So I made a very in-depth list of US presidents in the universe of FLG '72 and Rumsfeldia, including senate and house elections and important dates and events. Couldn't think of a better spot to post this than here.
List of Presidents of the United States
37. Former Vice President Richard Nixon of New York/Governor Spiro Agnew of Maryland (Republican): January 20, 1969 - January 20, 1973
Def. 1968: Vice President Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota/Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine (Democratic), Former Governor George Wallace of Alabama/Former Chief of Staff of the Air Force Curtis LeMay of California (American Independent) | 301-191-46 Electoral Vote/43.4%-42.6%-13.5% Popular Vote
As Acting President, Vice President Spiro Agnew of Maryland/Vice President Spiro Agnew of Maryland (Republican): January 20, 1973 - September 5, 1973
Vice President Spiro Agnew served as Acting President from January 20 to September 5, 1973 during the contingent presidential election.
1972 Senate Elections: 51 D (-3), 46 R (+2), 2 IND (+1), 1 C (-)
1972 House Elections: 231 D (-24), 203 R (+23), 1 IND (+1)
Former Governor John J. McKeithen of Louisiana/Acting President Spiro Agnew of Maryland (Democratic/Republican): September 5, 1973 (Died Before Assuming Office)
Def. 1972 (via contingent election): Former Governor John J. McKeithen of Louisiana/Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana (Democratic), President Richard Nixon of California/Vice President Spiro Agnew of Maryland (Republican), Governor George Wallace of Alabama/Lieutenant Governor Lester Maddox of Georgia (Independent), Senator George McGovern of South Dakota/Representative Pete McCloskey of California (Peace and Freedom) | 267-259-9-2 Electoral Vote/45.7%-45.7%-6.3%-0.6% Popular Vote/28-15-4-3 Final House Vote/50+VP-50 Senate Vote
July 31, 1973: Death of former Governor and presumptive president-elect John J. McKeithen in a plane crash in Boston, Massachusetts.
September 5, 1973: Election of former Governor John J. McKeithen posthumously as President by the House of Representatives in the contingent presidential election.
38. Acting President Spiro Agnew of Maryland/vacant, [Representative John Ashbrook of Ohio] (Republican): September 5, 1973 - November 7, 1973 (Impeached)
October 11, 1973: Rejection of Representative John Ashbrook for Vice President by Congress (59-40).
October 12, 1973: Election of retired Lieutenant General and former Ambassador to France James M. Gavin as Speaker of the House of Representatives (391-42-2).
November 7, 1973: Impeachment and conviction of President Spiro Agnew for accepting bribes in the course of his public duties, corruption in awarding public contracts, tax evasion (for not paying taxes on the bribes), accepting unlawful bribes in a Federal government office, bringing the offices of the Vice Presidency and Presidency into disrepute, making unlawful campaign contributions with the proceeds of criminal activity, conspiracy to abuse the power of his office (for issuing himself a pardon), and obstruction of justice (for issuing pardons to his co-conspirators) (312-123/312-123/310-125/309-126/291-144/244-191/219-216/219-216/90-9).
39. Speaker of the House of Representatives James M. Gavin of Massachusetts/vacant (Independent): November 7, 1973 - March 20, 1974
March 20, 1974: Confirmation of former Governor William Scranton as Vice President (98-2/397-38).
1974 Senate Elections: 59 D (+8), 38 R (-8), 2 IND (-), 1 C (-)
1974 House Elections: 261 D (+31), 204 R (-31), 1 IND (-)
39. President James M. Gavin of Massachusetts/Former Governor William Scranton of Pennsylvania (Independent/Republican): March 20, 1974 - January 20, 1977
40. Governor George Wallace of Alabama/Former Ambassador to the United Kingdom Nicholas Katzenbach of New Jersey (Democratic): January 20, 1977 - January 2, 1979
Def. 1976: Former Governor Ronald Reagan of California/Senator Charles Percy of Illinois (Republican) | 272-266 Electoral Vote/46.5%-46.4% Popular Vote
1976 Senate Elections: 48 D (-11), 48 R (+10), 3 IND (-), 1 L (+1)
1976 House Elections: 216 D (-46), 212 R (+39), 3 L (+3), 2 SW (+2), 1 AAFP (+1), 1 IND (+1)
As Acting President, Vice President Nicholas Katzenbach of New Jersey/Vice President Nicholas Katzenbach of New Jersey (Democratic): September 19, 1978 - October 12, 1978
Vice President Nicholas Katzenbach served as Acting President from September 19 to October 12, 1978 while Wallace recovered from a seizure.
