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might cross post ideas I have here.

 

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In which Lyndon Johnson wins his first Senate race, kisses up to FDR a bunch and winds up being President early.


1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D-NY)/Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX)
1944: Thomas Dewey (R-NY)/John W. Bricker (R-OH)
1945-1949: Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX)/vacant
1949-1957: Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX)/William O. Douglas (D-NY)
1948: Thomas Dewey (R-NY)/Earl Warren (R-CA)
1952: Robert Taft (R-OH)/William Knowland (R-CA) and Strom Thurmond (SR-SC)/Fielding L. Wright (SR-MS)
1957-65: Henry C. Lodge (R-MA)/Walter Judd (R-MN)
1956: Stuart Symington (D-MO)/John F. Kennedy (D-MA) and Orval Faubus (SR-AR)/Harry F. Byrd (SR-VA)
1960: John F. Kennedy (D-MA)/George Wallace (D-AL) and Ernst Vandiver (SR-GA)/Orval Faubus (SR-AR)

 

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Monarchs of the Kingdom of Hawai'i
Kamehameha the Great 1782-1819
Kamehameha II 1819-1824
Kamehameha III 1825-1854
Kamehameha IV 1855-1863
Kamehameha V 1863-1872
Lunalilo 1873-1874
Kalākaua 1874-1891
Liliʻuokalani 1891-1893#

Provisional Government 1893-1894

President of the First Republic of Hawai'i
Sanford B. Dole (Unionist) 1894-1912#

Presidents of the Second Republic of Hawai'i
Jonathan D. Judd (Democratic) 1912-1918
Preston J. Carter (Democratic) 1918-1923†
J. D. Ernest (Democratic) 1923-1924
Harold O. Waybright (Democratic) 1924-1930
James P. Clark (Democratic) 1930-1935*

Provisional Government 1935-1936




Presidents of the Third Republic of Hawai'i
James Roberts (Homeland) 1936-1941
Satoru Yoshikawa (Popular Front) 1941-1950#



Chairmen of the Government of National Preservation
Gen. James Rutherford (Army) 1950-1968†
Gen. A. Augustus Cooper (Army) 1968-1970#
Adm. Henry O'Toole (Navy) 1970*

Provisional Government 1971-1972#



President-for-Life of the Hawai'ian State
Ka'iimamao [Originally Mark] Aulani (National Revolutionary Union for the Preservation of the Homeland) 1972-1993*

Transitional Government 1993



Fourth Republic of Hawai'i
Kisho Ike (Popular Worker's) 1994-1997
Leonel Aden Recio (Popular Worker's) 1997-2002
Adam Lu (Liberal) 2002-2007
Jose Zhao (Popular Worker's) 2007-2012
Alohanani Makaiau (Popular Worker's) 2012-2017
Marco Yabe (Rally for Socialism and Liberation) 2017-present

* - Overthrown by Popular Revolution
#- Overthrown in Military Coup
†-Died in Office


Basically, either McKinley looses or is unable to get the votes to annex Hawaii (I haven’t sketched out much outside of Hawaii). Dole then just sort of continues his Republic in hopes to someday he’ll get annexed. As in OTL he lets Native Hawaiians retain some prestigious positions, although real power remains with the planters.

However in 1913 the so called “Slack Suit Revolution” overthrows him. It’s a coup led by young whites disaffected by Dole’s government. The Second Republic is an odd beast. The dream of annexation is abandoned and a fairly efficient government, although the planters remain influential. However they are also violent white supremacists who model their style on the South in America, hence the name. At one point they consider returning to the “original name” of the Sandwich Islands. The Second Republic is propped up by Marines, until the functional equivalent of the Good Neighbor Policy. Massive demonstrations occur in 1935, forcing the Second Republic from power.

