"Where've You Gone, General Washington?" - Participatory Election Series

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Are we ever going to see the maps from 1808-1824?

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3. Alexander Hamilton (Federalist-New York) March 4th, 1801-April 12th, 1802
Vacant: April 12th, 1802-March 4th, 1805

Oh yeah remember when the VP was literally murdered? Now we can't have Thomas Marshall talk about how someone shooting him would be the first time anyone ever tried to shoot the Vice President.

But I thought Cathcon said that Hamilton resigned in frustration.

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That seems about right - maybe trade in Underwood for DeWitt Clinton though, and I'd imagine Donnelly's only popular because he's worshiped as the second coming of Christ by the left.

Worst presidents would probably be Butler, Hale, perhaps Baby Adams and Monroe.

It seems like Cannon has it coming to him, and Clay might be a controversial one, since the breakup of the country started under him.

Cannon's not very popular, except among the right wing, but he's way better than the arc I had planned out for him - that was a full-on 10-year-minimum dystopia.

Now I'm incredibly curious what else you would have done for Cannon.

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Go for it, X!

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Incumbent presidents who have been ousted at their party's convention so far:

1816: James Monroe (to Andrew Jackson)
1824: DeWitt Clinton (to John Quincy Adams)
1848: Martin Van Buren (to Charles Francis Adams)
1904: Joseph Cannon (to Henry Cabot Lodge)
1912: Joseph Cannon (to Henry Cabot Lodge)
1920: Elihu Root (to Calvin Coolidge)

Not sure if Clinton counts, since he wasn't actively seeking reelection for a third term, but I included him anyway. Unionists seem to like doing this the most, and they especially like kicking out Uncle Joe.

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Was van Buren running for a third term?

Yep.

Come to think of it, I believe that Van Buren was the last president who wanted a third term, which surprises me a little bit. I wonder if we'll see that again sometime in the future.

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The maps are never coming, are they

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Bump! Hopefully we can get some discussion started here again. Also, you should probably update that list, Cath.

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Fun fact: Before Taft, the last Unionist who hit 50% in the popular vote was Henry Adams in 1892, and he didn't even win!