October 12, 1978: Declaration of Wallace that he is fit to resume the duties of the presidency.
As Acting President, Vice President Nicholas Katzenbach of New Jersey/Vice President Nicholas Katzenbach of New Jersey (Democratic): October 13, 1978 - December 6, 1978
October 13, 1978: Declaration by the Vice President and the Cabinet that President George Wallace is still unfit to resume the duties of the presidency (10-3).
Vice President Nicholas Katzenbach served as Acting President from October 13 to December 6, 1978 while Wallace was unfit to resume the duties of the presidency.
1978 Senate Elections: 51 D (+4), 46 R (-4), 1 IND (-1), 1 L (-), 1 CVM (+1)
1978 House Elections: 225 R (+12), 201 D (-14), 4 L (+1), 2 SW (-), 2 AAFP (+1), 1 CVM (+1)
December 6, 1978: The Joint Congressional Committee Regarding the President's Fitness to Serve votes that Wallace is fit to resume office and President George Wallace is re-instated to his office (22-2).
January 2, 1979: Resignation of Vice President Nicholas Katzenbach in order to clear away for good any doubts as to his motives and intentions and those of the cabinet during the 1978 Constitutional Crisis.
40. President George Wallace of Alabama/vacant, [Governor Richard Lamm of Colorado] (Democratic): January 2, 1979 - November 11, 1979
October 8, 1979: Impeachment and acquittal of President George Wallace for violating the law by ordering the armed forces of the United States to provide direct military assistance to the Somoza regime in direct violation of pertinent Congressional Acts prohibiting this activity (251-184/53-47).
November 1, 1979: Rejection of Governor Richard Lamm for Vice President by the House of Representatives (58-40/220-215).
November 11, 1979: Confirmation of former Vice President William Scranton as Vice President by Congress (362-73/89-11).
40. President George Wallace of Alabama/Former Vice President William Scranton of Pennsylvania (Democratic/Republican): November 11, 1979 - January 19, 1981
January 19, 1981: Resignation of Vice President William Scranton so that he can be sworn in as a Federal Appellate Judge.
40. President George Wallace of Alabama/vacant (Democratic): January 19, 1981 - January 20, 1981
41. Governor Donald Rumsfeld of Illinois/Representative Jack Edwards of Alabama (Republican): January 20, 1981 - September 12, 1986
Def. 1980 (Lost Popular Vote to Carey): Governor Hugh Carey of New York/Former Governor Reubin Askew of Florida (Democratic), Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ron Dellums of California/Activist Ralph Nader of Connecticut (We The People), Senator Ronald Galtieri of Montana/Businessman David Koch of New York (Libertarian), various regional candidates (Christian Values Movement) | 297-227-11-1-0 Electoral Vote/40.8%-39.4%-8.1%-5.4%-3.0% Popular Vote
1980 Senate Elections: 48 D (-3), 48 R (+2), 2 L (+1), 1 CV (-), 1 IND (-)
1980 House Elections: 213 R (-12), 204 D (+3), 6 CVM (+5), 5 WTP (+5), 4 L (-), 1 SWP (-1), 1 AAFP (-1), 1 IND (-)
1982 Senate Elections: 49 R (+1), 47 D (-1), 2 L (-), 1 CV (-), 1 WTP (-)
1982 House Elections: 215 R (+2), 205 D (+1), 6 WTP (+1), 5 CVM (-1), 3 L (-1), 1 AAFP (-), 0 SWP (-1), 0 IND (-1)
1982 Gubernatorial Elections: 27 R (+8), 21 D (-7), 1 L (-1), 1AI (-)
