Maybe in 1886 Wade Hampton III? After him perhaps someone like Augustus Longstreet or William Ellerbe?
Maybe in 1886 Wade Hampton III? After him perhaps someone like Augustus Longstreet or William Ellerbe?
Joseph C. S. Blackburn is often a good choice for President.
yh, wade Hampton would make sense
Augustus longstreet died in 1870
I meant like the son of James Longstreet (who true died from scarlett fever OTL in 1862, but with alternate history he could live longer).
ahh ok
its a possibility I suppose
Remember, in alternate history you can always kill/save someone from death as convenient
trouble is both the US and CS political systems are built in such a way to make long term multi-party politics near impossible
Yes, but in the North, we had the Republican party starting from scratch and after a couple of years pushing the (northern) Whigs into annihilation. Any chance something like this could happen in the south too? There still will be only two parties -at the same time- but over time they might not be the same two.
Could the CSA experience electoral fusion though? Certainly several southern states did in the reconstruction period in our timeline.
its possible I suppose, but I still don't think that likely, the CS constitution was rly built to cater for a simple two party system, just like the US one
I suppose there might be some kind of confederate DFL representation in congress, that's plausible
Maybe, but would there even *be* a successful DFL equivalent in the C.S.A.? I mean, it could be tried, but they might have a hard time taking off, especially if slavery is still around.
Hmm, a Huey Long-like or George Wallace-like populist party.
Doable I think.
its possible I suppose, but I still don't think that likely, the CS constitution was rly built to cater for a simple two party system, just like the US one
I suppose there might be some kind of confederate DFL representation in congress, that's plausible
But given the states' rights orientation, I'd expect at minimum the prospect for distinct state parties which may coalesce around shared presidential tickets.
I like this idea, but it would make congressional caucuses a nightmare