The Union Forever: A TL

[Zoidberg12]

Excellent articles Zoidberg12! Consider them canon. I hope to see more from you soon. Cheers!

Thanks! Heres another one.

Henry Morgenthau Sr. (1856-1948)

Henry Morgenthau Sr. was born on April 26, 1856 to an Ashkenazi Jewish family in the town of Mannheim in the Grand Duchy of Baden. His family emigrated to the United States of America in 1866, when Henry was only ten years-old. Morgenthau attended City College of New York from 1874 until 1877 when the twenty-one year-old student was drafted into the United States Army and sent to an army training camp in Tampa, Florida. Morgenthau served in the 7th U.S. Infantry Regiment as a part of 1st Brigade under Brigadier-General James Longstreet and took part in the seaborne invasion of Cuba. At one point during the Siege of Santiago de Cuba in March of 1878, Morgenthau was shot in the hip by a Spanish infantryman and was sent to a nearby US Army hospital. It was here that Morgenthau was treated for his hip wound, as well as for malaria that he caught while in the interior of Cuba. He would have died had it not been for the quick action of the US Army doctors, as well as for the quick action of Spanish and Cuban doctors who defected to the US and had knowledge of tropical diseases. He was later invalidated home to New York City in June of 1878 and resumed his studies at City College of New York from late 1878 to 1879. He attended Columbia Law School from 1879 to 1883.

In September of 1883, soon after he finished law school, Morgenthau set up a small law-firm in New York City and began investing in real-estate in New York state and New Jersey and also began investing in railroads and the stock-market. On Saturday, October 4, 1884, he married his wife Josephine Sykes (1863-1952). The couple would have six children; Elizabeth (August 9, 1885-September 1, 1978), Martha (September 3, 1887-January 6, 1960), Herbert (October 9, 1891-June 9, 1964), Solomon (February 15, 1894-June 2, 1996), Henry Jr. (December 29, 1895-June 22, 1963) and Benjamin (June 8, 1900-July 30, 1978).

Throughout the 1880s and 1890s, Morgenthau gained a reputation as a successful and well-respected lawyer and a prominent leader of the Reform Jewish community of New York City. In his spare time, Morgenthau began reading up on foreign policy and global affairs, this being knowledge which would serve him well later in life. In 1894, Morgenthau successfully ran for a seat in the New York Senate under the banner of the Republican Party. In 1900, Morgenthau ran for Governor of New York and, in spite the rather large amount of antisemitism that accompanied the campaign, defeated his 37 year-old Democratic opponent William Curtis Hennessy. Morgenthau served as Governor of New York from January 1, 1901 to December 31, 1909, and he proved to be a popular and effective governor. When the United States entered the Great War in 1909, he actively toured New York state and attended numerous recruitment rallies in support of the war effort. This was very personal to him, as his two daughters were severing as nurses and his son Herbert was serving in the infantry, all in Europe and against the Second French Empire. It was at one of these rallies, at Buffalo, New York on October 16, 1909, that Morgenthau meet President Robert Todd Lincoln for the first time. The two men got along quite well and discussed a wide array of things in regards to the war. After his term as governor ended on December 31, 1909, Morgenthau continued to serve in the New York senate and continued to be active in his support of the war effort and attended many rallies.

After the signing of the Treaty of Brussels on October 12, 1911, Morgenthau was appointed by President Lincoln to be the first American ambassador to the new French Republic under President Marcel Ames. Morgenthau served well in this capacity and got along well with President Ames, calling him "the man France both needs and deserves at this moment in history to rebuild from the ruins of its autocratic and chauvinist past." On June 24, 1915, Morgenthau survived an assassination attempt outside of the American embassy in Paris by Ferdinand Pierre Camus, a twenty-seven year-old veteran of the Great War and a die-hard Bonapartist. Morgenthau was shot in the chest but was saved thanks to a watch that he kept in his pocket. Camus was executed by guillotine by the French government on August 1, 1915. Whether or not antisemitism ever played a part in the assassination attempt has never been conclusively proven. Morgenthau served as Ambassador to France until 1916 when he was recalled to Washington D.C by President Roosevelt.

In 1917, Morgenthau was appointed by President Roosevelt to be ambassador to the Kingdom of Bohemia. Since Morgenthau could speak fluent German, the job was somewhat easier that it would have been otherwise, although he had to learn the Czech language, a language that he found "somewhat difficult to learn." He served in this capacity until 1921, when he was appointed by President Doner to be the ambassador to Hungary. He served in this capacity until 1925 when he was politely dismissed by the Democratic President Abercrombie. Morgenthau then returned to New York City, bought a small brownstone apartment with the help of his sons and returned to practicing law. He retired from practicing law in 1930.

In 1937, at the age of eighty-one, Morgenthau was appointed by President Daniel E. Warburton to be Ambassador to the German Empire. Since Morgenthau could speak fluent German and since this was his ancestral homeland, he found the posting both easy and enjoyable. The elderly Morgenthau was particularly popular amongst the Jewish community of Germany, a community that his family was a part of. In spite of this, Morgenthau personally disliked Kaiser Wilhelm II, calling him in a letter to his wife "a pig-headed, unpleasant and insecure man." As a result of his old age and the election of the Democratic Vernon M. Kirkman to the Presidency, Morgenthau was dismissed from his post and recalled to Washington D.C. by President Warburton in December of 1940. Morgenthau then moved back into his brownstone in New York City and retired from public life. He spent the rest of his life living out a quiet retirement. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage on May 25, 1948 at the age of 92.

 

[RyderWest]

Mac, when did the United States Military start to admit women? I had a Idea for a female US soldier that won the Medal of Honor.

 

[Zoidberg12]

I spruced up and added a little more to my Morgenthau article because I wasn't 100% satisfied with it. Now I can happily say that I am.

Anyways, heres another bio.

King Victor (1864-1953)

Prince Victor, aged 32 in 1896

King Victor, aged 76 in 1940

King Victor was born on May 4, 1864 in Buckingham Palace in London, the eldest son of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII) and Queen Alexandra of Denmark. Prince Victor was educated at Trinity College in Cambridge University from 1882 to 1886. He joined the British military in 1890 and severed in the infantry reserves for a number of years. Prince Victor married Princess Charlotte in St. Georges Chapel in Windsor Castle on November 25, 1895.

