Talk Elections

Dennis Kucinich (1946-1978)
US Representative from OH-23 (1973-1977)
Mayor of Cleveland (1977-1978) - assassinated (mafia plot)
Ron Paul (1935-)
US Rep. from TX-22 (1975-1985)
Libertarian Party nominee for president (1990)
US Rep. from TX-14 (1997-2009)
Reform Party nominee for president (2010) - running-mate - W. Mitt Romney
US Senator from Texas (2013-)
Kevin White (1929-)
MA Secretary of State (1960-1967)
Mayor of Boston (1967-1971)
Governor of Massachussets (1971-1979)
Mayor of Boston (1979-1983)
Ken Blackwell (1948-)
US Rep. from OH-1 (1985-1994)
Ohio State Treasurer (1994-1999)
Ohio State Secretary (1999-2007)
GOP nominee for OH Governor (2006)
RNC Chairman (2009-2011)
GOP nominee for Senate (2010)
US Senator from Ohio (2013-)

George HW Bush
US Represenatative from TX-7 (1967-1971)
US Senator from Texas (1971-1979)
Vice President of the United States (1979-1983)
Republican Party nominee for President (1986)-running mate-Robert Dole

H. Ross Perot
Party:
Independent (?-1979
Republican (1979-?)
Career:
United States Congressman from Texas' 4th Congressional District (January 3rd, 1981-January 3rd, 1985)
United States Senator from Texas (January 3rd, 1985-December 16th, 1996)
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (January 3rd, 1995-December 15th, 1996)
United States Secretary of State (January 21st, 1997-June 23rd, 2002) under Barry Goldwater Jr.

Richard B. Cheney
Party:
Republican
Career:
Deputy White House Chief of Staff (1973-1974)
First United States Official Envoy to China (November 9th, 1974-January 5th, 1977)
United States Congressman from Wyoming's At-Large Congressional District (January 3rd, 1979-January 3rd, 2001)
Chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee (January 3rd, 1995-January 3rd, 2001)
United States Secretary of State (January 20th, 2005-November 5th, 2006) under George W. Bush

Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Party:
Democrat
Career:
First United States Secretary of Urban Affairs (June 1st, 1966-January 20th, 1973) under John F. Kennedy
United States Permanent Representative to NATO (January 25th, 1973-May 18th, 1974)
Governor of New York (January 1st, 1975-January 31st, 1986)
42nd President of the United States of America (January 20th, 1989-January 20th, 1997)

Jimmy Carter
Party:
Democrat
Career:
Member of the Georgia State Senate (January 14th, 1961-January 10th, 1967)
75th Governor of Georgia (January 11th, 1967-January 12th, 1971)
77th Governor of Georgia (January 14th, 1975-November 17th, 1976)
41st Vice-President of the United States of America (January 20th, 1977-January 20th, 1981) under Robert F. Kennedy
4th United States Secretary of Energy (August 14th, 1985-January 20th, 1989) under Mark Hatfield

Jon Huntsman, Jr.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce (1989-1993)
US Ambassador to Singapore (1992-1993)
During Healthcare Debate in 90s, after Clinton compromised over abortion, but due to Republican intransigence, he announces that he and his father will switch allegiances from GOP to Democratic Party. He becomes a leader for DLC.
US Representative from UT-2 (1997-2006): Member of Committees of Foreign Affairs and Education and the Workforce
US Senator from Utah (2007-2016): Member of Committee of Foreign Relations, Commerce and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and Special Commitee on Aging (chairman from 2015 to 2016)
President of the United States; w/Vice-President Kay Hagan (2017-2025)

Martin Luther King Jr.
US Senator from Georgia (1973-1979)
Democratic Party Vice Presidential candidate, 1980
Failed 1984 Democratic Presidential primary campaign.

George Wallace
Governor of Alabama (1959-1963)
US Representative from AL-5 (1965-1969)
American Indepence Party nominee for President, 1968
American Indepence Party nominee for President, 1972
US Senator from Alabama (1979-1991)

Rise of Progressivism

Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Party:
Republican (?-1913)
Progressive (1913-1942)
Career:
Major in World War I (1916-1917)
-United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Robert Todd Lincoln (June 14th, 1917-March 4th, 1921) under Theodore Roosevelt
-Governor of New York (January 1st, 1923-December 31st, 1928)
-United States Secretary of War (November 18th, 1930-April 5th, 1934) under Calvin Coolidge, Charles Bryan, and John Davis
-United States Senator from New York (January 3rd, 1935-December 30th, 1936)
-34th President of the United States of America (January 4th, 1937-May 23rd, 1942) [Death]

Henry Wallace
Party:
Progressive
-Governor of Iowa (January 12th, 1931-January 2nd, 1935)
-United States Secretary of Agriculture (January 4th, 1937-January 4th, 1941) under Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
-Vice-President of the United States (January 4th, 1941-May 23rd, 1942) under Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
-35th President of the United States of America (May 23rd, 1942-January 4th, 1949)

Franklin D Roosevelt
Party:
Democrat (?-1916)
Progressive (1916-1950)
Career:
-Member of the New York State Senate (January 1st, 1911-March  17th, 1915)
-United States Assitant Secretary of the Navy for Robert Todd Lincoln (March 18th, 1915-June 14th, 1917) under Theodore Roosevelt
-United States Postmaster General (June 20th, 1917-March 4th, 1921) under Theodore Roosevelt
-1920 Progressive Party nominee for Vice-President (lost)
-United States Senator from New York (January 3rd, 1923-December 30th, 1928)
-Governor of New York (January 1st, 1929-December 31st, 1936)
-United States Secretary of the Navy (January 4th, 1937-July 18th, 1938) under Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
-United States Secretary of War (July 18th, 1938-June 9th, 1942) under Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Henry Wallace
-Vice-President of the United States of America (June 11th, 1942-January 4th, 1945) [Death] under Henry Wallace
-Ambassador to the Leauge of Nations (January 4th, 1945-September 11th, 1950) under Henry Wallace, Dwight D. Eisenhower

Ronald Reagan
Party: Progressive (?-1978), Independent (1978-2004)
Career:
-President of the Screen Actors' Guild (1948-1952, 1958)
-United States Senator from California (January 4th, 1965-January 4th, 1977)
-Failed candidate for the Progressive Party nomination (1972, 1976)
-Ambassador to the Leauge of Nations (January 4th, 1981-December 7th, 1986) under John Ashbrook, James L. Buckley

Still the Rise of Progressivism
NOTE: ITTL, Catholics go over to the Conservative Party in the late twenties following a takeover of the Democrats by Southern Populists. Therefore, the Kennedys, unlikely as I view it in RL, are in the Conservative Party ITTL. Had it not been for William H. Murray, they likely would have remained Democrats until the party collapsed, and maybe even joined the Progressives. Or maybe the party wouldn't have collapsed.

