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Lists of Heads of Government and Heads of State

Please let me try this:

Red = Republican
Blue = Democratic

President Garfield Lives!
1881-1885: James Garfield (1831-1915)/Chester Arthur (1829-1886)
1885-1889: James Garfield (1831-1915)/William Windom (1827-1891)
1889-1892: James Blaine (1830-1892)/Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901)
1892-1893: Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901)/Vacant US Vice Presidency

1893-1897: David Hill (1843-1910)/Adlai Stevenson (1835-1914)
1897-1899: William McKinley (1843-1901)/Garret Hobart (1844-1899)
1899-1901: William McKinley (1843-1901)/Vacant US Vice Presidency
1901: William McKinley (1843-1901)/William Allison (1829-1908)
1901-1905: William Allison (1829-1908)/Vacant US Vice Presidency
1905-1908: William Allison (1829-1908)/Charles Fairbanks (1852-1918)
1908-1909: Charles Fairbanks (1852-1918)/Vacant US Vice Presidency
1909-1913: Charles Fairbanks (1852-1918)/Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948)

1913-1921: Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)/Thomas Marshall (1854-1925)
1921-1929: Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948)/Calvin Coolidge (1872-1932)
1929-1932: Calvin Coolidge (1872-1932)/Herbert Hoover (1874-1964)
1932-1933: Herbert Hoover (1874-1964)/Vacant US Vice Presidency

1933-1941: Franklin Roosevelt (1882-1945)/John Garner (1868-1967)

Here's the story. President Garfield manages to survive Guiteau's assassination attempt as a result of a lucky bystander being close enough to manage to tackle Guiteau--thus causing both of Guiteau's shots to miss Garfield. In 1884, Garfield dumps Arthur due to Arthur's ill health as well as due to the fact that Garfield is less reliant on Roscoe Conkling after the end of the latter's political career in 1881. So, Garfield chooses his Treasury Secretary William Windom to be his new VP in 1884. In 1888, Garfield's Secretary of State James Blaine is able to narrowly win the US Presidency only to subsequently die in office and to have his VP Benjamin Harrison briefly succeed him. In 1892, New York Governor David Hill becomes the first Democrat to win the US Presidency in 36 years only to see the Crash of 1893 under his watch--something that causes his and the Democratic Party's popularity to collapse and results in the election of Republican William McKinley to the US Presidency in 1896. When McKinley still gets assassinated (McKinley's assassin was already born by 1881, so I'm not anticipating a butterfly effect here), he'll have a different VP due to Teddy Roosevelt narrowly losing the 1898 New York gubernatorial election in this scenario. So, we see a President William Allison between 1901 and 1908 until he dies in office, when his VP Charles Fairbanks becomes US President and wins the 1908 election in his own right only to refuse to run again in 1912 due to the no-third term tradition. In 1912, Woodrow Wilson is able to exploit an opportunity to win the US Presidency and subsequently manages to get reelected in 1916 only for the Republicans to win back the US Presidency in 1920 with Charles Evans Hughes. Then we see a Roaring 1920s with Republican US Presidents followed by the election of FDR in 1932. In this scenario, there's no World War II in Europe in 1939 due to the butterfly effect (remember, a surviving President Garfield in 1881 could affect Hitler's conception)--which means that FDR leaves office after two terms in 1941. FDR was almost certainly conceived before Garfield's shooting and assassination (Garfield was shot on July 2, 1881 while FDR was born in late January 1882, so almost seven months later while pregnancies generally take around nine months), so I'm including him in this list of mine, but after FDR, the butterfly effect becomes very significant as a result of the post-1881 generation of politicians becoming extremely prominent in US political life--which quite naturally tends to open itself up to quite significant butterflies since different people might be born after 1881 in this scenario in comparison to real life.
 
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Here's another alternate history scenario:

A Tragic Death of a German Kronprinz (Crown Prince)!
1871-1888: Kaiser Wilhelm I (1797-1888)
1888: Kaiser Friedrich III (1831-1888)
1888-1929: Kaiser Heinrich I (1862-1929)
1929-1975: Kaiser Friedrich IV (1889-1975)
1975-2005: Kaiser Heinrich II (1915-2005)
2005-2020: Kaiser Heinrich III (1941-2020)
2020-present: Kaiser Heinrich IV (1968-present)