Prince Victor became Victor, Prince of Wales after the death of his grandmother Queen Victoria on January 3, 1902. Victor, Prince of Wales served as an infantry officer during the Second Boer War (1905-1908) and was even wounded in the left arm during the Battle of Elands River in September of 1906. Luckily for him, the wound proved minor and did not effect the movement of his left arm in any way. After Great Britain entered the Great War in 1909, the Prince of Wales continued to serve as an infantry officer and was stationed on the Western Front, fighting with the Germans against the forces of the Second French Empire.

After the death of King Edward VII at the age of 72 on November 22, 1913, Victor, Prince of Wales became King Victor at the age of 49. His long, almost forty-year reign would see numerous important events of modern British history, such as the immense growth in the wealth and prosperity of the new and enlarged British Empire, Britain's participation in the Olympic Games, the establishment of the Dominion of Ireland on September 17, 1919, the rise of socialism and syndicalism in Great Britain, the London Olympics of 1922, the sudden death of Prime Minister Curzon in 1925, the Ottoman Civil War, the Malta Summit of 1938, the Silver Jubilee of 1938, the full independence of Egypt in 1941, the full independence of Mesopotamia in 1942, the break up of the Indochinese Federation in 1947, the 1951 Centennial World’s Fair, the Indian War of Independence and the numerous events that surrounded it, among other events.

After a long and eventful reign, King Victor, much beloved by this people, died of natural causes at the ripe-old age of 89 on the night of June 24, 1953. On his deathbed, he was surrounded by numerous friends and family. His funeral, one of the largest in all of British history, was held throughout London and in St. Paul's Cathedral on July 1, 1953, and many heads of state and heads of government from around the world attended.

The body of King Victor being carried out of St. Paul's Cathedral, July 1, 1953

 

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Emmett Scott Drager (1887-1921)

One of the only known photographs of Emmett Scott Drager, who is the man towards the right with the hands of his co-workers on his arm, taken at a Dock-Workers Union strike in July of 1920.

Born on November 17, 1887 in Portsmouth, Virginia, Emmett Scott Drager grew up in abject poverty. His mother died of consumption when he was two years old and his father, an on-and-off alcoholic, worked all of his life as a fisherman. Emmett began working as a fisherman with his father when he was only nine years-old. Emmett continued working as a fisherman with his father well into his teenage years. His father, when he was an alcoholic, would often hit his son if he did not do enough work. He taught himself to read and to write when he was in his teenage years, much to his father's displeasure. It was in his later teenage years that Drager began experiencing his first fits of schizophrenia. It would only get worse as time went on.

After his father committed suicide in 1908, Drager stopped working as a fisherman and began to work as a dock hand in Portsmouth, Virginia. In 1909, he tried to enlist for service in the Great War, but he was turned down because of his flat feet and "the instability of his mental state." Throughout the 1910s, Drager continued working as a dock-hand in Portsmouth. Towards the end of the decade, his friends began to notice that his behavior became "more and more erratic." Drager would often talk about killing the President, upset at the Republican Party for in his mind "not helping us poor folk" and "not letting me go and fight in the war." Drager's mental health problems only got worse and worse. He was fired from his job as a dock-hand in March of 1920 after attempting to stab one of his co-workers for unknown reasons. He then lived the live of a vagrant and vagabond and begged for money in the streets of numerous Virginian cities, such as Portsmouth, Alexandria, Norfolk and Richmond. Drager also lived and begged for money in the streets of Baltimore for a few weeks in September of 1920.

Drager's anger at the Republican Party and their recent Presidents, Lincoln, Roosevelt and Wood, only grew more and more over time. Finally, on August 27, 1921, his chance for revenge came when President Leonard Wood arrived in Portsmouth, Virginia to give a speech at the Norfolk Naval Yard. After hearing about this in the morning, Drager made up his mind on what he was going to do. That afternoon, as President Wood was giving his speech, Drager ran up to him and shot and killed him at point-blank range. Drager was quickly apprehended by men of the US Coast Guard. President Wood, aged only 60, became the first US President to be assassinated. The country was in a state of deep shock and horror.

The authorities quickly ascertained that Drager was mentally ill. At his trial, his lawyers tried to argue that he should not be executed on account of his mental state, and that he should spend the rest of his life imprisoned in a local lunatic asylum in Bethesda, Maryland. However, this was the first time that an American President was been assassinated, and right or wrong, the American people wanted blood. The judge ruled that Drager should be executed. In the minds of so many, killing the man who occupied the highest office in the nation deserved no other punishment. Drager was executed by hanging in Richmond, Virginia on November 29, 1921.

 

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George V (1896-1968)

King George V was born on February 5, 1896 in Buckingham Palace in London, the eldest son of Prince Victor and Princess Charlotte. Some months after his birth, Queen Victoria described her first great-grandchild as "a bright eyed and happy young infant." In September, 1909, the young Prince George began attending Eton College. It was during his time at Eton that Prince George, aged only seventeen, became the Prince of Wales after the death of his grandfather Edward VIII on November 22, 1913. He graduated from Eton in 1915 and in October of that year began attending Gonville and Caius College at Cambridge University, a college which he would continue to attend until 1919. In 1920, he followed in his father the King's footstep's and voluntarily signed up for service in the British Army. Over the next decade and a half, the Prince of Wales served in the infantry and was stationed in numerous locations both in Great Britain and throughout the empire, such as Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ceylon, the North-West Frontier, Mesopotamia, Gordonia and British West Africa. All the while, the Prince of Wales was beginning to become a prominent and very popular public figure. His first major public appearance was at the opening ceremony of the 1922 Olympics in London. On May 22, 1920, he married his wife Queen Mary at St. Georges Chapel in Windsor Castle. In 1935, he was honorably discharged from the British military after fifteen years of service.

As a result of his travels throughout the empire during his years of military service, the Prince of Wales began to sympathize more and more with the many denizens of his father's vast empire. In the coming years, he would see many reasons for a gradual devolution of the massive British Empire, so that the people of the dominions and colonies alike could have more say over their own affairs, and so that the dominions could also have more say over their own places in the world. This perspective would serve the future king well and would help with the foundation of the British Commonwealth on November 26, 1961.