The “Pahu Revolution” brings universal sufferage for the first time. Initially liberal Native Hawaiian opposition types take the lead, but Union Organizer Satoru Yoshikowa wins the 1941 election in a landslide. Despite his at times anti-American rhetoric Yoshikowa sides with the Americans during the Great Pacific War, preferring them to aggressive British action. He grants them rights to use Hawai’i on trans-pacific crossings to aid the Japanese and Chinese. However once the war ends, the Americans are suddenly far more nervous about him. They let some of his welfare work slide, but his plans for land redistribution go too far. His sorta authoritarian tendencies also isolate him from his allies. The final domino is his announcement that he will seek the support of the Hawai’ian Communist Party for his programs. Shortly thereafter “The Day of the Tanks” occurs and the (still largely white led) military steps in. Yoshikowa gets his brains blown out on the tarmac of the Hilo Airport.

General James Rutherford heads the incoming Junta. Rutherfordian Hawai’i is a brutal military dictatorship, but a fairly competent one. Power is returned to the Planters, but Rutherford does not try and restore the Apartheid that existed during the Second Republic. The officer corps is still mostly white, but Rutherford allows skill to be the order of the day whenever vacancies arise, allowing him at least some support from the Natives Hawai’ians and “Asians” (a catch all term for the various groups brought in to work sugar plantations over the years). He also engenders the support of the middle class with pro-business (both large and small) polices. And, of course, he retains friendly relations with the great power to the East and is a stalwart anti-communist. However Rutherford’s successors are less competent and the Junta faces severe infighting after his death. Massive protests erupt in 1971 after a downturn. The “Hibiscus Revolution,” along with a less Cold Warrior Government in Washington, bring down the Junta.

The resulting Provisional Government is weak, and into the void steps a Colonel Mark Aulani. He establishes the Hawai’ian State, a top down dictatorship with himself at the top. Although early on he had populist trappings, he soon settles into the role of complacent Washington ally. He takes a dive in Hawai’ian Infused Mysticism, changes his name and promotes “true religion.” Native Hawai’ians who demonstrate a sufficient lack of morals are invited into his Government, while whites maintain much of the economic power. Dissidents are brutalized, as is the general population. Slave labor at the fruit plantations. Gulags at Midway and near a literal Volcano. A feared secret police. There is a big brain drain, and Vancouver in particular becomes a major site of exiles. However the Cold War does not last, and with the fall of Communism in Europe, support for the Aulani regime crumbles quickly.

The “Rainbow Revolution” in 1993 takes down Aulani, and sends him packing to San Fransisco. A Fourth Republic is declared. The Popular Worker’s Party becomes the party of the Revolution, and the dominant force of the Fourth Republic. Broadly left-populist they enjoy broad support for the working class, and are quite willing exchange exemptions to their anti-business legislation for cash. A corruption scandal in 2002 enabled Liberal Adam Lu to become President, but his efforts at reform were stymied by a Congress controlled by the Popular Worker’s Party. The 2017 Elections saw a far more substantial change as Marco Yabe of the the Rally for Socialism and Liberation, the rebranded Hawai’ian Communist Party by the by, was swept into power. He has a plurality but not a majority in Congress, and it remains to be seen how he tried to implement his promised wide reaching reforms.

(Is this plausible, prolly not. But idc)

 

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Western Conference

Coastal Division
Seattle Orcas
Portland Lumberjacks
San Francisco Giants
Los Angeles Gladiators

Southwest Division
San Diego Admirals
Phoenix Flare
Utah Hive
Colorado Peaks

South Division
Kansas City Scouts
Dallas Texans
Houston Alligators
San Antonio Serpents

Midwest Division
St. Louis Millers
St. Louis Brewers
Milwaukee Hounds
Minnesota Mammoths

Eastern Conference

Great Lakes Division
Chicago Sparta
Cincinnati Redshirts
Detroit Arsenal
Columbus Explorers

Southeast Division
Atlanta Firebirds
Tampa Bay Sharks
Miami Stingrays
Carolina Tigers

Atlantic Division
Washington Minutemen
Pittsburgh Buccaneers
Philadelphia Thunder
New Jersey Field Club

Northeast Division
Brooklyn Wanderers
New York Nationals
Hartford Whalers
Boston Bears

 