Basically, in this TL, German Kronprinz (Crown Prince) Wilhelm (the future German Kaiser Wilhelm II in real life) dies young in 1880 as a result of accidentally falling down the stairs and severely hitting his head on a hard surface, causing him to lose consciousness and to eventually die as a result of severe internal bleeding. This allows Wilhelm's younger brother Heinrich to become the new German Kaiser in this scenario in 1888 instead once both his grandfather and his father pass away in that year. Heinrich runs Germany as an able Kaiser and is able to avoid entangling Germany in any World Wars--with Henrich's reign ending in 1929 when he dies of cancer. Heinrich is succeeded as German Kaiser by his eldest son, who is named Friedrich after Heinrich's father--becoming known as German Kaiser Friedrich IV. In this scenario, Heinrich's eldest son is not a hemophiliac, which is a significant blessing to Germany since it doesn't actually have to worry about a hemophiliac Kaiser. (Heinrich's wife Irene had the gene for hemophilia just like her sister, the Russian Tsarina Alexandra, had.) It is under Friedrich IV that Germany transitions in an even more liberal direction--with it becoming a British-style constitutional monarchy by the end of his reign in 1975. After his death, Friedrich IV is succeeded as the German Kaiser by his own son, Heinrich II. After his death in 2005, Heinrich II is succeeded by his son Heinrich III, who in turn is succeeded as German Kaiser by his own son Heinrich IV at the time of his own death in 2020. There have recently been discussions to alter the German succession laws in order to allow women to succeed to the German throne in this scenario, but so far, these discussions haven't actually resulted in any changes to the German succession laws.
 
Blue = Democratic
Red = Republican

Bush-Clinton Forever
1981-1989: Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)/George H. W. Bush (1924-2018)
1989-1993: George H. W. Bush (1924-2018)/Dan Quayle (1947-2038)

1993-2001: Bill Clinton (1946-2033)/Al Gore (1948-2039)
2001-2009: George W. Bush (1946-2036)/Dick Cheney (1941-2027)
2009-2017: Hillary Clinton (1947-2040)/Bill Richardson (1947-2036)
2017-2021: Jeb Bush (1953-2040)/Mike Pence (1959-present)
2021-2029: Chelsea Clinton (1980-present)/Kamala Harris (1964-present)
2029-2033: Billy Bush (1971-present)/Josh Hawley (1979-present)
2033-2041: Pete Buttigieg (1982-present)/Amy Klobuchar (1960-present) - GOD ALMIGHTY BE BLESSED! THE BUSH-CLINTON DYNASTY IS FINALLY OVER!
 
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Blue = Democratic
Red = Republican

No 9/11
2001-2005: George W. Bush (1946-present)/Dick Cheney (1941-present)
2005-2009: Al Gore (1948-present)/Joe Lieberman (1942-present)
2009-2013: John McCain (1936-2018)/Mitt Romney (1947-present)
2013-2021: Hillary Clinton (1947-present)/Tim Kaine (1958-present)
2021-present: Marco Rubio (1970-present)/Tim Pawlenty (1960-present)
 
Chief Ministers of the British Republic

1918 - 1920: Winston Spencer (informal, "True Government")
[1]

1920 - 1921: Frederick Sykes (Country Party coalition with Welsh Alliance) [2]

1921 - 1928: Arthur Henderson (Popular Front coalition) [3]

1928 - 1935: Oswald Mosley (Country Party) [4]

1935 - 1956: Pamela Travers (Social Democratic Party) [5]

1956 - 1970: Ed Heath (Social Credit Party) [6]


1970 - 1976: Enoch Powell (Social Democratic Party) [7]

1976 - 1984: Jeremy Thorpe (Social Democratic Party) [8]

1984 - 1991: Margaret Hilda Bray (Social Credit Party) [9]

1991 - 1993: Mo Mowlam (Social Democratic Party) [10]


[1] The infamous political leader of the rebellion against Ireland, known for oratory performances by the nascent radio network. The Spencer family had once been aristocrats but Irish rule had seen their power greatly diminished before being removed entirely for supporting Jacobitism; his father Randolph had been a Home Rule figure, but Winston (ironically considering his jaw-jaw) saw talking as failed and was part of the Friends of Boudicea. As part of the peace deal that saw Merseyside-to-Glasgow carved off as East Ireland, Churchill had to agree to not be part of the newly elected government.

[2] One of the great resistance generals, Sykes became leader of the Country Party - the single largest party with 40% of the Parliament seats, backed up by an alliance with the hardline militants of the Welsh Alliance. They moved to establish their long-wanted system of a revived British gentry with power, tariffs all round, and a revival of True British Culture. However, one of their first moves was to bring in yearly elections and it turned out the bulk of Brits didn't like the idea of powerful gentry after all...

[3] Every left-wing party from the British Party of Labour to the newly-legal Communist Party rushed to form an allied block, forming a minority government that no opposition force would unite against. Only a man like Arthur Henderson would have the integrity (he'd been a union man before a politician), the will, and the desire for genuine collaboration to keep this going more than a few weeks. The Popular Front saw sweeping reforms to workers rights, welfare, universal suffrage, and then-shocking social reforms like legalisation of homosexuality. Ireland ostracised "Red Britain" but the nationalised industries began to pump out goods that a battered post-war Europe wanted, causing uneven boosts of economy.