After the death of King Victor on June 24, 1953, George, Prince of Wales finally became King George V. His coronation was held in London on October 6, 1954, and it was one of the largest and most festive coronations of a British monarch in living memory. His reign, although less than fifteen years long, would see a number of important events, first and foremost being the Indian War of Independence. Privately, King George V believed that the British government should seek, as he wrote to his private secretary Herbert Newton-John, "a negotiated peace with honor in regards to the Indian troubles. It pains me that our nation would have to negotiate with insurrectionists, but it is not a question of if Britain ends total control over India, but when." In public however, King George supported the war effort, thought not too boisterously. After the war finally ended in 1958, the King was very much relieved, and was glad that many possessions in India were transformed into dominions. Other events included the civil unrest that took place in Britain during the war in India, the 50th anniversary of the start of the Great War, the first transatlantic telecommunications cable, which was inaugurated by a call from Canadian Prime Minister Joshua Holden, the creation of the British Commonwealth in 1961, the election of Liberal PM Cyril Atkinson in 1962, the granting of dominion status to Malta, Cyprus, Malaya, and Jamaica in 1963, the independence of Kuwait in 1964, among other events.

The King's health began to decline around September, 1965, when he underwent heart surgery at Royal London Hospital. His years of heavy eating and smoking had finally taken their toll on him. In April, 1967 he suffered from a fall at Buckingham Palace, but he made a quick recovery. King George V finally died of a heart attack while staying in Balmoral Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland on April 12, 1968 at the age of 72. His funeral was held in London on April 20, 1968, and was the first funeral of a British monarch to be shown live on television. King George V is remembered for being a kind, empathetic, lively, out-going and forward-thinking monarch. His reign is remembered for being a time of both the decreasing in size and the evolution in structure of the British Empire. As Scottish historian Hugh Crosbie put it; "Under King George V, the British Empire decreased in both size and power, but it did not necessarily decline in a traditional sense. To put it simply, under George V the empire evolved with the times and became more a pragmatic entity for the modern world."

 

[EnglishCanuck]

Great bios Zoidberg! Though small quibble, shouldn't you just say Canada and not list British Columbia separately from it when you list where George V was stationed

 

[Zoidberg12]

Great bios Zoidberg! Though small quibble, shouldn't you just say Canada and not list British Columbia separately from it when you list where George V was stationed

Thank You!

Also, I'll fix it.

 

[Zoidberg12]

Friedrich IV (1895-1988)

Official Photograph of Friedrich IV, 1945

Friedrich IV with a portrait of his father Wilhelm II, 1980

Born on July 29, 1895 at the Marmorpalais in Potsdam, Prince Friedrich was the eldest son of Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (the future Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany) and Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. It was during the prince's preteen and teenage years that the Great War raged on throughout Europe. The young prince made one of his first public appearances when he was only sixteen years old and attended the singing of the Treaty of Brussels with his parents and grandparents on October 12, 1911. When his Grandfather Kaiser Friedrich III of Germany died at the age of 82 on June 28, 1914, the nineteen year-old Prince Friedrich become Crown Prince Friedrich and the heir to the throne of the German Empire, the new great power on the European continent. Throughout his years as Crown Prince, Crown Prince Friedrich became a well-known and popular figure in both the German Empire and in Europe as a whole, and would often be seen at events such as movie premiers, memorial dedications and diplomatic meetings. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, he went on many goodwill visits to other European countries. He even went on a goodwill trip to the United States in the summer of 1934, visiting New York City, Boston, Washington D.C., Atlanta, St. Louis, Denver and San Francisco. When he was in Washington D.C., he even personally met and had dinner with President Zachary T. McKinnis.

When Kaiser Wilhelm II died of a blood clot on June 4, 1941, Crown Prince Friedrich became Kaiser Friedrich IV of Germany. The coronation ceremony took place in Berlin just a few months later on September 1, 1941. In many ways, the new Kaiser was more like his grandfather than his father. Unlike his father, Kaiser Friedrich IV was somewhat more progressive and forward-thinking than his father. He was more than happy to abide by the liberal constitution of Germany and let democracy flourish within his kingdom. He was also more charismatic and amiable than his boisterous and often tactless father. His reign is principally remembered for its seeing Germany becoming a greater power on both the European and world stages. His reign was marked by numerous events, such as the construction of the Friedrichburg Imperial Air Force base in German Cameroon, the Kruger Affiar in 1957 and brief rift in relations with France and Italy, the foundation of the Association of European States in October of 1963, Maximilian Schwiezer becoming the first man to journey into outer space, the grand coalition government of 1970, German involvement in the guerrilla wars in the Belgian Congo and the Dutch East Indies, the German moon landing of 1976, German involvement in the civil wars in Spain and Portugal, among other important events. Throughout his long and storied reign, Kaiser Friedrich IV continued to remain a popular, charismatic and much-loved figure both at home and abroad, and he continued to make public appearances well into his eighties and early nineties. He was affectionately nicknamed in much of the English-speaking world "Old Kaiser Fred." In spite of suffering a major heart-attack on April 29, 1968, just weeks after the death of the British King George V, the Kaiser made a full-recovery and continued to remain active, both physically and publically, into his old age. His 90th birthday celebration in 1985 was marked by parades throughout Berlin, celebrations throughout Germany and a cake-cutting ceremony for the Kaiser at Potsdam, all broadcast live on television.

In late 1986, the elderly Kaiser began suffering another series of heart attacks, and his health began to decline as a direct result. His last public appearance was made on October 3, 1987 for the dedication of a war memorial in Berlin for the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Great War. In January of 1988, he suffered from a debilitating stroke. Just as he seemed to be recovering, he suffered another heart attack and died in Potsdam Palace on February 24, 1988 at the age of 92. As of 2016, his almost forty-seven-yearlong reign is the longest in German history. His funeral was held in Berlin on March 4, 1988 and was attended by numerous leaders from around the world.

