robert la follette

Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette Sr is one of the most prominent politicians ever to come out of Wisconsin. Having already represented the state in the house and serving two full terms as Governor (and being elected to a third) he was elected to the Senate in 1905. While he would have a...

In 1900, Incumbent President William McKinley, a Conservative who was open to small reforms, had an opening on his ticket for a new VP. as his original VP, died in 1899. OTL, he had the pick of Progressive Governor Theodore Roosevelt Jr./II of New York who would later go on to greatly change the...

In 1900, President McKinley decided to take on New York Governor Theodore Roosevelt, a Progressive Republican, as his Running Mate. McKinley/Roosevelt would go on to win the election and Roosevelt would officially begin the progressive era after succeeding McKinley following his assassination...

I've done some research (meaning I found out just today by looking at a few threads on here) that John Davis Long was considered as an alternative to Theodore Roosevelt so this led to my question. What if Long is able to become McKinley's 1900 Running Mate but becomes President. Meanwhile...

Let's say that Robert M. La Follette doesn't run during the 1924 United States presidential election. If he and the Progressives don't run, who will get his votes? Will Calvin Coolidge and John W. Davis do better or worse? Will the Socialist Party of America or the Farmer-Labor Party (who...

Would it be possible that instead of the conservative Republicans like Harding and Coolidge, progressives like Lafollette and Hiram Johnson take control? Would it be possible, or will the bitter taste of teddy’s 1912 run still turn off republican delegates to a progressive candidate?

The POD is that William Gibbs McAdoo never accepts campaign contributions from Edward L. Doheny, an oil tycoon implicated in the Teapot Dome Scandal. McAdoo is able to overcome his opposition and win the Democratic nomination for President in 1924. McAdoo, not John W. Davis, will be facing...

The 1912 Republican Convention Former President Theodore Roosevelt stood upon the Halls of the Chicago Coloseum both in defeat and victory for his nominee for the convention chairman, George Cortelyou, his former personal Secretary and former Secretary of the Treasury under his tenure. Even...