Joseph P Kennedy Jr.
Party: Conservative
Career:
-Congressman from Massachusetts' 11th Congressional District (January 4th, 1945-January 1st, 1947)
-Governor of Massachusetts (January 2nd, 1947-January 2nd, 1953)
-Vice-President of the United States of America (January 4th, 1953-July 3rd, 1953) under Robert Taft
-38th President of the United States of America (July 3rd, 1953-January 4th,1961)
Summary:
Son of former Secretary of State (1926-1929) and Governor of Massachusetts (1937-1941) Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., hero pilot of the Second Great War Joe Jr. would have large shoes to fill upon his return to America in 1943. Elected Congressman in 1944 as many other young veterans (notably Conservatives Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford) did, he would soon be on the fast-track for a spot on the 1952 Conservative party ticket. Taft, in order to appease Catholics and North-Easterners rather than Southerners that time around, would choose the young and vibrant Kennedy, a contrast to Taft's own stiffness. With President Taft's stomach cancer however, he would die, creating "the saddest 4th of July in American history), leaving the young and able Kennedy in charge. Proving to be a Conservative version of Teddy Roosevelt, he would become one of America's most popular leaders, winning re-sounding re-election in 1956, but, surprisingly, declining re-nomination in 1960, handing the nomination off to Vice-President Nixon.

Richard M. Nixon
Party: Conservative
Career:
-Congressman from California's 12th Congressional District (January 4th, 1945-January 4th, 1951)
-United States Senator from California (January 4th, 1951-January 5th, 1953)
-United States Secretary of War (January 5th, 1953-May 19th, 1954) under Robert Taft, Joe Kennedy Jr.
-Governor of California (January 5th, 1955-December 19th, 1956)
-Vice-President of the United States of America (January 4th, 1957-January 4th, 1961) under Joe Kennedy Jr.
-United States Senator from California (January 4th, 1963-January 4th, 1969)
-Ambassador to the League of Nations (January 4th, 1973-January 4th, 1977) under Howard Baker

Earl Warren
Party: Republican, Progressive
Career:
-Alameda County District Attorney (1925-1937)
-United States Assitant Attorney General (January 19th, 1937-June 3rd, 1938)
-United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Franklin D. Roosevelt (June 3rd, 1938-July 20th, 1938) under Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
-Acting Secretary of the Navy (July 18th, 1938-July 20th, 1938)
-United States Secretary of the Navy (July 20th, 1938-June 5th, 1940)
-United States Senator from California (Janyary 4th, 1941-November 25th, 1944)
-United States Vice-President of the United States of America (January 4th, 1945-January 4th, 1949) under Henry Wallace
-United States Attorney General (January 4th, 1961-June 23rd, 1969) under Hubert H. Humphrey

different universe...

John Ellis Bush
Party:
Republican
Career:
-United States Assistant Secretary of Energy (July 7th, 1985- March 5th, 1986) under Mark Hatfield
-United States Ambassador to Mexico (March 19th, 1986-January 20th, 1989) under Mark Hatfield
-United States Congressman from Florida (January 3rd, 1991-January 17th, 1997)
-United States Ambassador to Mexico (January 20th, 1997-July 14th, 1998) Barry Goldwater Jr.
-Governor of Florida (January 5th, 1999-December 4th, 2006)
-United States Secretary of State (December 29th, 2006-January 20th, 2007) under George W. Bush

From a TL I'm in the early stages of planning...

Edward Moore Kennedy
United States Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-1989
Secretary of State under President [redacted], 1989-1993
Special Advisor to British Prime Minister [redacted], 1993-1994
President of the United States, 1997-1999†

Dorothy Ann Willis Richards
Texas State Treasurer, 1983-1991
Governor of Texas, 1991-1997
Vice President of the United States, 1997-1999
President of the United States, 1999-?

Ralph Nader

United States Senator from Connecticut-1971-1977
Secretary of Energy-1977-1978
Secretary of Housing-1978
Secretary of Commerce-1978-1981
Governor of Connecticut-1983-1991
Reform Party nominee for President, 2004.

Nelson Rockefeller
Party: Progressive
Career:
-Assitant Secretary of the Navy for Earl Warren (February 17th, 1939-May 19th, 1940) under Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
-Assistant Secretary of War for Franklin D. Roosevelt (May 20th, 1940-June 9th, 1942)
-United States Secretary of War (June 9th, 1942-January 31st, 1942) under Henry Wallace
-Ambassador to the League of Nations (May 8th, 1943-January 4th, 1945) under Henry Wallace
-105th Mayor of New York City (January 1st, 1946-December 31st, 1953)
-Governor of New York State (January 1st, 1955-December 5th, 1960)
-39th President of the United States of America (January 4th, 1961-November 22nd, 1963)

The Southern Pack!
Buddy Roemer (1943-)
Governor of Louisiana (1987-1995)
U.S. Senator from Louisiana (2005-)

Charlie Crist (1956-)
Florida State Senator (1987-1999)
U.S. Senator from Florida (1999-2005)
Governor of Florida (2007-2011)
Candidate for U.S. Senate from Florida (2010)

Bobby Jindal (1971-)
Governor of Louisiana (2003-2007, 2011-2015)
U.S. Senator from Louisiana (2009-2011, 2015-)

Jeb Bush (1953-)
Governor of Florida (1995-2003)
U.S. Senator from Florida (2007-)

John Breaux (1944-)
U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 7th district (1972-1985)
U.S. Senator from Louisiana (1987-1999)
Governor of Louisiana (2007-2011)

Sarah Heath
Member of Alaska State House, 15th district (1992-1996)
Mayor of Wasilla (1996-2004)
Governor of Alaska (2007-2011)
US Senator for Alaska (2011- )

Dick Randolph
Party: Libertarian
Career:
Member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1971-1975)
Member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1979-1982)
5th Governor of Alaska (December 6th, 1982-December 1st, 1986)
Libertarian candidate for President of the United States of America, 1988 [Unsuccessful]

John Bolton
Assistant Attorney General of the United States (1985-1989)
Attorney General of the United States (1989-1991)
US Ambassador to Israel (1993-1995)
US Ambassador to Libya (1995-1996)
US Ambassador to Zaire (1996)
US special envoy to North Korea (1996)
US Ambassador to Iraq (1996-2000)
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (2000-2003)
US Ambassador to Iraq (2003-2005)
US Ambassador to Israel (2005-2007)
US Ambassador to the United Nations (2007-2009)
Candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination, 2012.

Alternate alternate careers.