The wheels came off, however, for even "Uncle Arthur" couldn't keep an alliance of four parties together in harmony for long. The uneven spread of new wealth, the constant party compromises, and disagreement with those social reforms would lead to frequent government falling out and, eventually, street fighting between party militias. Inevitably, those militias started to get involved in organised crime as well. It was clear the election would be lost.

[4] Mosley was a dashing young figure who'd fought in both the Great War and the rebellion, and led the "Young Countryment" (who had a much ruder nickname from their detractors) who seized and modernised the party. Gone was the gentry and yearly elections, the economics were rethought, and "corporatism" was the name of the game for a rational, functional state. Law and order was a big issue as well, with police numbers increased and their powers broadened. Relations could finally be reopened with Ireland, though always tense ones as Britain wanted the "lost west" back and protested at word of the ill-treatment of Protestants.

Mosley also reversed some social liberalisation and while he didn't recriminalise homosexuality, his government made it harder to be openly gay and not be investigated for "obscenity". Most Brits overlooked that, but they did start to chafe over Mosley telling them what music was "allowed" on radio, or the police bothering regular people, and any failure of the rationalised corporate ministries (which often weren't down to Mosley but he had taken the credit when they did well). A global recession in the mid-30s put paid to his government.


[5] Born Helen Goff, she'd taken the nomme de guerre of Pamela Travers while working as a journalist during the rebellion and fallen in with the Social Democracy Party - though, due to lack of universal suffrage, she couldn't run for MP until 1928. Travers was a highly literate, mystically minded figure but also had a ferocious work ethic & a merciless approach to conflict which saw her climb the ranks to party leader. Her Irish ancestry and homosexuality were partial secrets, and getting ahead with this hanging over her made her twice as brutal in political combat.

Her government would greatly improve the education system, reverse some of Mosley's social reforms (but kept the corporate ministry system), and finally warm relations with Ireland, a country she had a cultural affinity for. During the Soviet War, Travers kept Britain neutral but took in a (relatively) large number of refugees from the continent, as well as from India - a decision based on pragmatic labour reasons and, in India's case, a love of Hinduism. Her government would also face down and crush numerous foes, from opposing political parties to rival politicians to newspapers trying to have at her (increasingly open) relationship with Madge Burnand, and especially with militants like the Liberation Militia who saw her government as "betraying the lost west". Those police powers Mosley had expanded could often be abused.

Twenty one years in power meant all manner of rival party had thrown itself as Travers and been shattered. The SDP now ran the left. The Country Party was failing on the right. The once-common regional parties were irrelevant. So when she finally lost control, it was to a whole new power...


[6] The "green shirts" had a long and weird history, starting in the post-rebellion anti-war Kibbo Kift society, getting hooked on the Social Credit theory, greatly altering the Social Credit theory, being raided under Mosley, and growing under Travers as other parties fell. Heath, like a number of the party members, had started as a young boy interested in the Kibbo Kift's sports side and air of transgression (as far as your parents were concerned), and to a large extent 'failed upwards' as a smart, dedicated lad who could actually work on the policy side and make it seem like something that mattered. Coming to leadership in his late 30s, his youth also made him, and his party, look dynamic compared to the omnipresent Travers (even though he wasn't that dynamic a man).

Heath's government was highly important to the world because it was the first time the world saw social credit actually in action, or a variation of it anyway. The Bank of England was made to give out interest-free credit to the bulk of people, which reduced poverty and boosted domestic spending - but also boosted inflation and the national debt. Heath had a plan for that, reforming some of the nationalised industries to better export abroad and focusing a Buy British campaign at the continent. As long as trade could go on, this could work.

Unfortunately for him, his second term saw the start of the Troubles - or the Second British Rebellion, depending on your politics - in East Ireland as sectarian riots spiralled into greater violence. Heath tried to negotiate with his counterparts in Dublin to find a solution, and when the Irish Army was deployed he tried to ensure they didn't get too close to the border, but his government were seen as 'hippies' to the Irish and this made them less likely to take him seriously. The British Army had to be deployed on the border twice, as a gesture, and the public did not think the "green shirts" were right for the job.


[7] Powell was a hard man, an NCO with the British Army who had reached the rank of sergeant before moving into politics; his interest in social democratic theory was only intellectual and he had mainly drifted there as he was impressed with Travers and saw this as the best form of government for Britain. He became a dominant figure on the party's right and seized control after 1963. He made it clear that if he became Chief Minister, he would not cowtow to Ireland on the subject of the east. The entire election campaign focused on his past service and East Ireland.

"As I look to our west, I am filled with foreboding. Like the Roman, I see 'the River Tiber foaming with much blood' if Dublin does not take its hand off the whip."