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1961-1964: Richard Nixon (R-CA)/Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R-MA)
1960 def John F. Kennedy (D-MA)/Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX)
1964-1965: Henry Cabot Lodge Jr (R-MA)/vacant[1]
1965-1973: Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX)/Eugene McCarthy (D-MN)[2]
1964 def Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA)/William Miller (R-NY)[3]
1968 def Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY)/Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-IA)[4] and George Wallace (AIP-AL)/Ezra Taft Benson (AIP-UT)[5]
1973: Eugene McCarthy (D-MN)/vacant[6]
1973-????: Frank Church (D-ID)/Albert Brewer (D-AL)[7]
1972: def Ronald Reagan (R-CA)/Elliot Richardson (R-MA)[8]

1: On September 3, Richard Nixon became the first President to be removed from office, in the wake of new revelations in the Northwoods Scandal. Turns out having the CIA shoot up Miami can’t be covered up for forever. Henry Cabot Lodge assumed the Presidency that evening.
2: Runner-Up for the nod and the Vice Presidency in ‘60, Johnson enters ‘64 organized, and having his tight grip on the Senate on fully display during the Northwoods scandal. Promises “peace and honor” in Cuba. Picks McCarthy over Humphrey because I have an irony addiction.
3: The sudden announcement, on the eve of a Convention that he had already secured delegates for, that Nixon would not be running for another term sent the Republicans into chaos. The Vice President, on the ground and with name recognition, prevails, but it’s a messy business. He picks the conservativeish RNC chair. He gets to watch it all come crashing down.
4: Rocky beats Barry in an exhausting campaign and fractious convention that has the GOP be the ones to first embrace Primary Reform. He picks a Conservative from Iowa, of a distant relation to the OTL Senator-elect from Colorado. Awkwardly has to toe the line between not seeming like a Scrooge on the TTLGreat Society without losing even more Conservative support. He fails.
5: Johnson’s tipped his hand on Civil Rights and the GOP nominated the titular Rockefeller Republican. You better believe it’s time for the far-right to make their move. Stays away from Bomb’s Away LeMay for reasons that are obvious. Only one who says burning the CIA down and building a new shady apparatus was a bad idea. Does better in the raw vote than IOTL, but with Rocky collapsing he can’t deadlock the Electoral College.
6: Johnson dies a few weeks earlier because stress or something. The important thing is Eugene McCarthy gets to be the new shortest serving President.
7: In his last months, Johnson ensures the nomination of Frank Church. As a young Senator, Church dutifully spearheaded Johnson’s push to investigate the Northwoods Affair. He selects a face of the “New South” as his VP. Unfortunately, waving the bloody shirt about Miami is loosing its luster...
8:...until the GOP nominates a Goldwaterite who reminds everyone a bit too much of Nixon, being the Conservative from California and all. The debates are nice, but Ronnie makes a few gaffes and whoops, President Church.

 

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1921-1929: John J. Pershing (R-NE)/Calvin Coolidge (R-MA)
1921-1929: John J. Pershing (R-NE)/Calvin Coolidge (R-MA)
1920: Robert Lansing (D-NY)/A. Mitchell Palmer (D-PA)
1924: William Gibbs McAdoo (D-CA)/James Cox (D-OH) and Robert La Follette (P-WI)/Burton Wheeler (P-MT)
1929-1933: Albert Ritchie (D-MD)/Newtown D. Baker (D-OH)
1928: Albert Fall (R-NM)/James E. Watson (R-IN)
1933-1937: Charles Deneen (R-IL)/Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (R-NY)
1932: Albert Ritchie (D-MD)/Newtown D. Baker (D-OH) and Burton K. Wheeler (P-MT)/William Borah (P-ID)
1937-1938: Huey Long (D-LA)/Royal S. Copeland (D-NY)
1936: Charles Deneen (R-IL)/Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (R-NY) and Norman Thomas (S-NY)/Geroge Nelson (S-WI)
1938-1941: Huey Long (D-LA)/vacant
1941-1942: Huey Long (D-LA)/Hugh Johnson (D-KS)
1940: Robert Taft (R-OH)/Joseph Martin Jr. (R-MA)
1942-1945: Huey Long (D-LA)/vacant
1945-1949: Huey Long (D-LA)/Paul McNutt (D-IN)
1944: Harlan J. Bushfield (R-SD)/Riley Bender (R-ME)
1949: Huey Long (D-LA)/Sidney P. Osborne (D-AZ)
1948: Ernest W. GIbson Jr. (R-VT)/Val Peterson (R-NE)
1949-1953: Huey Long (D-LA)/vacant
1953-1954: Huey Long (D-LA)/Milton Eisenhower (D-KS)
1952: Francis Townsend (R-CA)/Isabelle Lemke (R-ND) and Vito Marcantonio (L-NY)/Walter Reuther (L-MI)
1954-1957: Milton Eisenhower (D-KS)/vacant
1957-????: Herbert Hoover (C-CA)/Reuben G. Soderstrom (C-IL)
1956: Joe Kennedy Jr. (D-MA)/James Eastland (D-MS), Dissident Labor Party Members, and Dissident Freedom Party Members