Def. 1984 (Lost Popular Vote to McCloskey): Governor Pete McCloskey of California/Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ron Dellums of Washington, D.C. (Democratic/We The People), Activist Richard Viguerie of Texas/Former Navy Admiral Jeremiah Denton of Alabama (Christian Values), Former Chair of the Libertarian National Committee David Bergland of California/Former Representative to the Libertarian National Committee James A. Lewis of Connecticut (Libertarian), Reverend Jesse Jackson of Illinois/Former Mayor of San Francisco George Moscone of California (We The People) | 316-171-27-16-8 Electoral Vote/33.7%-32.6%-13.2%-12.9%-7.1% Popular Vote
1984 Senate Elections: 53 R (+4), 39 D (-8), 4 CV (+3), 3 L (+1), 1 WTP (-)
1984 House Elections: 219 R (+4), 200 D (-5), 7 CVM (+2), 6 WTP (-), 4 L (-), 1 AAFP (-), 1 IND (+1)
September 11, 1986: 1986 United States coup d'état attempt by former Secretary of Defense Alexander Haig, Lieutenant Colonel Jeb Bush, Senator Jimmy Carter, and Vice President Jack Edwards foiled by the Executive Protection Agency and the FSB thanks to intelligence from Sarah Louise Heath.
September 12, 1986: Resignation of Vice President Jack Edwards due to an alleged nervous breakdown.
41. President Donald Rumsfeld of Illinois/vacant (Republican): September 12, 1986 - January 7, 1987
1986 Senate Appointments: 70 R (+13), 21 D (-18), 7 CV (+3), 2 L (-1), 0 WTP (-1)
1986 House Elections: 284 R (+65), 90 D (-110), 54 CVM (+47), 5 WTP (-1), 2 L (-2), 1 AAFP (-), 0 IND (-1)
January 7, 1987: Confirmation of former Navy Admiral Jeremiah Denton as Vice President by Congress (55-45/225-210).
41. President Donald Rumsfeld of Illinois/Former Navy Admiral Jeremiah Denton of Alabama (Republican/Christian Values): January 7, 1988 - January 26, 1988 (Impeached)
As Acting President, Vice President Jeremiah Denton of Alabama/Vice President Jeremiah Denton of Alabama (Christian Values): January 21, 1988 - January 26, 1988
January 21, 1988: Declaration by the Vice President and the Cabinet that President Donald Rumsfeld is unfit to discharge the duties of the office of the presidency due to his nervous breakdown (10-0)
Vice President Jeremiah Denton served as Acting President from January 21 to January 26, 1988 while Rumsfeld recovered from an alleged nervous breakdown.
January 26, 1988: Impeachment and conviction of President Donald Rumsfeld under the charges that his nervous breakdown rendered him unsound to discharge the office of the presidency and that his removal represents an urgent necessity as his current condition is highly prejudicial to the public interest, for exercising negligent judgment in entrusting vital national security information in the hands of White House Chief of Staff Dick Cheney who subsequently "engaged in public acts of sedition against the United States", and ordering the use of public funds in a project adverse to the sound management of the public purse (384-51/79-21/84-16).
42. Acting President Jeremiah Denton of Alabama/vacant, [Former Governor Milton Shapp of Pennsylvania] (Christian Values, then Independent/Democratic): January 26, 1988 - January 20, 1989
June 5, 1988: Rejection of former Governor Milton Shapp for Vice President by Congress.