Jefferson Dent (born 1938)

1968: A failed joke Senate candidate
1969-present: A high profile ambulance chaser
1972-present: An alcoholic

Bob Dole (1923-present)
US Representative from KS-1 (1961-1969)
US Senator from Kansas (1969-1975)
Secretary of Agriculture (1980-1989)
US Senator from Kansas (1993-1999)

Bill Clinton (1946-present)
US Representative from AK-3 (1975-1981)
US Senator from Arkansas (1981-1993)
Failed bid for Democratic presidential nomination (1988)
Failed bid for Democratic presidential nomination (1992)
Governor of Arkansas (1997-2005)

William J. "Bill" Clinton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas' 3rd District: 1975-1998
House Minority Whip: 1989-1993
House Minority Leader: 1993-1995
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives: 1995-1998
Candidate for the Democratic Presidential Nomination: 2012

Newton L. "Newt" Gingrich
Candidate for the 6th Congressional District of Georgia: 1978 (Lost)
Attorney General of Georgia: 1979-1983
Governor of Georgia: 1983-1987
Republican Nominee for Governor of Georgia: 1986 (Lost)
Governor of Georgia: 1991-1993
President of the United States: 1993-2001

From my Bull Moose Goes Down TL (SPOILER):
J. Robert "Bob" Kerrey (August 27, 1943 - )
U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs (January 21, 2005 - January 3, 2009)
U.S. Senator from Nebraska (January 3, 2009 - )
                                            (January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2001)
Governor of Nebraska (January 6, 1983 – January 9, 1987)
Party: Progressive

Nice reversal, TNF. I'd love to see a timeline made out of that. :) (by the way, are you an alternatehistory.com?)

Barack Hussein Obama II (1961-2002)

Born to a black father and a white mother, Obama was born in Hawaii but moved to Kenya as a child after his mother's death in a car crash (Obama Sr. wasn't a deadbeat). In 1982, a military coup backed by the CIA overthrew the left-leaning president at the time. However, by the Clinton administration, the regime showed signs of weakness. The young Barack was among the leaders of the revolution which toppled the junta and formed a provisional government, which held democratic elections a month later. Barack Obama was inaugurated as the new president in 1999, but sadly assassinated in 2002 by a former military officer who supported the old military government. Obama's main achievements in office included work with U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and Al Gore to fight AIDS, and improving Kenyan infrastructure, and despite his short leadership is widely considered among the best leaders in modern African history.

Martin Sheen

Actor (1967-1987)
Member of the US House from New Hampshire (1989-1995)
Governor of New Hampshire (1995-1999)
President of the United States (2001-2009)

:P I may actually do this

He actually did this, under a pseudonym.

I'm aware of this, but I want to make it real.

Ramón Estevez
BA Economics magna cum laude - Oregon State University - 1962
Social worker- 1963/1980
Oregon State Senator 22nd district - 1981/1995
Governor of Oregon - 1995/2002
President of the United States (with Vice-President Marcy Kaptur) - 2004-now
Charles Estévez
BA History - summa cum laude - Princeton University - 1988
PhD History (about American drug policy) - summa cum laude - Yale University - 1993 - oriented by Professor George S. McGovern
Professor of Portland State University - 1994/2000
Oregon State Senator 22nd District - 2000/2010
US Senator from Oregon - 2010/now
Emilio Estevez
BA Mathematics - summa cum laude - Princeton University - 1983
PhD Economics - summa cum laude - Princeton Univesity - 1986
Nobel Prize of Economics - 2011

Thomas Hale Boggs Sr.
United States Representative for Louisiana 2nd District (1941-1943/1947-1977)
House Majority Whip (1962-1971)
Speaker of House of Representatives (1975-1977)
Vice President of the United States (1977-1984)
President of the United States (1984-1985), replacing deceased President Frank Church. He didn't ran for re-election). He nominated Senator Jennings Randolph to finish as Vice President the term.
Died in 1992, father of United States Senator for New Jersey (1982-1990) Barbara Boggs Sigmund, United States Representative for Maryland 8th District (1977-1991), Governor of Maryland and 2000's Vice-Presidential nominee (1991-1999) Tommy Boggs and journalist and Ambassador to UNESCO (2009-now) Cokie Roberts.
Nicholas Begich
Alaska State Senator (1962-1970)
United States Representative for Alaska at-Large District (1970-1979)
United States Senador for Alaska (1978-1992), replacing deceased Ted Stevens
Secretary of Defense (1993-1999) for President Joe Biden and Vice President Ray Mabus
Democratic nominee for President of United States (2000) in a ticket with Tommy Boggs, defeated by Republican ticket of Governor of Michigan Scott Romney and Senator of Pennsylvania Rick Santorum. Father of Democratic United States Senator for Alaska (since 2009) Mark Begich and former Democratic Governor of Alaska (2003-2011) and 2012 Independent nominee to Vice Presidency Nick Begich Jr (married with conspiracy theorist's presenter Sarah Heath Begich and that is running with Jesse Ventura). He refused to endorse son's "crazy race" and he's honorary chairman of President Obama's reelection campaign.

 Walter F. Mondale

Congressman: (1961-1969) (during the Nixon Administration.)
Commerce Secretary: (1969-1973) (during the first Humphrey Administration.)
Labor Secretary: (1973-1977) (during the second Humphrey Administration.)
Secretary of State: (1981-1983) (during the Kennedy and Bentsen Administrations.)
President of the United States: (1985-1993)
Democratic Party Presidential Nominee: 1984 (won) 1988 (won).

Personally, I would make Homer the Mayor of Springfield from 1995-1999, Springfield County Commissioner from 1999-2002, Lt Governor of Illinois from 2003-2009, Governor from 2009-2015 and then POTUS from 2017-2025. But that is my opinion.

While we're at it, let's elect Bart to Congress in 2014.

 George H.W. Bush

 Mayor of Houston (1969-1975)
 Governor of Texas (1975-1981)
 President of the United States of America (1981-1989)

IIRC, according to Simpson's canon, Bart becomes Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Samples from a possible upcoming timeline

George C. Wallace
Party: American Independent
Career: Governor of Alabama, 1963-1967, Democratic
Presidential Nominee for the American Independent Party, 1968
Governor of Alabama, 1971-1975, American Independent
President, 1977-1985, American Independent

George H.W. Bush
Party: Republican
Career: Representative from Texas, 1961-1965
Texas Senator, 1965-1974
Vice-President of the United States, 1974-1977
Presidential Nominee of the Republican Party, 1980

George H.W. Bush

Vice President: 1974-1977

President of the United States of America: 1981-1989

Republican Vice Presidential Nominee: 1976 (lost).

Republican Presidential Nominee: 1980 (won), 1984 (won).

James L. Buckley
Party: Conservative, Republican
Offices:
Ambassador to the United Nations, 1971-1973
United States Senator from New York, 1974-1977
United States Senator from New York, 1981-1987
United States Secretary of State, 1988-1989

Peter J. Brennan
Party: Democratic, Independent, Republican
Offices:
President of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, 1957-1974
50th Governor of New York State, 1975-1978
United States Secretary of Labor, 1981-1985

Robert P. Casey, Sr.
Party: Democratic, Republican
Offices:
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 22nd district, 1963-1968
Auditor General of Pennsylvania, 1968-1977
43rd Governor of Pennsylvania, 1983-1991
United States Secretary of Labor, 1997-2000

George H.W. Bush

 Congressman: 1967-1971.

 Senator: 1971-1973.

 Vice President: 1973-1981.

 President: 1989-1997.

 

GOP Vice Presidential Nominee: 1972 (won), 1976 (won).