*: Died In Office

 

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a Successful Armada of 1779 allows the French, Spanish, and Americans, to dictate terms to the British. Unfortunately for the Americans, the lord giveth and he taketh away. In this case, efforts to reform the articles of confederation fall through. oops.



Far to the Northwest lays swathes of unexplored territory. Well, unexplored by westerners. Plenty of Native groups have lived there for generations. Some overlapping claims, including by the Russians, still poking at the edges of Alaska.

Much of the west falls under the power of Spain. New Spain has been New Spain since the fall of the Aztecs, and now stretches from San Francisco into the jungles of Central America. After the Seven Years War, France was forced to hand over Louisiana, which the Spanish happily took, granting them a stranglehold over the Great Mississippi River. And, after the recent war, Britain has been forced to cede Florida back to Spain. The Gulf is, for the first time, a Mexican Lake. These areas have been fairly quickly integrated, especially compared to the troublesome Jamaicans.

In the frigid North lies the…well formerly it was the area under the control of the Hudson Bay Company. And it still is mostly, the forts and factories are still there. But the British were forced to acknowledge that other powers had a right to the fur trade, ending their monopoly. Except…they still have their monopoly? Only a few intrepid traders have shown up, and certainly no rival forts and factories.

The State of Canada. Is. Well. It’s very confused. The French Colony was conquered by the British then signed away in a Treaty. The Continental failed to conquer it but the British had to sign it away in their humiliating peace anyway. But then the Union collapsed and…now Quebec is independent? Through no fault of their own the people of Canada (or is it New France? Or Quebec?) have wound up free and independent. Well kind of free. A coalition of the landowners, merchants, and Church are running the show, desperately searching for the borders of their new state, as well as an identity.

All that remains of the once great British North America is Newfoundland. With a French Army in London the British pretty much had terms dictated to them. Newfoundland was retained to their power, although they are forced to recognize fishing rights. Some loyalists have settled here, with Loyalton (get it?) becoming a rival to St. John’s. Most, however, moved on to England or the new colonies in Australia. Just South the French fishermen of Saint Pierre and Miquelon have returned, but little more. The French have taken their prizes elsewhere.

Confederation of New England was forged by war, namely what started as a fight over Vermont escalated into a battle that drew the old Religious colonies together into a closer, but still loose, Union. It also had the side effect of killing the United States of America. Nova Scotia got forked over by the British, rather than actually joining the Colonial Rebellion. But they’re suitably English and Protestant that they were allowed to join. St. John’s Island, which will now never meet Prince Edward, also comes along. A fairly stable, open, Republic but the standards of the day. Certainly still the seafaring heart of the area.

The aforementioned scuffle over Vermont turned into a “let’s beat up New York and laugh at their misery” party. This was not fun. The upshot of this is a new state Constitution, crafted by one A. Hamilton. Strong executive, strong state power. Shut up if you don’t like it. And should the chance arise for revenge, well, New York will take it. New York City is, as one might expect, a rather large port, and the government is working to rebuild ties with the British nowadays.

New Jersey allied with New England during the “gang up on New York” power hour, and wound up on the winning side. Yay. Unfortunately the young Republic is left standing alone. The alliance with New England still holds, but it’s a small fish in a big pond. Not helping matters is some instability in the Government, and general malaise.