The approach went utterly wrong: while Powell succeeded in making Irish troops stay away from the border, his blunt and nationalistic approach wrecked any negotiations and emboldened the Liberation Militia and others to keep fighting despite no chance of military victory. East Ireland was stuck in a limbo of half-arsed militarism and no politics, and everything east of the coastal cities became a lawless free-for-all. Powell finally came to the table but failed again and again. Between this and a stagnating economy, the SDP decided to coup him the year before the election.


[8] Thorpe, from the liberal end of the party and the first Chief Secretary to have no memory of the occupation and rebellion, was the breath of fresh air needed to reset relations. As an internationalist, Thorpe argued for the League of Nations to come in and so East Britain was made into a mandate with a planned move towards referendums, peacekeeping troops in the interior, and agreement for improved rights. While a lot of this didn't quite go right in his time, it allowed the issue to be seen as "resolved" and he could get on with other issues. Britain started to keep going out into the world, getting involved in global bodies, passing comment on events, and making a request for entry into the European Economic Community. Thorpe also sent British troops abroad for the first time, part of an international force to topple the government of Wesleyia and help impose the Mandate of Zimbabwe in its stead.

As the economy remained stagnant and the EEC admission stalled, it was likely Thorpe would have lost the election anyway but it came out that he'd been cheating on his partner, Norman Josiffe, and using the Chief Secretary powers to keep it under wraps. The abuse of power mattered more than the cheating.


[9] Proudly the first Chief Secretary with a science degree, she'd become interested in the Social Democratic Party as a student - her father had been a Whig but she considered the old parties to have failed, leaving only the SDP and SocCred as realistic powers. She was one of the several dedicated wonks that rose to prominence with Heath and had been formidable in debates against Thorpe. When his abuse of power was revealed, she was downright vicious and asked the nation how could they trust a party that allowed such a man.

Bray, certainly, could be trusted to do what she said, and she had the SocCred Party as a well-oiled machine that took their ideology further than any other SocCred party had dared. Unfortunately, that bumped the debt up severely and knocked Britain into a recession of its own making, delaying EEC membership yet further. Bray refused to acknowledge this and doubled down, and the party was too disciplined for anyone to successfully resist. Electoral defeat was inbound, even after she wrangled it so the Mandate of East Ireland's referendum would happen just before the election (59% for reunification).


[10] A young 'Thorpite', Mowlam had taken leadership due to personal charisma and plain speaking - the latter leading to a series of blunt, untheatrical debates with Bray. She'd had big plans of increasing what Thorpe had tried to do but inherited an economic mess to fix & an entire section of the country to bring in. In a stroke, she reversed most of Bray's economic and credit reforms (but as social credit had been around too long in the country, she couldn't end the whole thing) and got stuck in to reunification. She had to talk to various terrorist groups, militant political parties, regular-but-opposed political parties, and foreign politicians to ensure everyone was onboard and the divergent political & legal systems of the west could be brought in. Due to the issue to bringing social credit in, she announced a "One Country Two Systems" framework and left that up to the incoming regional Mersey-Glasgow Assembly to decide on.

In 1993, with fingers crossed, she became Chief Secretary of United Britain.
 
Blue = Democratic
Red = Republican

Bush-Clinton Forever
1981-1989: Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)/George H. W. Bush (1924-2018)
1989-1993: George H. W. Bush (1924-2018)/Dan Quayle (1947-2038)

1993-2001: Bill Clinton (1946-2033)/Al Gore (1948-2039)
2001-2009: George W. Bush (1946-2036)/Dick Cheney (1941-2027)
2009-2017: Hillary Clinton (1947-2040)/Bill Richardson (1947-2036)
2017-2021: Jeb Bush (1953-2040)/Mike Pence (1959-present)
2021-2029: Chelsea Clinton (1980-present)/Kamala Harris (1964-present)
2029-2033: Billy Bush (1971-present)/Josh Hawley (1979-present)
2033-2041: Pete Buttigieg (1982-present)/Amy Klobuchar (1960-present) - GOD ALMIGHTY BE BLESSED! THE BUSH-CLINTON DYNASTY IS FINALLY OVER!
Some backstory:

1981-2009 go the same as in real life, but in 2008, Barack Obama decides not to run in this scenario. So, Hillary Clinton makes a clean sweep of the 2008 Democratic primaries and thus wins the Dem presidential nomination that year. She subsequently serves two terms but her VP Bill Richardson subsequently loses to Jeb Bush in 2016, who in turn subsequently loses reelection in 2020 to Chelsea Clinton due to the coronavirus epidemic. Chelsea Clinton serves two terms in office only to be succeeded by insurgent Republican Billy Bush--who runs as a compassionate conservative. However, Billy Bush loses reelection in 2032 due to another recession occurring by that point in time, being succeeded by Pete Buttigieg--thus finally resulting in an end to the Bush-Clinton dynasty after 52 years! :)