 GOP Presidential Nominee: 1980 (lost), 1988 (won), 1992 (won).

 GOP Texas Gubernatorial Nominee: 1982 (lost).

Charles Percy (R-IL)

Illinois Governor - 1965 - 1969
Vice President of The United States - 1969 - 1974
President of the United States - 1974-1977

Gerald Ford (R-MI)

Minority Leader - 1964 - 1974
Vice President of the United States - 1974-1977

Nixon twenty years later? Who was he VP under? I'm assuming he lost to a Kennedy.

Lawrence S. DiCara, Esq.
- Lawyer in Private Practice (-1973)
- Boston City Councilman (1973-1981)
- Boston City Council President (1978-1981)
- Mayor of Boston (1984-1994)
- Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (1994-1995)
- Lawyer in Private Practice (1995-2001)
- Mayor of Boston (2002-2006)
- Governor of Massachusetts (2006-2010)
- United States Senator (2010-2019)

Hillary Rodham

US Representative from Illinois 1987-1993
US Senator from Illinois 1993-2008
President of the United States 2009-2017

The flip flopping Ronald Reagan
1951 - 1959 - Congressman
1959 - 1966 - Senator

As California's Democratic Senator, he often voted with Republicans on issues like the Military and Taxes. On other issues, especially labor unions, he voted with the Democrats, but was slowly but surely moving toward the Republicans. After publicly exclaiming he wouldn't have voted for a Democratic nominee since Truman, he joined the Republicans in 1966, to their mixed excitement.

1958
Congressman Ronald Reagan (D) - 60.1%
Governor Goodwin Knight (R) - 38.2%

1964
Senator Ronald Reagan (D) - 51.3%
Screen Actor's Guild President George Murphy (R) - 48.7%

1966 - 1971 - Senator

Reagan was never a particularly good Senator. He was often bored with the tasks he was given. Seeing no opening for the Republican nomination in 1972, he ran for Governor instead to keep his name known.

1971 - 1979 - Governor

Democrats were ready to bust Reagan's head, and Republicans weren't particularly trustworthy of him, seeing as his former rivals nearly knocked him off in the Republican primary (Unpopular Governor Jesse Unruh decided not to run for re-election). Still, a crowded Democratic primary resulted in Democratic nominee Sam Yorty, an awful candidate, and Reagan skated by.

1970

Senator Ronald Reagan (R) - 50.2%
Mayor Sam Yorty (D) - 48.3%

1974
Governor Ronald Reagan (R) - 53.8%
Assemblyman Bob Moretti (D) - 43.2%

1980 - Failed Republican Presidential Candidate

Camelot Redux: the Kennedy from Connecticut

Assemblyman for Connecticut 1999-2003
Congressman of Connecticut 2003-2007
Senator of Connecticut 2007-2011
Governor of Connecticut 2011-2017
President of the United States 2017


House of Rubio: Machiavelli of Florida

Romney dumps Rubio, picks Portman, wins in 2012

House Representative for Florida 1999-2011
Speaker of the Florida House 2007-2011
Governor of Florida 2011-2013
National Security Advisor 2013-2014
Vice President of the United States 2014-2015
President of the United States 2015-2021

Ryan's Way

Obama/Biden defeats Romney/Rubio

Congressman of Wisconsin 1999-2015
House Deputy Minority Whip 2007-2011
House Deputy Majority Whip 2011-2013
House Majority Whip 2013-2017
Senator of Wisconsin 2017-2021
Senate Majority Whip 2017-2019
Senate Majority Leader 2019-2021
President of the United States 2021-2029

The Original New Hampsherite, Scott Brown
* New Hampshire Senator - 2011-2023
* New Hampshire Governor - 2023-2029
* Failed Presidential candidate in 2028

2010 - 62% Brown, 36% Hodes
2016 - 51% Brown, 48% Kuster
2022 - 59% Brown, 39% Soucy
2024 - 52% Brown, 46% Kuster
2026 - 49% Brown, 48% Kuster
2028 - 51% Heinrich/Castro, 48% Brown/Greitens

Vice President Howard Stern
* Governor of New York - 1995-2003
* Vice President of the United States - 2005-2009

1994 - 35% Stern, 34% Cuomo, 24% Pataki, 6% Gosliano
1998 - 41% Stern, 35% McCall, 22% Collins
2004 - 35% Ventura/Stern, 31% Bush/Cheney, 26% Dean/Edwards

Bush: Our New Nixon

What if George H.W. Bush didn't run in 1980?

Congressman for Texas 1979-1987
Deputy House Minority Whip 1983-1987
Senator of Texas 1987-1991
Governor of Texas 1991-2001
GOP Presidential Candidate 2000
Vice President of the United States 2001-2005
2004 GOP Presidential Nominee

Senator of Texas 2007-2009

President of the United States 2009-2017

Mrs. Rodgers Goes to Washington

Cathy McMorris Rodgers
State House Representative of Washington 1995-2005
Washington House Majority Leader 2002-2005
Congresswoman of Washington 2005-2021
House Deputy Majority Whip 2011-2015
House Majority Whip 2015-2017
Speaker of the House 2017-2020
Senator of Washington 2021-2025
President of the United States 2025-2033

Newt Gingrich

U.S. Congressman from Georgia's 6th district 1979-1993
House Minority Whip 1989-1993
U.S Senator from Georgia 1993-2009
Vice-President of the United States 2009-2017

Michael Steele
U.S Senator from Maryland 2007-2009
President of the United States 2009-2017
RNC Chairman 2019-2035

Joseph Robinette Biden, III (1969-2051)

1995-2004: Lawyer, US Department of Justice
2002-2015: Major, US Army
2004-2008: Lawyer, Bifferato, Gentilotti, Biden & Balick
2007-2015: Attorney General of Delaware
2017-2025: Governor of Delaware
2025-2029: Senator for Delaware, Class I
2029-2037: President of the United States
2039-2051: Chair, Biden Foundation for Education

Hinting at a future plot idea for a future timeline of mine.....

??? - ??? (1946-)

NJ Assembly Member 1988-95
U.S. Rep. 1995-2015
U.S. Senator 2017-18

Ron Dellums

Berkeley City Council 1967-1970

Berkeley Mayor 1971-1979

US House CA-08 1981-1993

US Senate-California 1993-2005

President 2005-2009

For the Want of a Californian, Ike doesn't go with Nixon

List of Presidents

34. Dwight D. Eisenhower, R-KS 1953-1961
35. Lyndon B. Johnson, D-TX 1961-1969
36. Prescott Bush, R-CT 1969-1977
37. Walter Mondale, D-MN 1977-1981
38. Richard Nixon, R-CA 1981-1989





Richard Nixon

1981-1989 President of the United States
1979-1981 Senator of California
1969-1977 Secretary of State
1963-1969 Governor of California
1951-1963 Senator of California
1947-1950 Congressman of California

Ronald Reagan

1985-1989 Secretary of State
1981-1985 Vice President
1975-1980 Governor of Illinois
1969-1974 Ambassador to the Soviet Union
1962, 1966 Gubernatorial Candidate
1959-1963 Congressman of California