 

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Benjamin Harrison (1833-1916)

Born on August 20th, 1833, Benjamin Harrison was born in Indiana as the grandson to then future President William Henry Harrison. In the early years of his adulthood Harrison would graduate from Miami University and would then start to practice law within Indianapolis, Indiana; becoming one of the cities top attorney's. In 1853 Harrison married Caroline Scott, a close friend from college who he knew as a daughter of his science professor. They would remain married for the next 40 years until Caroline's death in 1893. Together having three children; Russel Harrison, Mary Harrison, and Grover Harrison. Due to the heavy Whig Politics of his family, Harrison would join the Republican Party in its infancy and actively campaigned for Republican candidate John C. Fremont in the 1856 election. In 1862 Harrison would go on a tour within Northern Indiana in order to raise a company of volunteers for the ongoing civil war, for his successful efforts at recruitment Governor Morton gave Harrison the rank of Colonel and command of the 70th Indiana, a reconnaissance and auxiliary regiment that mainly fought within the central theater of the war. For the next year of the war Harrison would serve directly under General Grant in the Trans-Mississippi Theater. When Sherman marched into Arkansas, the 70th Indiana played a key role in being one of the main regiments in charge of enforcing the emancipation of Confederate slaves. Harrison would come into national prominence for the 70th Indiana's role in the Battle of Jackson by acting as the vanguard for the Union army and later one of the main regiments to take part in the "Great Dixie Derby" for his role in leading the men in the battle Harrison was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General.

After the Civil War Harrison would serve in the Union Army for two more years until retiring in 1865. His status as a war hero along with connections in the Republican Party made Harrison the party's nominee for Governor of Indiana in 1866 which he won in a landslide vote. Harrison would serve two terms until 1875 where he was elected by the State Senate as Senator of Indiana, completing two senatorial terms from 1875-1887. During his time as Governor Harrison main policies were support for Civil War veterans, growth of the state's industry, infrastructure development, and support for the free black community. As Senator, Harrison was a full supporter of the Spanish-American War and voted in favor of Cuba's status as a protectorate of the United States. He was well known within the Senate for his support on African-American education, infrastructure buildup, and opposition to the Chinese Exclusion Bill, with Harrison playing a key role in preventing from passing. Harrison stepped down from his senate seat in 1887 in order to run for the Presidency, where he was expected to be a leading candidate in the party. Unfortunately Harrison came in second place to John Sherman in the primaries. This would not be the end for William Harrison however as he was nominated by President Samuel J. Randall for the position of Supreme Court Justice in 1889 to replace Stanley Matthews. Harrison was chosen as a concession to the Republicans and because he was a candidate both parties could agree with for his liberal policies and non-bias towards the South.

For the next twelve years Harrison took part in multiple national court cases, primarily dealing with the rights of laborers and the corruption of various corporations and monopolies that had sprung up after the Civil War. Harrison took the side of the people and ruled heavily in support of worker's rights and the elimination of monopolies along with regulation of the Corporate state. Harrison however was not entirely in support of Labor Unions and strikes as he saw them as detrimental to national activities such as railroad and post office strikes. In 1901 with the passing of Supreme Court Chief Mellvile Fuller, Harrison was chosen as Chief Supreme Court Justice. For the rest of his time in the office of Chief Justice, Harrison fought for Civil Rights and would represent many cases of the growing civil rights movement in the Supreme Court, where he mostly voted in favor of the civil rights activists and against state laws or politicians that fought in favor of segregation. After the passage of the 15th amendment, Harrison used the power of the Supreme Court to protect the newfound citizenship for both blacks and women throughout the United States. On April 1st, 1916, Benjamin Harrison contracted influenza and would die four days later on April 4th, approximately 75 years after the death of his grandfather President Harrison. Benjamin Harrison was buried in his hometown of Indianapolis where a crowd of 25,000, including President Roosevelt, gathered to pay their respects. Benjamin would leave behind a legacy of integrity and honor within the Supreme Court and is well praised by historians for his role in protecting worker's and civil rights. He is greatly remembered by the state of Indiana who built the Benjamin Harrison Museum in his honor within the capitol.

 

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Nicholas II (1843-1919)

Born on September 20, 1843, Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia was the firstborn son of the reformist Tsar Alexander II of Russia. In the summer of 1864, Tsesarevich Nicholas became engaged to Princess Dagmar of Denmark. The two married in St. Petersburg on Saturday, August 25, 1866, and Princess Dagmar of Denmark changed and russified her name to Princess Maria Feodorovna. The couple had five children together, inducing the future Tsar Alexander III.

Tsesarevich Nicholas became Tsar Nicholas II of Russia after the death of his father Tsar Alexander II on March 27, 1895. His coronation took place in St. Petersburg almost seven months later on October 15, 1895. Much like his father, the new Tsar Nicholas II was a liberal and a reformist at heart. He was determined to modernize and reform the Russian Empire to, in his words, "bring our glorious empire up to standard with the rest of the world and to prevent the takover of Mother Russia by Marxists, Anarchists, Nihilists and all other manner of deplorable and radical political groups." On the day of his coronation, the new Tsar became the first Russian ruler to drop the word “Autocrat” from his title.

Throughout his reign, Tsar Nicholas II continued in his father's footsteps and like his father continued to modernize and reform Russian society. He encouraged the Duma, ordered the building of the Trans-Siberian Railway, modernized the infrastructure of several Russian cities, reformed the Russian bureaucracy, initiated several military reforms, reformed Stavka, the Russian military high command, passed laws that respected regional languages, established schools that taught solely in regional languages, passed laws that protected the Jewish population of the empire and also encouraged Russian arts and culture through the building of new museums, opera houses and the sponsorship of many different cultural events. Most historians agree that it was these reforms, among others, that prevented a large-scale revolution from breaking out in Russia. In spite of this, aside from the accommodations that he made to local languages, Tsar Nicholas II did next to nothing to increase the autonomy in or give any self-determination to the non-Russian regions of the Empire.

The most important events of Nicholas II's reign were the Russo-Japanese War (1906-1909), the Great War (1907-1910) and the subsequent expansion of Russian power on the world stage. When the Empire of Japan declared war on the Russian Empire on October 10, 1906, Nicholas II, although very much shocked, quickly mobilized the Russian armies in preparation for war. He also sent the Baltic fleet from the Baltic Sea and to the seas around Manchuria and Japan. Almost a year later, on October 3, 1907, Nicholas II was also distressed when he heard of the news of the French declaration of war on Prussia. Nevertheless, Nicholas II knew all too well that Russia had to come to the defense of her Prussian ally against French aggression in a direct effort to also prevent French hegemony over Europe. To that effect, on October 5, 1907, the Russian Empire declared war on the Second French Empire and the Austro-Hungrian Empire. Russia was now fighting two wars at the same time.