Blue = Democratic
Red = Republican

No 9/11
2001-2005: George W. Bush (1946-present)/Dick Cheney (1941-present)
2005-2009: Al Gore (1948-present)/Joe Lieberman (1942-present)
2009-2013: John McCain (1936-2018)/Mitt Romney (1947-present)
2013-2021: Hillary Clinton (1947-present)/Tim Kaine (1958-present)
2021-present: Marco Rubio (1970-present)/Tim Pawlenty (1960-present)
Some backstory:

Without 9/11, Al Gore is able to mount a comeback in 2004 only to lose to John McCain in 2008 as a result of the Great Recession. As a result of McCain mishandling the Great Recession due to his austerity measures, Hillary Clinton is able to defeat him in 2012 and to serve two terms of her own as US President. In 2020, Republican Marco Rubio wins the US Presidency in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
 
Franz Ferdinand Lives! (The Austro-Hungarian Succession)
1848-1916: Franz Joseph I (1830-1916)
1916-1940: Franz II (Ferdinand) (1863-1940)
1940-1950: Karl I/IV (1887-1950)
1950-2011: Otto I (1912-2011)
2011-present: Karl II/V (1954-present)*


*Is born a different person in a different year due to the butterfly effect in this scenario.
 

Im not sure that guy would change his name so I'm hoping you're not CaliBoy but these are good lists but if it's just a list of names there's not really anything to comment on. No one here does it 100% of the time but offering some rundowns is a thing to at least aspire to put in your initial post.
 
Blue = Democratic
Red = Republican

Samuel Tilden Wins In 1876!
1875-1877: Ulysses Grant (1822-1885)/Vacant US Vice Presidency
1877-1881: Samuel Tilden (1814-1886)/Thomas Hendricks (1819-1885)
1881: Winfield Hancock (1824-1881)/William English (1822-1896)
1881-1885: William English (1822-1896)/Vacant US Vice Presidency
1885: William English (1822-1896)/Thomas Hendricks (1819-1885)
1885-1889: William English (1822-1896)/Vacant US Vice Presidency

1889-1893: James Garfield (1831-1915)/Levi Morton (1824-1901)
1893-1897: Grover Cleveland (1837-1908)/Adlai Stevenson (1835-1914)
1897-1901: James Garfield (1813-1915)/Levi Morton (1824-1901)
1901: Levi Morton (1824-1901)/William McKinley (1843-1914)
1901-1905: William McKinley (1843-1914)/Vacant US Vice Presidency
1905-1909: William McKinley (1843-1914)/Charles Fairbanks (1852-1918)
1909-1913: Elihu Root (1845-1937)/Charles Fairbanks (1852-1918)
1913-1917: Elihu Root (1845-1937)/Henry Lodge (1850-1924)
1917-1921: Henry Lodge (1850-1924)/Frank Lowden (1861-1943)

1921-1929: James Cox (1870-1957)/William McAdoo (1863-1941)
1929-1933: William McAdoo (1863-1941)/John Davis (1873-1955)

1933-1941: Harold Ickes (1874-1952)/Herbert Hoover (1874-1964)

Summary: Democrat Samuel Tilden wins the US Presidency in 1876 because Democrats in Illinois refuse to elect David Davis to the US Senate. He thus remains on the Electoral Commission and casts the decisive vote in favor of Tilden. Tilden refuses to seek reelection but a Democrat (Winfield Hancock) succeeds him due to the good economy in 1880. Hancock subsequently gets assassinated by an angry Charles Guiteau who delusionally believes that the 1880 election was rigged in Hancock's favor. Hancock's VP William English subsequently becomes US President and wins an elected term of his own in 1884. In 1888, Republicans are able to recapture the White House with the help of James Garfield--who, due to him not being the US President in 1881, manages to avoid Charles Guiteau's bullets in this scenario. Garfield loses in 1892 to Grover Cleveland but manages to make a comeback in 1896 due to Cleveland's popularity significantly declining after the Panic of 1893. In 1900, Garfield's Vice President Levi Morton gets elected US President only to be subsequently assassinated by Leon Czolgosz. Afterwards, Morton's VP William McKinley becomes US President and wins an elected term of his own in 1904. In 1908, Republican Elihu Root--a compromise candidate for the GOP that year--wins the US Presidency and manages to win reelection in 1912. In 1916, Root's second-term Vice President Henry Lodge manages to win a term of his own as US President before losing reelection in 1920 to Democratic Ohio Governor James Cox, who in turn wins reelection in 1924 and who is able to use the good economy in 1928 to have his Vice President William McAdoo win that year. In 1932, William McAdoo loses reelection to Republican Harold Ickes, who becomes the Republican version of FDR during the Great Depression in this scenario, managing to win a second term in 1936 and helping set the US on the road to recovery. Ickes leaves office in 1941 after two terms as US President and this scenario becomes murky after that point in time due to the butterfly effect flapping its wings harder and harder as the post-1876 generation gradually becomes more and more prominent in US politics during this time.
 