Mark Neumann
U.S. Congressman - 1995-1999
U.S. Senator - 1999-2017

1998 Senate election
49.8% Mark Neumann
49.5% Russ Feingold

2004 Senate Election
51% Mark Neumann
47% Russ Feingold

2010 Senate Election
56% Mark Neumann
42% Chris Larson

2016 Senate Election
57% Tammy Baldwin
39% Mark Neumann

J.D. Hayworth
Congressman 2003-2007
Senator 2011-2017

Senate Primary 2010
49% J.D. Hayworth
46% John McCain

2010 Senate Election
47% J.D. Hayworth
46% Rodney Glassman

2016 Iowa Republican Primary
21% Scott Walker
19% Ted Cruz
18% Rick Santorum
...
3% J.D. Hayworth (withdraws)
2% Chris Christie

2016 Senate Election
56% Ann Kirkpatrick
42% J.D. Hayworth

 

Barack Obama

U.S. Congressman (1st District) 2001-2005
U.S. Senator 2005-2009
Vice President of the United States: 2009-2013
President of the United States: 2017-2025

Mitt Romney

U.S. Senator: 1995-2001
Governor of Massachusetts: 2003-2011
President of the United States: 2013-2017

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Political party: Democratic (1903-1912), Progressive (1912-1945)

New York State Senator, 26th District: 1911-15
United States Senator for New York: 1915-21
42nd Governor of New York: 1923-33
31st President of the United States: 1933-45

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Herbert Hoover

Political party: Democratic

29th President of the United States: 1921-29

Rocky Anderson
2000-2009 Mayor of Salt Lake City (Democrat)
2009-2013 Utah 2nd district representative (Democrat)
2015-2019 Utah 4th district representative (Independent caucuses with Democrats)
2021-2025 Secretary of Energy Under the Sherrod Brown administration (Independent)
2034-2046 Associate Supreme Court Justice

Jon Huntsman Jr
1992-1993 US ambassador to Singapore
2006-2015 Governor of Utah (Republican)
2015-2025 Utah Senator (Republican)
2025-2033 President of the United States Of America

Joe Biden (1942-)
1972: Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Delaware

November 1972-January 1973: Vacation to California with family to get his mind off his failed bid for Senate; is met by television producer Mark Goodson, who wants to recruit him for a new game show he is working on.

1976-1991: Host of Family Feud Starring Joe Biden

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1992-2009: Host of The Tonight Show with Joe Biden

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ABOVE: Biden on The Tonight Show in 2009 with his replacement, then host of Late Night, Barack Obama.

2009-present: Hermit.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1887)
1834-1842 Illinois House of Representatives
1847-1849 U.S. House of Representatives
1859-1883 U.S. Senator

Harry Truman (1884-1972)
1935-1945 U.S. Senator
1945-1953 Vice President (Yeah, that's 5 full terms for FDR)
1952 Democratic Nominee for President (lost to Eisenhower)
1957-1961 Governor of Missouri

John F. Kennedy (1917-2002)
1947-1953 U.S. House of Representatives
1953-1961 U.S. Senator
1961-1969 President (Oswald missed in '63)
1973-1991 U.S. Senator (he does an Andrew Johnson)

Bill Clinton
1979-1981 Governor of Arkansas
1983-1997 Governor of Arkansas
1992 Runner-up to Jerry Brown in the 1992 Democratic Primaries
1999-2005 U.S. Senator
2005-2013 U.S. President

George W. Bush
1993-2017 U.S. Senator
2017-2025 Vice President under Marco Rubio

EDIT: At first, I accidently made Lincoln a Senator for 124 years.

Jon Huntsman Jr. (1960 -)

1993 -1994: U.S. Ambassador to Singapore
1995 - 1998: U.S. Ambassador to China
1999 - 2003: President of the World Bank
2005 - 2008: Governor of Utah
2009 - : President of the United States

Hillary Rodham Clinton
First Lady of the United States 1993-2001
U.S. Senator from New York 2001-2011
Governor of New York 2011-2017
President of the United States 2017-2025

Anthony Weiner
New York City Council Member 1992-1998
New York City Comptroller 1998-2002
New York City Mayor 2002-2011

Harvey Milk
San Francisco Supervisor 1978-1991
San Francisco Mayor 1992-2000
California Governor2002-2005 (death)

Charlie Crist (R)
Florida Education Commissioner - 2001-2003
Florida Attorney General - 2003-2007
Florida Governor - 2007-2015
Failed Candidate for President - 2016

2010 Gubernatorial Election
66% Governor Charlie Crist (R)
32% State Senator Nann Rich (D)

Norm Coleman (D)
Saint Paul Mayor - 1993-1999
Governor - 1999-2007
Failed Candidate for U.S. Senate - 2008

1998 Gubernatorial Election
43% Saint Paul Mayor Norm Coleman (D)
34% Mayor Jesse Ventura (I)
26% Lt. Gov. Joanell Dyrstad (R)

2002 Gubernatorial Primary
59% Governor Norm Coleman (D)
35% Activist Keith Ellison (D)

2002 Gubernatorial Election
63% Governor Norm Coleman (D)
35% State Rep. Allen Quist (R)

2006 Senate Primary
55% Former Congressman Rick Nolan (D)
42% Governor Norm Coleman (D)

Scott Brown
MA State Representative 1998-2004
MA State Senator 2004-2010
US Senator (MA) 2010-2013; 2013-2017
Vice-President 2017-2025

John E. Sununu
US Representative (NH-1) 1997-2003
US Senator (NH) 2003-2009; 2015-2033

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Richard Nixon
US Representative (CA-12) 1947-1950
US Senator (CA) 1950-1953
Vice-President 1953-1961
Governor (CA) 1963-1969
President 1969-1974

George Christopher
San Francisco Mayor 1956-1963
Lieutenant Governor (CA) 1963-1969
Governor (CA) 1969-1975

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Tom McClintock
CA State Assemblyman 1982-2000
CA State Senator 2000-2003
Governor (CA) 2003-2007
Candidate for Republican Presidential nomination, 2008
Republican Presidential nominee, 2012

Matt Salmon
AZ State Senator 1991-1995
US Representative (AZ-1) 1995-2001
Governor (AZ) 2003-2011
US Senator (AZ) 2011-2023

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Beau Biden
DE Attorney General 2007-2010
US Senator (DE) 2010-2015
Candidate for Democratic presidential nomination, 2016*

*Ended May 2015 due to death

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Patrick Schwarzenegger:

U. S. Representative of California: 2019-2023
Governor of California: 2023-2031
Senator of California: 2031-2045

Ronald Reagan
Party: Democrat
Career:
US Representative (1953-1959)
California Governor (1959-1969)
US Senator (1969-1977)
President (1977-1985)

John F. Kennedy (1917-1976)
Member, United States House of Representatives (1947-1953)
Member, United States Senate (1953-1963) [1]
United States Secretary of State (1965-1969)
Secretary-General of the United Nations (1971-1976)

Following his loss to Richard Nixon in the 1960 presidential election, JFK is forced to resign from the U.S. Senate in February 1963 following a number of ethics charges.  His name is eventually cleared by 1964, allowing him to be appointed by President Henry "Scoop" Jackson as Secretary of State in 1965.  Following Jackson's failed reelection bid in 1968, JFK is elected as the first American Secretary-General of the U.N. in 1971.  He passes away of natural causes in 1976.     