Four years later, the Russian Empire came out of the war on the victorious side of the Coalition. Russian power greatly expanded on the world stage as a direct result. Russia annexed many of the Slavic regions of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, some of the Armenian regions of Anatolia and Manchuria. Russia also found new satellite states in Kurdistan, Uyghurstan, Mongolia and Tuva. As Halford Mackinder said in his 1903 essay "The Potential of the Russian Empire"; "He who controls Eurasia controls the world." Although the Russian Empire did not "control the world" in the years after the Great War, its power on the world stage was still greatly expanded. Russia's new sphere-of-influence also bordered on a number of nations within the British sphere-of-influence, such as the British client states of Mesopotamia and Afghanistan. His reign also saw the continuation of the Great Game against Great Britain in Central Asia and the increasing friendship between Russia and Persia.

Tsar Nicholas II died of a cerebral hemorrhage in his bedroom in Peterhof Palace in St. Petersburg on the night of November 19, 1919. He was 76 years old. His funeral, a massive event with hundreds of attendees saying goodbye to the Tsar who had won for Mother Russia the Great War, was held in St. Petersburg on November 30, 1919.

 

[Zoidberg12]

This bio was based on a bio of Portforio Diaz by Lalli, which was then retconned by a subsequent Diaz bio by Mac Gregor. Here is a link to the original article.

https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-union-forever-a-tl.159784/page-129#post-7449129

I liked the idea of a "Mexican Custer", so I decided to write my own bio based on that idea. Credit to this idea and the original article goes to Lalli.

Leonardo Márquez (1820-1874)

Born on January 8, 1820 in Mexico City, Leonardo Márquez was a Mexican general. Marquez joined the Mexican Army in 1830 at the age of ten. He fought in both the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) and the Reform War (1857-1861) as a supporter of the Conservative faction against Benito Juarez. He was also a prominent supporter of Antonio López de Santa Anna in the revolutionary movement of 1849.

During the Franco-Mexican War (1861-1864), Leonardo Márquez had the rank of Major-General. After the fall of Mexico City to the French in June of 1863, Major-General Márquez surrendered himself and his forces to the French. He supported Emperor Napoleon III's plan to install the Austrian Archduke Maximilian (the future Emperor Maximilian of Austria-Hungary) as Emperor of Mexico, a plan which never came into fruition due to the United States of America's involvement in the war in October of 1863. After the war ended in January of 1864, Major-General Márquez remained in the Mexican Army. As his support of Napoleon III was never made public, he was able to retain his rank and his career was able to remain largely intact. To make sure his career could remain intact, Major-General Márquez, a well-known conservative, swore an oath of allegiance to the Mexican government of President Benito Juarez in March of 1864.

In 1872, Márquez was promoted to the rank of general. Not long after that, General Márquez ordered his troops to go to northern Mexico where the Apache chief Geronimo had been causing a lot of problems with his periodic and often destructive raids. General Márquez chased Geronimo down for many years, when finally on July 6, 1874, the two men and their armies met near the US border. A bloody battle, the Battle of Cuidad Márquez, ensued, and during said battle Geronimo and his men killed the 54 year-old General Márquez and almost all his men. His body, riddled with bullets, was discovered by a search party of the Mexican Army some days later. Then body was then buried in a cemetery in Mexico City.

In 1883, on the site of the aforementioned battle a city was founded that was named after Márquez as Cuidad Márquez (OTL Agua Prieta, Sonora), hence the name that was then given to the battle itself. In the coming decades, Mexicans would come to see Márquez as something of a national hero, this being in spite of his earlier support of Napoleon III. The Mexican Navy destroyer Leonardo Márquez, which was launched and commissioned in 1906 and which served in the Great War, was also named after him.

 

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Albert I (1894-1963)

Born in Brussels on September 29, 1894, Prince Albert was the first-born son of King Leopold III of Belgium (June 12, 1859-May 10, 1940) and Queen Angela of Bavaria (July 16, 1865-December 2, 1961). Growing up and into his adolescence, he admired his father King Leopold III for his piety, amiability, compassion and his humanitarian efforts during the Great War. He also admired the Prussians and their armies for their defeating the French and for their winning of the Great War, as well as the British for their coming to the defense of the Coalition, the vast size of their armies and the vast size of their empire. After the Great War, inspired in part by the British Empire's new expansion in power, King Leopold III decided to send his teenaged son to Christ Church at Oxford University. He attended Christ Church in Oxford from 1912 to 1916. It was here that the young Prince Albert, Duke of Brabant learned to speak fluent English, as well as Latin and Greek. He then attended Heidelberg University in the German Empire from 1916 to 1918. It was here that the young Prince Albert grew to appreciate even more the new European power that was the German Empire. It was also here that he learned to speak fluent German. He attended the Royal Military Academy in Brussels from 1918 to 1922. He then served in the Belgian infantry from 1922 to 1929. As Belgium was a diplomatically neutral nation and since the Great War had been over for several years, the young Prince Albert's time in the Belgian infantry was relatively uneventful. He was stationed all across the Belgian Congo from 1923-1926, in cities such as Leopoldville, Costermansville and Angelaville (OTL's Lisala). During his time in the Belgian Congo, he became appalled at the utter level of squalor and poverty that so many of the people lived in, as well as the poor and neglected state of the Force Publique and the increasing anti-Belgian sentiment among a lot of the native populace.

After the abdication of his father King Leopold III on the centennial of Belgium's independence on October 4, 1930, the 36 year-old Prince Albert, Duke of Brabant became King Albert I of Belgium. One of his first acts as King was to resupply the Force Publique in the Belgian Congo with new weapons, new uniforms, refurnished barracks and new instruction centers. One of his next acts as King was to encourage the building of numerous new schools in the Belgian Congo, in effort to have more of the populace educated and therefore less poor in the future. He also encouraged the improvement of the overall infrastructure of the Belgian Congo. This was all done mainly in an effort to prevent a rebellion by the native Congolese. King Albert I did indeed care about the plight of the people of the Belgian Congo, but it always came from a sense of paternalism. In the end, these measures worked in the short term, but could not prevent the outbreak of the Congo War in 1970.

The reign of King Albert I is principally remembered for the increasing of relations, ties and friendliness between the Kingdom of Belgium and the German Empire. King Albert I was a great admirer of the German Empire and its system of government and he also felt that Germany could offer Belgium necessary military and necessary economic protection. King Albert I also felt that Belgium could not find its own way on the world stage for very much longer, and he much preferred to ally his nation to the constitutionally monarchist and more conservative Germany than to to the recently defeated and republican France or the British Empire, the latter of which he felt would not be compelled to seriously ally with any continental European nation. King Albert I made his first state visit to Germany on June 1, 1933. He visited and dined with Kaiser Wilhelm II and called him "a proud, admirable and brave man." Relations continued to grow between the two nations for the next three decades, even though Belgium was still officially a diplomatically neutral nation.