Im not sure that guy would change his name so I'm hoping you're not CaliBoy but these are good lists but if it's just a list of names there's not really anything to comment on. No one here does it 100% of the time but offering some rundowns is a thing to at least aspire to put in your initial post.
I'm not CaliBoy; rather, I'm CaliGuy, formerly of alternatehistory.com before I got banned from there.

Anyway, in that specific scenario of mine, Franz Ferdinand survives, comes to power in 1916 with the death of his uncle Franz Joseph, implements universal suffrage in Hungary after brutally crushing a Hungarian rebellion, and manages to hold the empire together until his death in 1940. He is succeeded by his nephew Karl, who has a significantly longer life in this scenario and who reigns for a decade until his own death in 1950, when he is succeeded by his own son Otto, who reigns for a whopping 61 years until his own death and transforms Austria-Hungary into the United States of Austria as well as into a British-style constitutional monarchy. By Otto's death in 2011, Austria-Hungary essentially becomes a miniature version of the European Union. When Otto dies in 2011, he is succeeded by his son Karl, who is named after Otto's own father Kaiser Karl.

There--is that good?

Also, my post right above here (#2,680) contains an extremely massive and detailed summary as well--albeit of a very different scenario. :)
 
Blue = Democratic
Red = Republican

Rawhide Down! Hinckley Kills Reagan
1981: Ronald Reagan (1911-1981)/George H. W. Bush (1924-2018)
1981-1989: George H. W. Bush (1924-2018)/Paul Laxalt (1922-2018)
1989-1993: Paul Laxalt (1922-2018)/Bob Dole (1923-present)

1993-2001: Bill Clinton (1946-present)/Bob Graham (1936-present)
2001-2009: Jeb Bush (1953-present)/John Engler (1948-present)
2009-2017: Hillary Clinton (1947-present)/Barack Obama (1961-present)
2017-2021: Barack Obama (1961-present)/Tim Kaine (1958-present)

2021-present: Mike Pence (1959-present)/Carly Fiorina (1954-present)

So, John Hinckley manages to kill Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981. Bush Sr. becomes the new US President, eight years earlier than he did in real life. He wins reelection in 1984 on a "Morning In America" theme, albeit by a margin more comparable to his own OTL 1988 margin as opposed to Reagan's OTL 1984 margin. In 1988, Bush Sr.'s VP Paul Laxalt wins the US Presidency in his own right only to subsequently lose to Bill Clinton in 1992 as a result of "The Economy, Stupid!". In 2000, Bill Clinton's VP Bob Graham loses a narrow election to Florida Governor Jeb Bush, who has more political experience in 2000 in this scenario than he had in real life as a result of him winning the Florida Governorship in 1994 in this scenario--unlike in real life. In 2004, Jeb Bush is able to win reelection due to 9/11 and the recovering economy but the Republicans lose the White House to Hillary Clinton in 2008 due to the Great Recession. Hillary Clinton wins reelection in 2012 and her VP Barack Obama wins election to a term of his own in 2016 but loses reelection to Mike Pence in 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak.
 
List of Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States of America (since 1969)
1969-1977: Richard Nixon / Spiro Agnew (Republican)
1968:
Nixon / Agnew [301] def. Hubert Humphrey / Edmund Muskie (Democratic) [191], George Wallace / Curtis LeMay (American Independent) [46]
1972: Nixon / Agnew [420] def. Edmund Muskie / Henry M. Jackson (Democratic) [117]

1977-1985: Spiro Agnew / James L. Buckley (Republican)
1976:
Agnew / Buckley [327] def. Lloyd Bentsen / Milton Shapp (Democratic) [211]
1980: Agnew / Buckley [271] def. Morris Udall / Frank Church (Democratic) [267]

1985-1993: Gary Hart / John Glenn (Democratic)
1984:
Hart / Glenn [405] def. James L. Buckley / George H. W. Bush (Republican) [133]
1988: Hart / Glenn [436] def. Jack Kemp / Bob Dole (Republican) [102]

1993-1997: Al Gore / Mike Espy (Democratic)
1992: Gore / Espy [310] def. Donald Rumsfeld / Paul Laxalt (Republican) [228]
1997-2005: Donald Rumsfeld / Steve Forbes (Republican)
1996:
Rumsfeld / Forbes [344] def. Al Gore / Mike Espy (Democratic) [194]
2000: Rumsfeld / Forbes [277] def. Paul Wellstone / Joe Biden (Democratic) [260]

2005-2013: Howard Dean / Carol Moseley Braun (Democratic)
2004:
Dean / Braun [396] def. Steve Forbes / Michael Bloomberg (Republican) [142]
2008: Dean / Braun [351] def. Jim Gilmore / Sam Brownback (Republican) [187]

