed in 1950]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=266144|Could Eisenhower win as a Democrat in 1952 ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=257883|WI: Johnson/Kennedy in 1956]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=160141|Barrack Obama born as a female]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=319584|WI Lee Harvey Oswald kills Jackie Kennedy instead (by accident) ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=148422|Challenge: President Billy Graham]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=252864|WI: Hubert Humphrey wins the Popular Vote in 1968]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=259102|WI: George Wallace selected anyone but Curtis LeMay as his running mate in the 1968 elections]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=256755|WI: George Wallace wins the Democratic Nomination in 1976 ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=214881|Could Kennedy avoid assassination ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=257576|Challenge: Save president Kennedy]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=256579|WI: Callaghan called the early election in 1978 ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=256859|Challenge: Ruin Ronald Reagan's legacy]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=261371|WI: Joe Biden ran for president in '88 ?]]** * Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. === Post-Cold War === * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=25572|Better Perot Campaign]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=255865|WI: Bill Clinton dies of a heart attack, in office]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=257268|Challenge: Bill Clinton impeached]]** * **[[2012 US presidential election]]** * Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== Navigation ==== **[[pods:usa|United States of America Points of Divergence]]**