Thad Cochran (1937-present)
Member, United States House of Representatives (1973-1978)
Member, United States Senate (1978-1991)
Governor of Mississippi (1992-2000)
United States Secretary of Agriculture, serving President George W. Bush (2001-2005)
Member, United States Senate (2007-2008)

Thad Cochran opts to retire from the Senate and run for Governor of Mississippi in 1991.   He successfully becomes the first GOP governor of the Magnolia State since Reconstruction, and Haley Barbour is elected to succeed him in the Senate.  After serving as Governor, Cochran is appointed to be United States Secretary of Agriculture by George W. Bush, a position he holds until 2005.  Following Trent Lott's resignation in 2007, Cochran is appointed by Democratic Governor Amy Tuck to hold the seat until a November 2008 special election.  He does not seek the seat in his own right in 2008, and (now former) Governor Tuck is narrowly elected to the Senate in 2008.       

William Weld
Governor of Massachussets - 1991-1997
President of the United States - 1997-2005

George Allen
Governor of Virginia - 1994-1998
Senator of Virginia - 2001-2005
President of the United States- 2005-2009

Barack Obama
Senator of Illinois - 2005-2009
President of the United States - 2009-2013

Hillary Rodham Weld
First Lady - 1997-2005
Senator of Arkansas - 2005-2013
President of the United States - 2013-2021

Joe Lieberman (b. 1942), Democratic Party (until 2006)
                                       Independent (until Jan. 3rd 2007)
                                       Republican Party (Jan. 3rd 2007-Current)

Career:
- Attorney General of Connecticut: 1983-1989
- U.S. Senator, Connecticut: 1989-2009* Party switch in 2007 makes Senate 50-50 (GOP VP tiebreaker)
- 67th Secretary of State of the United States: 2009-2013
- 49th Vice President of the United States: 2017-Current

- Iraq Situation starts to stabilize by 2008
- Lehman Bros do not go out of business; Stockmarket does not crash in 2008
- Barack Obama embroiled in scandal in early October; costs him election.

John McCain is President (2009-2013)
Lindsey Graham is Vice President (2009-2013)
Hillary Clinton in President (2013-2017)
Mark Warner is Vice President (2013-2017)
Marco Rubio is President (2017-Current)

Mark Shriver:

Maryland's Eighth Congressional District: 2003-2007
Lieutenant Governor of Maryland: 2007-2015
Senator of Maryland: 2015-2017
U. S. Ambassador to United Kingdom: 2017-2025
Secretary of State: 2025-2029

Robert Shriver III:

Mayor of Santa Monica: 2010-2010
California's Thirty-Third Congressional District: 2015-2019
Governor of California: 2019-2025
Secretary of Commerce: 2025-2029

Son, William Shriver:
CEO of Shriver Corporation: 2019-2028
Chairman of the Federal Reserve: 2028-2051

Timothy Shriver:

Montgomery County Commissioner: 2005-2009:
Maryland's Sixth Congressional District: 2009-2015
Governor of Maryland: 2015-2019
Supreme Court Justice: 2026-2035

Anthony Shriver:

Mayor of Miami Beach: 2005-2011
Lieutenant Governor of Florida: 2011-2015
Senator of Florida: 2017-2023
Florida's Twenty-Third Congressional District: 2023-2037

Jamie Raskin:
Maryland Delegate of the 20th District: 2007-2017
Representative of Maryland's 8th District: 2017-2021
Chairman of the Federal Reserve: 2021-2025
Governor of Maryland: 2027-2031

Sarah Raskin:
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury: 2014-2017
Secretary of Commerce: 2017-2019
U. N. Ambassador: 2019-2021
Mayor of Baltimore: 2021-2024
Treasurer of Maryland: 2023-2027

Gary Hart
US Senator 1975-1987
US President 1989-1997
Chief Justice 2005-present

Bob Dole
US House 1961-1969
US Senator 1969-1996
US President 1997-2005

John Kerry  
US Senator 1985-2005
US President 2005-2013
Secretary of State 2013-present

Sherrod Brown
US House 1993-2005
US Vice President 2005-2013
US President 2013-present

Freshman Senators, 2017:
Alaska - Mike Dunleavy
Arizona - Matt Salmon
California - Loretta Sanchez
Colorado - Darryl Glenn
Florida - Ron DeSantis
Indiana - Marlin Stutzman
Kentucky - Thomas Massie*
Louisiana - John Fleming**
Maryland - Chris Van Hollen
Nevada - Joe Heck


*Appointed by Governor Matt Bevin to replace President-elect Paul.
**Appointed by Governor David Vitter to replace himself.

Freshman Senators, 2019:
California - Eric Garcetti
Florida - Rick Scott
Indiana - Mitch Daniels
Maine - Paul LePage
Michigan - Justin Amash
Missouri - Ann Wagner
Montana - Ryan Zinke
New Jersey - Thomas Kean
New Mexico - Susana Martinez
North Dakota - Jack Dalrymple
Ohio - Jim Jordan
Pennsylvania - Scott Perry
Tennessee - Bill Haslam
Texas - Dan Patrick
Utah - Dan Liljenquist
Virginia - Dave Brat
West Virginia - Alex Mooney
Wisconsin - Reid Ribble

Barack Obama
IL State Senator 1997-2004
Congressional candidate, 2000
US Senator (IL) 2005-2010
Candidate for Democratic Presidential nomination, 2008
Governor of Illinois 2011-2015

From a timeline idea i've had floating around in my head for quite a while...

Benjamin Pierce Jr.

1905-1913: Massachusetts State Senator
1913-1916: United States Ambassador to England
1917-1933: United States Senator from Massachusetts
1933-1949: 32nd President of the United States

Dan Quayle
US Representative (IN-4) 1977-1981
US Senator (IN) 1981-1989
Vice-President 1989-1993
Governor of Arizona 2003-2011
Republican Vice-Presidential nominee, 2012

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Mark Warner
US Senate candidate, 1996
Governor of Virginia 2002-2006
Governor of Virginia 2010-2014

Don Beyer
Lt. Governor of Virginia 1990-1998
VA gubernatorial candidate, 1997
US Senator (VA) 2009-2015

Tom Kean
Congressman from New Jersey (1977-1985)
Governor of New Jersey (1986-1994)
U.S. Senator from New Jersey (1995-2001)
U.S. Secretary of State (2001-2005)

Mitt Romney
Governor of Michigan (2003-2009)
President of the United States (2009-2017)

Rudy Giuliani
Mayor of New York City (1993-2002)
Governor of New York (2003-2009)
President of the United States (2009-2017)

Al Gore
U.S. Congressman from Tennessee (1977-1985)
U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1985-1997)
President of the United States (2001-2009)

Hillary Clinton
U.S. Senator from New York (2001-2007)
Governor of New York (2007-2015)
President of the United States (2017-2025)

Dick Gephardt
U.S. Congressman from Missouri (1977-2001)
U.S. Senator from Missouri (2001-2009)
President of the United States (2009-2017)

William F. Knowland

U.S. Senator from California (1945 - 1955) (1)
Prisoner (1955) (2)
U.S. Senator from California (1955 - 1957) (3)
President of the United States (1957 - 1965)

Notes:

1. Imprisoned by Democratic President Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee along with several other government officials for "seditious and treasonous intent against the President." (AKA: Knowland criticzed McCarthy as a "flip-flopping, opportunist bastard of a twat.")
2. Pardoned by order of the Vice President after his name was cleared and the impeachment of President McCarthy.
3. Gained his old seat back.

Thomas Dewey

District Attorney of NYC (1938 - 1941)
Governor of New York (1943 - 1949)
President of the United States  (1949 - 1953)
Prisoner (1954 - 1955) (1)
Attorney General (1957 - 1961) (2)

Notes:

1. Imprisoned by President McCarthy and the HUAC for similar reasons to Knowland.
2. Specifically chosen by President Knowland as a metaphorical slap in the face to McCarthy.

Joseph McCarthy (Republican before 1950, Democrat after 1950)

U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (1947 - 1953)
President of the United States (1953 - 1955) (1)
Prisoner (1955 - 1956) (2)

Notes:

1. Impeached and imprisoned.
2. Committed suicide one year into his life sentence.

This turned into a cross between Alternate Careers, Alternate Presidents, and the world's smallest timeline:

Albert Gore, Jr. (D-TN)
US Representative 1977-1985
US Senator 1985-1993
Vice President 1993-2001
43rd President of the United States 2001-2009

John S. McCain III (R-AZ)
US Senator 1987-2009
Presidential Nominee in 2004
Secretary of Defense 2009-2013
Host of Maverick Talk w/ John McCain 2013-2020

Willard "Mitt" Romney (R-MA)
US Senator 1995-2009
VP Nominee in 2004
44th President of the United States 2009-2013

Barack H. Obama II (D-IL)
Illinois State Senator 1997-2004
US Senator 2005-2013
Presidential Nominee 2008
US Attorney General 2013-2017

John Edwards (D-NC)
US Senator 1999-2005
Governor of North Carolina 2005-2013
45th President of the United States 2013-2017

John Ellis "Jeb!" Bush (R-FL)
Governor of Florida 1999-2007
US Senator 2011-2017
46th President of the United States 2017-2021

Martin O'Malley (D-MD)
Mayor of Baltimore 1999-2007
Governor of Maryland 2007-2015
US Senator 2017-2021
47th President of the United States 2021-2025

Justin Amash (R-MI)
US Representative 2011-2019
Governor of Michigan 2019-2025
48th President of the United States 2025-2033

John Barrett, III


30th Mayor of North Adams, Massachusetts (1984-2001)
40th Congressman for Massachusetts' 1st District (2001-2007)
71st Governor of Massachusetts (2007-2015)
17th Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2015-2016)
Democratic Nominee for Vice President (2016)
48th Vice President of the United States (2017-2021)

Christine Todd Whitman

Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court: 1979-1986
Ambassador to West Germany: 1987-1988
Deputy National Security Advisor: 1990-1993
Governor of New Jersey: 1994-2001
President of the United States: 2001-2009
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States: 2009-2027

John Kasich:
Representative of Ohio: 1983-2001
Chairman of the House Budget Committee: 1995-2001
Vice President of the United States: 2001-2009

Condoleeza Rice:
Ambassador to the Soviet Union: 1989-1991
Provost of Stanford University: 1991-1999
Deputy National Security Advisor for World Democracy: 1999-2001
Secretary of State: 2001-2009
President of the United States: 2009-2013[refused second term]

Joe Biden:
Senator of Delaware: 1970-2013
Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee: 2007-2013
President of the United States: 2013-2021

Howard Dean:
Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: 1987-1991
Governor of Vermont: 1991-2013
Vice Preaident of the United States: 2013-2021

Bill Richardson:
Representative of New Mexico: 1983-1997
U. N. Ambassador: 1997-1998
Secretary of Energy: 1998-2001
Governor of New Mexico 2003-2011
Secretary of State: 2013-2017

Susan Rice:
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs: 1997-2001
National Security Advisor: 2013-2015
U. N. Ambassador: 2015-2017
Secretary of State: 2017-2021

Richard Milhous Nixon
Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation: 1935-1942
Agent, Office of Strategic Services: 1942-1945
Strategic Staff, Central Intelligence Agency, 1945-1951
Director of Plans, Central Intelligence Agency: 1951-1961
Director of Central Intelligence: 1961-1969
United States Secretary of Defense: 1969-1972
United States Secretary of State: 1972-1973
Vice President of the United States: 1973-1975
President of the United States: 1975-1985

Ted Kaczsynski?

Harry Truman:
1935-1945: Senator of Missouri
1945-1953: President of the United States of America

Burton Wheeler:
1923-1945: Senator of Montana
1945-1953: Vice President of the United States

Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.:
1934-1935: Chairman of the Securities and .Exchange Commission
1936-1938: Chairman of the Maritime Commission
1938-1940: Ambassador to the United Kingdom
1945-1953: Secretary of State

Dwight Eisenhower:
1945: Chief of Staff of the Army
1945-1946: Supreme Allied Commander of Europe
1946-1947: First Governor of Occupied Western Germany
1947-1948: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staffs
1948-1953: President of Columbia University
1953-1961: President of the United States

Earl Warren:
1947-1953: Governor of California
1953-1961: Vice President of the United States

Thomas Dewey:
1938-1941: New York County District Attorney
1943-1953: Governor of New York
1953-1973: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Eugene McCarthy:
1949-1959: Representative of MN-04
1959-1961: Senator of Minnesota
1961-1969: President of the United States

Stuart Symington:
1947-1953: Secretary of the Air Force
1953-1961: Senator of Missouri
1961-1969: Vice President of the United States

Nelson Rockefeller:
1941-1944: Ambassador to the United Kingdom
1944-1947: Assistant Secretary of State for American Republic Affairs
1947-1951: National Security Advisor
1953-1959: Secretary of State
Governor of New York: 1959-1969
President of the United States: 1969-1977

Gerald Ford:
1949-1969: Representative of MI-05
1963-1965: Secretary of the House Republican Caucus
1965-1969: Chairman of the House Republican Caucus
1969-1977: Vice President of the United States
1977-1981: President of the United States

James Conant:
1933-1953: President of Harvard University
1953-1955: U. S. High Commissioner of Germany
1955-1961: U. S. Ambassador to West Germany
1967-1969: U. S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia
1969-1971: Secretary of State

John Eisenhower:
1954-1956: Deputy Defense Liaison Officer
1956-1957: Defense Liasion Officer
1957-1961: U. S. Ambassador to Belgium
1963-1969: Brigadier General
1969-1971: National Security Advisor
1971-1981: Secretary of State

Thomas Dewey, Jr.:
1954-1958: Police Commissioner of New York City
1958-1961: New York County Attorney
1963-1973: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New York
1973-????: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Morris Udall:
1961-1981: Representative of AZ-2
1971-1975: Secretary of the House Democratic Conference
1975-1981: Chairman of the House Democratic Conference
1981-1985: President of the United States

John Lindsay:
New York City Comptroller: 1958-1965
Liberal, Labor Lieutenant Gubernatorial Nominee: 1966, 1970
Chairman of the New York City Council: 1970-1973
Mayor of New York City: 1974-1981
Vice President of the United States: 1981-1985
Labor/Liberal Governor of New York: 1987-1999*

Jeane Kirkpatrick:
Ambassador to the Soviet Union: 1969-1971
Ambassador to Yugoslavia: 1971-1980
Deputy National Security Advisor: 1980-1981
Secretary of State: 1981-1985

John Heinz, III:
1977-1985: Senator of Pennsylvania
1985-1993: President of the United States

Jack Kemp:
1971-1985: Representative of NY-38
1981-1985: Chairman of the Republican House Conference
1985-1993: Vice President of the United States
1992: Failed Nominee

James Buckley:
1969-1971: Ambassador to the U. N.
1971-1977: Senator of New York
1977-1981: Ambassador to Yugoslavia
1984-1985: Deputy National Security Advisor
1985-1993: Secretary of State

Jerry Brown:
1975-1983: Governor of California
1983-1993: Senator of California
1993-2001: President of the United States of America

Howard Dean:
1979-1987: Chairman of the Vermont Liberal-Democratic Party
1983-1987: Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
1987-1993: Governor of Vermont
1993-2001: Vice President of the United States of America
2001-2009: President of the United States of America

Richard Holbrooke:
1981: Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
1981-1983: Ambassador to Yugoslavia
1983-1985: Ambassador to the European Union
1991-1993: Deputy National Security Advisor for Global Democracy
1993-1999: Secretary of State

Susan Rice:
1983-1985: Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
1993-1995: Ambassador to Yugoslavia
1995-1999: National Security Advisor
1999-2009: Secretary of State

Willie Williams:
1968: Commissioner of the LAPD
1970-1973: Commissioner of the PPD
1973-1978: Commissioner of the LAPD
1978-1993: City Council Member
1993-1999: Mayor of Los Angeles
1999-2001: Governor of California
2001-2009: Vice President of the United States

*Nicknamed "King John" for being one of the top five most popular governors of all time

Arnold Schwarzenegger (National Liberal-California State)
As a celebrity and Governor of the most populous state in the Republic, Schwarzenegger was an obvious choice for the fledgling National Liberal Party. After sixteen years of electoral defeat, the centrist Liberals and the right-wing Nationals united and spawned the "Electoral Juggernaut", as he was called. Despite initial popularity, Schwarzenegger's popularity would flag after his re-election, the war in Southeast Asia, massive deficits, corruption, and off-putting (yet still ineffective) environmental regulations destroying his second term. Nevertheless, as the right galvanizes for the 2018 election and against incumbent President Barack Obama (Progressive Labor-Hawaii), his popularity has risen. Nevertheless, the activist right, embodied in 2010 third party candidate Marvin Richardson, still distrusts him and other members of the party establishment, saying "Schwarzenegger left this nation a rotting, polluted, debt-soaked, war-bound, and immoral nation."

Body Builder 1968-1980
Actor 1969-1997, 2012-Present
Chairman of the Governor's Council on Physical Health (Gov. Pete Wilson) 1988-1993
Governor of California State 1996-2002
President of the People's Republic of California 2002-2010

Robert F. Kennedy
Senator from New York (1965-1977)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1977-1981)
Secretary of Labor (1993-1997)

Joseph Biden
Senator from Delaware (1973-1993)
Vice President of the United States of America (1993-2001)
Democratic Party Presidential Nominee (2000) (lost)
President of the United States of America (2009-present)

Dan Quayle Doesn't Stop

Congressman of Indiana's 4th District 1977-1981
Senator of Indiana 1981-2023

2012 Republican Vice Presidential Nominee

Ben Quayle keeps the Dynasty

Congressman of Indiana's 4th District 2011-2025
House Majority Whip 2015-2019
House Minority Whip 2019-2021
Speaker of the House 2021-2025

Vice President of the United States 2025-2033

Everett Quayle FTW

Congressman of Indiana's 4th District 2019-2025
Senator of Indiana 2025-2041
Senate Minority Whip 2026-2027
Senate Majority Whip 2027-2033
Senate Minority Leader 2033-2035
Senate Majority Leader 2035-2041

President of the United States 2041-2049

John S. McCain III
Naval Liaison to the U.S. Senate 1977-1979
United States Secretary of the Navy 1979-1981
United States Senator from California 1983-1992
President of the United States 1993-2001

Nice Quayle scenario.

Christine Quinn:
Speaker of the City Council: 2006-2013
Mayor of New York City: 2014-2017
President of the United States: 2017-2021

Jon Tester
President of the Montana Senate: 2005-2007
Senator of Montana: 2007-2017
Secretary of the Senate Democratic Conference: 2015-2017
Vice President of the United States: 2017-2021

Susan Rice:
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs: 1997-2001
U. S. Ambassador to the U. N.: 2009-2013
National Security Advisor: 2013-2017
Secretary of State: 2017-2021

Charlie Baker:
Governor of Massachusetts: 2015-2021
President of the United States: 2021-2029

Ben Quayle:
County Attorney of Maricopa County: 2005-2007
Attorney General of Arizona: 2007-2011
Representative of AZ-3: 2011-2021
Chairman of the Congressional Freedom Caucus: 2019-2021
Vice President of the United States: 2021-2029

Zalimay Khalizad:
U. S. Ambassador to Pakistan: 2001-2003
U. S. Ambassador to India: 2003-2007
U. S. Ambassador to the U. N.: 2007-2009
U. N. Deputy High Commissioner on Refugees: 2009-2011
President of the Middle East Institute: 2011-2021
Secretary of State: 2021-2025

John Kornblum:
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs: 2007-2009
Ambassador to Germany: 2010-2015
Deputy National Inteligence Director for European Affairs: 2005-2015
National Security Advisor: 2015-2021
Secretary of State: 2025-2029

Thanks. I decided to give Quayle one last hurrah :P

Ted Strickland
1981-1991: Congressman for Ohio's 6th District.
1991-1995: Governor of Ohio.
2003-2011: Governor of Ohio.
2011-: Senator for Ohio.

Mark Udall
1999-2005: Congressman for Colorado's 2nd District.
2005-2009: Senator for Colorado.
2009-2013: Vice President.
2015-: Governor of Colorado.