2013-Present day: Lisa Murkowski / Rick Perry (Republican)
2012:
Murkowski / Perry [316] def. Carol Moseley Braun / Ed Markey (Democratic) [222]
2016: Murkowski / Perry [398] def. Deval Patrick / Kirsten Gillibrand (Democratic) [140]
 
List of Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States of America (since 1969)
1969-1977: Richard Nixon / Spiro Agnew (Republican)
1968:
Nixon / Agnew [301] def. Hubert Humphrey / Edmund Muskie (Democratic) [191], George Wallace / Curtis LeMay (American Independent) [46]
1972: Nixon / Agnew [420] def. Edmund Muskie / Henry M. Jackson (Democratic) [117]

1977-1985: Spiro Agnew / James L. Buckley (Republican)
1976:
Agnew / Buckley [327] def. Lloyd Bentsen / Milton Shapp (Democratic) [211]
1980: Agnew / Buckley [271] def. Morris Udall / Frank Church (Democratic) [267]

1985-1993: Gary Hart / John Glenn (Democratic)
1984:
Hart / Glenn [405] def. James L. Buckley / George H. W. Bush (Republican) [133]
1988: Hart / Glenn [436] def. Jack Kemp / Bob Dole (Republican) [102]

1993-1997: Al Gore / Mike Espy (Democratic)
1992:
Gore / Espy [310] def. Donald Rumsfeld / Paul Laxalt (Republican) [228]
1997-2005: Donald Rumsfeld / Steve Forbes (Republican)
1996:
Rumsfeld / Forbes [344] def. Al Gore / Mike Espy (Democratic) [194]
2000: Rumsfeld / Forbes [277] def. Paul Wellstone / Joe Biden (Democratic) [260]

2005-2013: Howard Dean / Carol Moseley Braun (Democratic)
2004:
Dean / Braun [396] def. Steve Forbes / Michael Bloomberg (Republican) [142]
2008: Dean / Braun [351] def. Jim Gilmore / Sam Brownback (Republican) [187]

2013-Present day: Lisa Murkowski / Rick Perry (Republican)
2012:
Murkowski / Perry [316] def. Carol Moseley Braun / Ed Markey (Democratic) [222]
2016: Murkowski / Perry [398] def. Deval Patrick / Kirsten Gillibrand (Democratic) [140]
Was Glenn uninterested in the 1992 Dem pres nom? Or did Gore simply beat him?
 
Was Glenn uninterested in the 1992 Dem pres nom? Or did Gore simply beat him?
In 1992 Glenn decided to retire from public life after he was more politically active as a Vice-President after the Administration was hit by several scandals. By this time the Party wanted someone to lead the party who was young, charismatic, and not so deeply associated with Hart as Glenn was, so he also knew his chances were slim.
 
The Ghosts of Molesworth Street

Prime Ministers of New Zealand

1925 - 1929: Gordon Coates (Reform)
1925 (majority) def. Harry Holland (Labour), George Forbes (National), Thomas Wilford (Liberal), various independents
1928 (minority) def. Harry Holland (Labour), Sir Joseph Ward (United Liberal), Harold Rushworth (Country), Eruera Tirikatene (Ratana), various independents


1929 - 1934: Gordon Coates (Reform-Nationalist Coalition)
1931: Harry Holland (Labour) def. Gordon Coates (Reform), George Forbes (Nationalist), Sir Thomas Wilford (Liberal), Harold Rushworth (Country), Coalition Independents, Eruera Tirikatene (Ratana), other independents

1934: Harry Holland (Labour) †
1934 (majority) def. Gordon Coates (Reform-Nationalist Coalition), Harold Rushworth (Country), Eruera Tirikatene (Ratana), Coalition Independents, other independents

1934 - 1937: John A. Lee (Labour) †
1937: Goodfellows Plot

1937 [disputed]: John Ormond (New Zealand Legion)

1937 - 1938: Robert Campbell Begg (New Zealand Legion as part of Co-Operative Coupon including Reform and Nationalist)
1937 (majority) def. Arthur Sexton (Country), George Forbes (Democratic National), Eruera Tirikatene (Ratana), various independents, collective (People's Movement [Labour-aligned MPs forbidden to enter Parliament])

1938 - 1945: William Downie Stewart, Jr. (Co-Operative Political Association)
1940 (supermajority) def. George Forbes (National Democratic Movement), Arthur Sexton (Country), Arnold Nordmeyer (People's Movement [majority of candidates proscribed])
1943 (supermajority) def. George Forbes (Patriotic Democratic Movement), Rowland Marks (Country)


1945 - 1951: Sidney Holland (Cooperative)
1946 (supermajority) def. Alfred E. Allen (Patriotic Democratic Movement), Rowland Marks (Country)
1949 (majority) def. Alfred E. Allen (Democratic Movement), Frederick Jones (Progressive), Keith Hay (Country)