Pennsylvania vaguely supported the anti-New York Action. But since independence the primary issue of the Quaker State has been internal politics. Inflation has been bad. The citizenry roused to rabble. Ex-soldiers being denied pay. The political system is little better and powerful legislature and multi-man executive sounds great in theory. But, well, it’s proving less than optimal. Sooner or later something has to break. The State Militia in particular is looking at stepping in…

In the west, but not the far west, claims are a mess. Each new nation has a bunch of claims about here and there. Virginia claimed everything. Connecticut still claims to extend to the Pacific Ocean, although the Western Reserve is now cut off from the motherland. Other settlers claim no allegiance. Most observers agree that a new nation will emerge here somehow. That is, unless the old nations, the Natives, don’t take the opportunity to push back. And they are organizing…

Maryland is doing rather well for itself. A stable government. Plenty of trade, along with domestic production of export goods, mostly slave grown cash crops. Steady hands at the tiller have made Maryland the most successful of the former colonies that went it alone, after the Confederation Congress died its death. There is a faction that argues for joining the Federal Republic but keeps things cordial.

Delaware is a very small country in a big big world. It’s dominated by one party, and exists only at the whims of others. However solid diplomatic legwork, means those whims will not change soon. Despite issues with corruption, Delaware has seen prosperity since independence, largely thanks to a free trade outlook that encourages all comers to dock in their habours, which may help explain the corruption thing.

The Southern states watched with horror as the North tore itself apart, leaving them to pick up the pieces of the failed efforts to make the Articles of Confederation workable. With leadership from James Madison, they largely have, although concessions had to me made to avoid Virginian domination, which still makes the Carolinas and Georgia nervous. Has managed to secure the area west of the Appalachians and south of the Ohio, making them a prime mover in the west. Democratic…if you’re a white landowner. And since this is the South, that means slaveholders. And the death of the Union does not mean the death of the Cotton Gin…..

 

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16. President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois*/Military Governor Andrew Johnson of Tennessee* (National Union) 1865
Def. 1864 Major General George McClellan of New Jersey/Congressman George Pendleton of Ohio (Democratic)

—. President Pro Tempore Lafayette Foster of Connecticut (National Union) (Acting) 1865-1866

17. Lieutenant General Ulysses Grant of Illinois/Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles of Connecticut (National Union) 1866-74
Def. 1865 Senator Reverdy Johnson of Maryland/Former Senator Lazarus Powell of Kentucky (Opposition Democratic) and Former Senator Jesse Bright of Indiana/Congressman Fernando Wood of New York (Constitutional Democratic)
Def. 1869 Businessman Asa Packer of Pennsylvania/Major General Thomas Ewing Jr. of Ohio (Democratic)
==. President Ulysses Grant of Illinois/Former Governor Samuel Merrill of Iowa (National Union) 1874-1878
Def. 1873 Associate Justice David Davis of Illinois/Former Ambassador Charles Adams of Massachusetts (Liberal Unionist with Democratic Support) and Senator John Stevenson of Kentucky/Former Senator William Allen of Ohio (Straight Out Democratic)

18. Attorney General Edwards Pierrepont of New York/Vice President Samuel Merrill of Iowa (National Union) 1878-1882
Def. 1877 Major General Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania/Former Senator William Allen of Ohio (Liberal Democratic) and Former Governor John Brown of Tennessee/Congressman Thomas Norwood of Georgia (Christian Democratic)

19. Senator J. Donald Cameron of Pennsylvania/Governor William Frye of Maine (National Union) 1882-1890
Def. 1881 Senator Allen Thurman of Ohio/Speaker of the House Samuel Randall of Pennsylvania (Liberal Democratic with Christian Democratic support)
Def. 1885 Senator Thomas Bayard of Delaware/Former Governor Thomas Hendricks of Indiana (Liberal)

20. Senator Grover Cleveland of New York/Congressman George McCrary of Iowa (Liberal Democratic) 1890-????
Def 1889 Governor Jeremiah Rusk of Wisconsin/Former Congressman William Phelps of New Jersey (National Union) and Congressman Leonidas Polk of North Carolina/Governor James Kyle of South Dakota (People's) and Former Confederate General George Gordon of Tennessee/Congressman Wade Hampton III of Alabama (Christian Democratic)

* - Assassinated

 

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I really like the later of use of Hoover in the presidential wikiboxes!