In late 1961, King Albert I of Belgium and the Belgian nation as a whole suffered a double tragedy. First came the death of his eldest son and the heir-apparent to the Belgian throne Prince Charles, Duke of Brabant in a car-crash outside of Antwerp on September 23, 1961. The Prince was only thirty-eight years-old, and his driver, twenty-nine year-old Phillipe LaPonte, was also killed. This left the King's second-born son, the thirty-seven year-old Prince Leopold, as the new heir to the Belgian throne and Duke of Brabant. When hearing of his son's death, the King is reported by his private secretary to have laid on his bed and cried for at least an hour. Then came the death of the ninety-six year-old Dowager Queen Angela on December 2, 1961. Although her health had been in decline for a number of years, the King claimed that her death was accelerated by "a broken heart" over the death of her grandson.

Two years later, one of King Albert I's proudest moments came when Belgium became one the original ten members of the German-led Association of European States (AES) on October 16, 1963. He was in Berlin and personally attended the signing of the AES charter. The King continued to stay in Berlin and even played a few rounds of golf in the surrounding German countryside with his good friend Kaiser Friedrich IV. On the afternoon of October 23, 1963, during one of these games of golf, the King complained of pains in his chest. He was then quickly taken to a hospital in Berlin. After over a day of pain, at 5:05 PM on October 24, 1963, King Albert I of Belgium died of a sudden heart attack in said Berlin hospital at the age of 69. The nation of Belgium was once again sent into a state of mourning. His body was promptly flown back to Brussels. His funeral was held in Brussels on November 6, 1963.

 

[Kaiser Chris]

Man Zoidberg I'm really impressed and proud that you took the time to write about King Albert and branch off of my Leopold III post. It's nice to see that Albert lived a relatively long and successful life, doing much good for Belgium. You don't know how grateful I am that the story of Leopold's lineage continues. I was once thinking about initiating a "people of Union forever" contest with you to see who could make the most posts, clearly you'd win as your spamming out 4-5 people per day and I could only come close by taking time away from "Lone Star Republic". Looking forward to more.

 

[Lalli]

Harshad Nanda (1912 - 1979)

Harshad Nanda born on May 5, 1912 in Dehradun, British India to local official Rahul Nanda (1884 - 1951) and home mother Kiran Nanda (1887 - 1964). Father Rahul Nanda lost two his brothers on Great War and he too was veteran of the war and suffered rest of his life from posttraumatic stress disorder. PTSD changed him as alcoholist. This caused much harm to the family and made young Harshad bitter towards Brits. On years 1927 - 1932 he was on military academy in Delhi. Later he went to Delhi University studying state sciences. There he met nationalist circles.

Year 1935 was one of major points on Harshad Nanda's life. He was listening speeches on congress of Indian Independence Party (IIP) and noticed being agreed with many issues. Soon he joined to the party. But he wasn't able climb very high. Speciality his father's connections to British government caused some prejudices.

On 1938 Nanda married Priyanka Gowalad, daughter of local business man. They got three children, Pranab (b. 1941), Rajiv (b. 1943) and Indira (b. 1946). But Harshad Nanda didn't much intervene to his family life and his children have told after Asian-Pacific War that as children they didn't see their father very often. Nanda didn't believe to heretirady offices so he let them outside of politics and said that them should creat their own career.

Year 1949 marked start of Indian Independence War. On early stage of the war Nanda participated to congress of IIP in Calcutta. Nanda was among arrested party members but him was liberated with others from prison only two weeks later by United Front for the Liberation of India (UFLI). Nanda joined soon to the organisation and there he met first time leader of UFLI Shivraj Yadav. Yadav noticed soon Nanda's political skills and he got soon important status.

During the war Nanda led several operations against Brits and supported united India. But on 1955 happened serious blow for cause of United India. Yadav, Nanda and some other leaders of UFLI were in Jaipur when Brits attacked to the city. Yadav and many other UFLI leaders were killed but Nanda was able to escaped altough he was wounded mildly. This fractured UFLI to many liberation armies.

Final nail for United India was peace nagotiations in Geneva on 1958. Indian Raj was divided to several nations and Brits still had connections with Burma, Ceylon, Madras, Travancore, Mysore and Hyderabad. Republic of India included only parts of former British India. Nanda's troops were soon incorporated to Indian army but Nanda retired from army and blamed negotiators about backstabbing and called Treaty of Geneva as shameful peace.

But Nanda didn't give up. He wanted still create united India and so many others too. On November 1959 Nanda and many other members of former UFLI founded National Unity Party (NUP) which soon adopted right wing and corporatist ideology. It too opposed European imperialism and wanted unite whole former Indian Raj. On 1959 general election it gained several seats on parliament but it was still only small opposition party. On 1960 Nanda published book "The Indian Nation" where he promoted united India, corporatism and demand wiping British imperialism off from Southern Asia. It became soon very popular book. Its popularity suprised even Nanda himself. This boosted popularity of his party and on 1963 general election NUP became biggest opposition party.

But on 1967 general election happened change to corrupt, stagnant and dysfunctional politics of India. NAP got over half of seats and so became biggest party in parliament. Nanda formed government with some other minor right wing parties. New government wrote totally new constitution and it gave for NUP all control over the country. Soon Nanda was too elected as president of India and he incorporated offices. Nanda too made many reforms, speciality to social security and women's rights. He too reorganised provinces of India and draw bordes within ethnic and religious lines. Nanda too formed alliance with Japan which was clearly targeted against Brits. Nanda too gave strong support for Japan during its war against Siam. There was too strong Indo-nationalist promotion.

On August 1974 Nanda begun that what he had dreamed many years. On August was first step towards united India when Nanda ordered invasion to Islamic Republic of Bengal. It was success. The country fall lesser than in two months. But Nanda knew that there will be much more difficult enemies so him had prepare Indian army while. On 1976 begun bloodiest conflict since Great War. As first moves Nanda ordered invasions against Assam and Hyderabad. Soon concflict was escalated From Southern india to Pacific. Firstly India was quiet succesful but Indian forces were soon stopped and worse issue was that China and Persia decided join to war. General battle moral of soldiers and civilians begun decline and there was much riots against Nanda and on army had several deserting cases. Even worse thing was that on early 1979 in Punjab and Sindh begun open rebel against Nanda's regime.