43. Secretary of National Intelligence Coordination and Oversight Pat Robertson of Virginia/Senator Steve Symms of Idaho (Christian Values): January 20, 1989 - June 30, 1989 (Died In Office)
Def. 1988: Senator William Winter of Mississippi/Senator William Roth of Delaware (Fusion), Senator Ronald Galtieri of Montana/Philosopher John Hospers of California (Libertarian), State Senator Bobby Rush of Illinois/Activist Charles Barron of New York (We The People), Governor George Wallace of Alabama/Former State Senator Tom Turnipseed of South Carolina (Independent), Governor Tom Foley of Washington/Former Senator Paul Sarbanes of Maryland (Democratic), Senator David R. Dwight of Massachusetts/Representative Shelby Smith of Kansas (Republican) | 250-163-52-13-8-0-0 Electoral Vote/31.2%-19.5%-18.1%-11.2%-8.7%-7.4%-0.6% Popular Vote
1988 Senate Appointments: 46 R (-24), 21 CV (+14), 20 D (-1), 7 L (+5), 2 IND (+2)
1988 House Elections: 200 CVM (+146), 71 L (+69), 50 R (-234), 49 D (-41), 16 WTP (+11), 1 IND (+1), 0 AAFP (-1)
March 11, 1989 Senate Makeup: 44 CV (+23), 23 R (-23), 20 D (-), 7 L (-), 2 IND (-)
April 15, 1989: The first battle of the Second American Civil War, a group of Mississippi National Guardsmen aligned with the Holy Battalion attempt to take over the town of Butler, Alabama. Despite being numerically superior to the Alabama Guard and Police there, they are driven back by the superior tactics of the Alabama forces. 25 Holy Battalions and 4 Alabamans lay dead.
June 1, 1989: Beginning of the Capitol Seige when all non-CV members of Congress held a peaceful protest and refused entry to all CV Senators and Representatives.
June 30, 1989: Death of President Pat Robertson in an unexplained helicopter crash aboard Marine One over Eastern Virginia.
44. Vice President Steve Symms of Idaho/vacant (Christian Values): June 30, 1989 - present
Vice President Steve Symms was not sworn in as president and claimed to be only the Acting President in place of the Eternal President Jesus Christ, but is recognized by historians as the 44th and last president of the United States.
July 4, 1989: The Obliteration of the Capitol Building by 6 Pershing Missiles fired on orders from Secretary of National Intelligence Coordination and Oversight Douglas Coe, ending the Capitol Seige and killing all non-CV members of Congress.
July 13, 1989: The beginning of the American Inquisition, or the American Purge. From July 14 to August 28, between 100,000 people are charged under various "moral crimes", sentenced to either death, or hard labor. Among the more prominent figures who fall victim to the inquisition are former Secretary of Defense William Kristol, former Vice President Jack Edwards, former Speaker of the House of Representatives Trent Lott, former Associate Justices of the Supreme Court Byron White and William Rehnquist, former Chief Justice of the United States Strom Thurmond, and former Governor of Indiana Otis Bowen.
August 31, 1989: Article V Constitutional Convention held among "moral states" for the ratification of a new Godly Constitution. The United States of America is officially renamed the Christian States of America, aka the CSA. The CSA claims the borders of the former USA, however it's borders are disputed with Canada, the Pacific Free Republic, the Alaskan Republic, the Kingdom of Hawaii, the Republic of Texas, Cuba, the United States of America in New England, the U.N. Trusteeship of former American territories, and the Bozeman Enclave Disputed Zone in the Western former United States.
Hinted at in Flashforwards
Secretary of National Intelligence Coordination and Oversight Douglas Coe of Virginia is suspected to be the true head of state of the Christian States of America, with his loyal deputy White House Chief of Staff Tim LaHaye by his side. The Christian States of America eventually collapsed in on itself in the early 1990s during a revolution and the former United States was reestablish, though without its seceded states. America received aide from the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United Nations. The UK helped the USA retake Washington, D.C. from the CSA.
Non-Canon Sequel Posts
The legitimist United States of America government in New England was led by former President Richard Nixon (I-NY) from 1992 until his death in February 1995. In 1992 a presidential election was held in the New England states which Nixon won unopposed with his former Vice President, Governor of New York and disgraced former President Spiro Agnew (I-NY) as his Vice President. Agnew subsequently lost re-election in 1996 to Governor of Vermont Bernie Sanders (WTP-VT).
In 1990 the Pacific Free Republic elected Ron Dellums (WTP-CA) as it's President to succeed President and former Governor of California Pete McCloskey (WTP-CA). Dellums' successor Jerry Brown (WTP-CA), a former cabinet member in the McCloskey administration, was elected in 1998 and rules the increasingly totalitarian and autocratic Pacific Free Republic with an iron fist to this day.