1951 - 1957: Matthew Oram (Cooperative)
1952 (majority) def. Patrick Kearins (Progressive Democratic [several candidates proscribed]), Keith Hay (Country)
1955 (majority) def. Michael Moohan (Progressive Democratic [several candidates proscribed]), Barry Owen (Country)


1957 - 1967: Joh Bjelke-Petersen (Cooperative)
1958 (majority) def. Brig. Gen. Jerry Skinner (Independent leading Progressive [most candidates proscribed])
1961 (supermajority) def. Brig. Gen. Jerry Skinner (Progressive), Jack Marshall (Independent Liberal)
1964 (supermajority) def. George Gair (Progressive), Michael Connelly (Workingmen's Association [most candidates proscribed]), Jack Marshall (Independent Liberal)
1967 (supermajority) def. Arthur Kinsella (Citizens' Party), Douglas Carter (Country and Workingmen's League), Jack Marshall (Independent Liberal)


1967 - 1969: Ralph Hanan (Cooperative)†

1969 - 1973: Leslie Munro (Cooperative)
1970 (majority) def. Sir Basil Arthur, 5th Baronet (Citizens'), Douglas Carter (Country), Jack Marshall (Independent Liberal)

1973 - 1977: Roy Jack (Cooperative) †
1973 (majority) def. Lancelot Lithgow (Citizens'), Ben Couch (Country), Francis Kitts (Democracy Now), Jack Marshall (Independent Liberal)
1976 ("cohabitation": House majority, LegCo minority with Conservative support) def. Dove-Myer Robinson (Citizens'/Democracy Now), Ben Couch (Country), Norman Jones (Conservative), Jack Marshall (United Liberal)


1977 - 1982: Brian Talboys (Cooperative, then Democratic Alliance)
1978: Representation of Voters (Proscription of Dangerous and Subversive Groups) Repeal Act removes restrictions on political parties; dissolution of Co-Operative Political Association; formation of Democratic Alliance including Citizens', Country, United Liberal, and independents; Electoral Act 1978 schedules open elections for House and Legislative Council, and abolishes country quota.
1979 (majority) def. Robert Tizard (Progressive Democratic), Paddy Blanchfield (Labour), Norman Jones (Conservative), Bruce Beetham (Democracy Now), Helen Smith (Values), Cornelius Devitt (People's Labour Party)


1982 - 1991: Murray Ball (Social Democratic-Labour-Progressive, then Social Democratic)
1982 (as SDLP)(majority) def. Brian Talboys (Democratic Alliance), Colin Moyle (Country), Norman Jones (Conservative), Bruce Beetham (New Democratic)
1982 coup d'etat attempt: Failed
1985 (as Social Democratic)(majority) def. Mike Minogue (Alliance), Brian Talboys (Liberal), Norman Jones (Conservative), Mick Connelly (Labour), Bruce Beetham (NDP), Bruno Lawrence (Bruno Lawrence's Electoral Rally: Transforming Aotearoa)
1988 (Cohabitation: House majority, LegCo minority with NDP and BLERTA support) def. Mike Minogue (Alliance), Ron Bailey (Liberal), Paddy Byrne (Labour), Bruce Beetham (NDP), Tommy Smiler/Tame Ihimaera (Ngāi Tātou), Bruno Lawrence (BLERTA)


1991 - 0000: Wilson Whineray (Alliance)
1991 (majority) def. Murray Ball (SDP), Robert Jones (Labour), Tame Ihimaera (Ngāi Tātou), Jim Peters (NDP), Bruno Lawrence (BLERTA), Robert Holmes à Court (Christian Democrat)


Acting Administrators of the New Zealand Government (synonymous with Chairmen of Committees of the Legislative Council)

1957 - 1962: Matthew Oram (Cooperative)

1962 - 1968: Keith Holyoake (Cooperative)

1968 - 1978: Joh Bjelke-Petersen (Cooperative)

1978 - 1979 [interim]: Duncan MacIntyre (Country)

1978 - 1979: Jack Marshall (Democratic Alliance)

1979: position abolished; Wallace George Lowe, 1st Baronet Lowe of Everest, appointed Governor-General
 
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Into my veins, please.
Unsure about the setup (McCombs becomes Deputy in 1922, predeceases Holland, after he then dies Lee rises to the top and things go pear-shaped), but I think it just about holds together.

Turns out if you give Joseph Ward his glasses in 1928, you can just about collapse the entire political system.
 
Unsure about the setup (McCombs becomes Deputy in 1922, predeceases Holland, after he then dies Lee rises to the top and things go pear-shaped), but I think it just about holds together.

Turns out if you give Joseph Ward his glasses in 1928, you can just about collapse the entire political system.
It wasn't so much poor vision as it was a diabetic blackout, but yes indeed.
 
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