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OTTINGER ELECTED GOVERNOR BY SLIM MARGIN Republicans Recapture Governor's Mansion by Estimated Margin of 50,000 Alfred P. Ottinger, Republican Attorney General of the State of New York, has defeated Democratic nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt for the Governorship. With returns from 7,718 out of...

I've been reading up on the 1932 DNC to research for a timeline I'm hoping to write at some point, and I was surprised by how close FDR's coalition came to fracturing during the voting. For instance, shortly before the third ballot, the Mississippi and Arkansas delegations seemed to be at risk...

FDR shaped, in many ways, the modern American presidency. He put a popular face on policies backed by congress while at the same time pushing for more expansive programs, and generally played a pivotal role in steering the US out from the Depression, toward some mild military readiness and...

Suppose FDR declines to run for a 3rd term. He gets Cordell Hull nominated for the candidacy since Hull was his chosen successor and wins the 1940 elections. How would ww2 play out if Hull was in the white house?

In 1939 President Roosevelt stated would keep the Washington tradition of only serving two terms. with the Nazi occupation of France and the London bombings Roosevelt pledge to run again. This put him at odds with his first Vice President John Nance Garner whom was hoping for an endorsement...

What the title says.

Though the point has already been evoked, I'd like to explore it further. I'm actually looking for some idea of US TL in the 20th century, something in the vein of MaskedPickle Perot TL, and I found this period in the immediate aftermath of WWI to be fertile in opportunities. The POD here is...