1913 Confederate Runoff

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

After the dust had settled in the inconclusive first round of Congressional balloting, the top three candidates (the sickly Joseph Johnston trailing Rep. