Alternate Careers - again

[Thunderbird is the word]

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

[mencken]

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


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

[dudeabides]

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)

[Bigby]

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.

[Leinad]

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

[DKrol]

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)

[Kingpoleon]

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

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

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

[Captain Chaos]

A Drive to Discover the Mathematical Truth
Assistant Professor of Mathematics at University of California, Berkley 1967-1973
Associate Professor of Mathematics at University of California, Berkley 1973-1978
Professor of Mathematics at University of California, Berkley 1978-1982
Analyst, Defense Intelligence Agency 1983-1985
Independent Candidate for President of the United States 1992
Convict 1997-Present

Ted Kaczsynski?

[Kingpoleon]

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

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

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

[RosettaStoned]

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)

[Enderman]

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

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

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

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

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

Nice Quayle scenario.

[Kingpoleon]

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

[Enderman]

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

Nice Quayle scenario.

Thanks. I decided to give Quayle one last hurrah

[Slow Learner]

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.