On March 1979 Commonwealth troops were advancing towards capital of India Ēkatā Śahara, former Nagpur. Nanda ordered deploying most of Indian forces to the capital and fortified that. Nanda ordered government leave the city and allowed women, children and these man who are unable fight against enemy flee from the capital. Nanda decided from unknown reason lead battle personally. At end of March begun battle betweeen Indian army and Commonwealth troops over the city. Battle lasted to June and Nanda was killed when Madras air forces bombed his bunker to ground. India sued peace about one week later.

 

[Mac Gregor]

Mac, when did the United States Military start to admit women? I had a Idea for a female US soldier that won the Medal of Honor.

Very good question. The first female MoH recipient could actually be the same person as OTL, Mary E Walker a civilian surgeon working for the Union Army, but certainly doesn't have to be. ITTL, the United States Army Nurse Corps was founded in 1879 after the appalling medical conditions of the Spanish-American War. Women would be limited to medical roles until the Great War when then Secretary of War Theodore Roosevelt established the Women's Auxiliary Corps. The WAC expanded military jobs for women but the vast majority served clerical and communication roles. The WAC was disbanded after the war. In 1952 President Leroy Connor authorized women to serve in the Navy and Army but their numbers and roles were heavily restricted and barred from combat assignments. Over the years, these restrictions were slowly relaxed and more and more jobs became available. During the Asia-Pacific War a number of women found themselves under fire due to Japanese air and naval raids. After the war, President Margaret Stewart ordered the War and Navy Departments to reevaluate their policies for female service members spurring on another batch of reforms. As of 2000, women serve in a wide variety of roles but are still prohibited from certain occupations such as the infantry, artillery, cataphracts, and submarine duty.

 

[Mac Gregor]

Nicholas II (1843-1919)

Four years later, the Russian Empire came out of the war on the victorious side of the Coalition. Russian power greatly expanded on the world stage as a direct result. Russia annexed many of the Slavic regions of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, some of the Armenian regions of Anatolia, Manchuria and the Japanese half of Sakhalin Island. Russia also found new satellite states in Kurdistan, Uyghurstan, Mongolia and Tuva. As Halford Mackinder said in his 1904 article the "The Geographical Pivot of History"; "He who controls Eurasia controls the world." Although the Russian Empire did not "control the world" in the years after the Great War, its power on the world stage was still greatly expanded. Russia's new sphere-of-influence also bordered on a number of nations within the British sphere-of-influence, such as the British client states of Mesopotamia and Afghanistan. His reign also saw the continuation of the Great Game against Great Britain in Central Asia and the increasing friendship between Russia and Persia.

Great article but two thing that need changing. One is the reference to Halford Mackinder. While he does exist in the TL, to many butterflies have occurred for him to right the same article in 1904 as OTL. Second, while I have never mentioned Sakhalin Island before in the TL lets assume that Russia received full sovereignty over it before the Russo-Japanese War. Keep the biographies coming. Cheers!

 

[Zoidberg12]

Man Zoidberg I'm really impressed and proud that you took the time to write about King Albert and branch off of my Leopold III post. It's nice to see that Albert lived a relatively long and successful life, doing much good for Belgium. You don't know how grateful I am that the story of Leopold's lineage continues. I was once thinking about initiating a "people of Union forever" contest with you to see who could make the most posts, clearly you'd win as your spamming out 4-5 people per day and I could only come close by taking time away from "Lone Star Republic". Looking forward to more.

Thank You very much. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I found myself really enjoying writing up the articles on alternate monarchs, so I thought I'd do one for Belgium and one that was a continuation of your excellent article on Leopold III.

I know. Its kind of amazing I was able to write up ten bios in only three days. All in all, it only takes about a hour or so for me to write up each one.

Great article but two thing that need changing. One is the reference to Halford Mackinder. While he does exist in the TL, to many butterflies have occurred for him to right the same article in 1904 as OTL. Second, while I have never mentioned Sakhalin Island before in the TL lets assume that Russia received full sovereignty over it before the Russo-Japanese War. Keep the biographies coming. Cheers!

Your welcome! I fixed both of the things that you pointed out as well.

 

[Zoidberg12]

Alright, I think its time for some updates to the lists of world leaders.

I'll start with the lists of the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the United States of America.

List of Presidents of the United States of America

1. George Washington (Independent) (1789-1797)
2. John Adams (Federalist) (1797-1801)
3. Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) (1801-1809)
4. James Madison (Democratic-Republican) (1809-1817)
5. James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) (1817-1825)
6. John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican) (1825-1829)
7. Andrew Jackson (Democratic) (1829-1837)
8. Martin Van Buren (Democratic) (1837-1841)
9. William Henry Harrison (Whig) (1841) †
10. John Tyler (Whig) (1841-1845)
11. James K. Polk (Democratic) (1845-1849)
12. Zachary Taylor (Whig) (1849-1850) †
13. Millard Fillmore (Whig) (1850-1853)
14. Franklin Peirce (Democratic) (1853-1857)
15. James Buchanan (Democratic) (1857-1861)
16. Abraham Lincoln (Republican) (1861-1869)
17. John Sedgwick (Republican) (1869-1877)
18. Arthur I. Boreman (Republican) (1877-1885)
19. Samuel J. Randal (Democratic) (1885-1891) †
20. David B. Hill (Democratic) (1891-1897)
21. George Armstrong Custer (Democratic) (1897-1901)
22. Robert Todd Lincoln (Republican) (1901-1913)
23. Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) (1913-1921)
24. Leonard Wood (Republican) (1921)††
25. Nelson R. Doner (Republican) (1921-1925)
26. Harold K. Abercrombie (Democratic) (1925-1933)
27. Zachary T. McKinnis (Democratic) (1933-1937)
28. Daniel E. Warburton (Republican) (1937-1941)
29. Vernon M. Kirkman (Democratic) (1941-1949)
30. Leroy R. Connor (Republican) (1949-1957)
31. Richard C. Anderson (Democratic) (1957-1965)
32. Malcolm Francis “Frank” MacArthur (Republican) (1965-71) ††
33. Sterling Gavin (Republican) (1971-1977)
34. Margaret L. Stewart (Democratic) (1977-1985)
35. Andrew Peatross (Democratic) (1985-1989)
36. Abraham Lincoln IV (Republican) (1989-1997)
37. Franklin M. Blanton (Republican) (1997-2001)
38. Elias W. Zaal (Democratic) (2001- )

† = Died in Office
†† = Assassinated

List of Vice-Presidents of the United States of America

1. John Adams (Federalist) (1789-1797)
2. Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) (1797-1801)
3. Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican) (1801-1805)
4. George Clinton (Democratic-Republican) (1805-1812) †
Vacancy by death (1812-1813)
5. Elbridge Gerry (Democratic-Republican) (1813-1814) †
Vacancy by death (1814-1817)
6. Daniel T. Tompkins (Democratic-Republican) (1817-1825)
7. John C. Calhoun (Democratic-Republican) (1825-1829) (Democratic) (1829-1832)*
Vacancy by resignation (1832-1833)
8. Martin Van Buren (Democratic) (1833-1837)
9. Richard Mentor Johnson (Democratic) (1837-1841)
10. John Tyler (Whig) (1841)
Vacancy by ascension (1841-1845)
11. George M. Dallas (Democratic) (1845-1849)
Vacancy by ascension (1841-1845)
12. Millard Fillmore (Whig) (1849-1850)
Vacancy by ascension (1849-1853)
13. William R. King (Democratic) (1853-1857) †
Vacancy by death (1853-1857)
14. John C. Breckenridge (Democratic) (1857-1861)
15. Hannibal Hamlin (Republican) (1861-1869)
16. Arthur I. Boreman (Republican) (1869-1877)
17. James G. Blaine (Republican) (1877-1885)
18. David B. Hill (Democratic) (1885-1891) Hudson
Vacancy by ascension (1891-1893)
19. John M. Palmer (Democratic) (1893-1897)
20. Horace Boise (Democratic) (1897-1901)
21. Nathan Goff Jr. (Republican) (1901-1909)
22. Andrew Johnson Jr. (Republican) (1909-1913)
23. Jacob R. Alexander (Republican) (1913-1921)
24. Nelson R. Doner (Republican) (1921)
Vacancy by ascension (1921-1925)
25. Brendan Theol (Republican) (1921-1925)
26. Kenneth P. Bergstrom (Democratic) (1925-1933)
27. Edgar D. Glover (Democratic) (1933-1937)
28. Travis B. Wingfield (Republican) (1937-1941)
29. Timothy G. Buchholz (Democratic) (1941-1949)
30. Luther T. Vanderbelt (Republican) (1949-1957)
31. Bryon Howley (Democratic) (1957-1965)
32. Sterling Gavin (Republican) (1965-1970)
Vacancy by ascension (1970-1973)
33. Waylon U. Schubert (Republican) (1973-1977)
34. Hudson Accardo (Democratic) (1977-1985)
35. Chris Groce (Democratic) (1985-1989)
36. Palmer Lockwood (Reoublican) (1989-1995)*
Vacancy by resignation (1995)
37. Franklin M. Blanton (Republican) (1995-2001)
38. Lenny Rutledge (Republican) (1997-2001)
39. Bridget Torres (Democratic) (2001- )

† = Died in Office
* = Resigned

 

[Zoidberg12]

List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

King George I (1714-1727) and George II (1727-1760)

Sir Robert Walpole (Whig) (1721-1730, 1730-1742)
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (Whig) (1742-1743) †
Henry Pelham (Whig) (1743-1754) †
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (Whig) (1754-1756)
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (Whig) (1756-1757)
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (Whig) (1757-1762)

King George III (1760-1820)

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (Tory) (1762-1763)
George Grenville (Whig-Grenvillite) (1763-1765)
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (Whig-Rockingham) (1765-1766)
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (Whig-Chathamite) (1766-1768)
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (Whig-Chathamite) (1768-1770)
Frederick North, Lord North (Tory) (1770-1782)
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (Whig-Rockingham (1782) †
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1783) (Whig-Chathamite)
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (Whig) (1783)
William Pitt the Younger (Tory-Pittite) (1783-1801)
Henry Addington (Tory-Pittite) (1801-1804)
William Pitt the Younger (Tory-Pittite) (1804-1806) †
William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (Whig) (1806-1807)
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (nominally Tory) (1807-1809)
Spencer Perceval (Tory) (1809-1812) ††
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (Tory) (1812-1827)

King George IV (1820-1830)

George Canning (Tory-Channingite) (1827) †
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (Tory-Channingite) (1827-1828)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (Tory) (1828-1830)

King William IV (1830-1837)

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (Whig) (1830-1834)
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (Whig) (1834)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (Tory) (1834)
Sir Robert Peel (Conservative) (1834-1835)
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (Whig) (1835-1841)

Queen Victoria (1837-1902)

Sir Robert Peel (Conservative) (1841-1846)
Lord John Russell (Whig) (1846-1852)
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (Conservative) (1852)
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (Peelite) (1852-1855)
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (Whig) (1855-1858)
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (Conservative) (1858-1859)
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (Liberal) (1859-1867) †
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (Liberal) (1867)
Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative) (1867-1875)
William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal) (1875-1882)
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative) (1882-1889)
William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal) (1889-1894)
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (Liberal) (1894-1896)
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative) (1896-1903)

Edward VIII (1902-1913)

Arthur Balfour (Conservative) (1903-1906)
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal) (1906-1912) †
Herbert Henry Asquith (Liberal) (1912-1916)

Victor (1913-1953)

David Lloyd George (Liberal) (1916-1924)
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (Conservative) (1924-1925) †
Reginald Hackett (Conservative) (1925-1931)
Andrew David Hobbes (Liberal) (1933-1935)
Reginald Hackett (Conservative) (1935-1938)
Isaac Pickering (Liberal) (1938-1952)
Sir Ryan Baxter (Conservative) (1952-1962)

George V (1953-1968)

Cyril Atkinson (Liberal) (1962-1971)

Edward VIII (1968- )

A.P. Vaughn (Conservative) (1971-1981)
Cledwyen Bates-Morgan (Liberal) (1981-1990)
Ned Fraiser (Conservative) (1990-1996)
Geoffrey Lever (Liberal) (1996- )

† = Died in Office
†† = Assassinated

 

[Kaiser Chris]

I can't see the names of the yellow liberal Prime Ministers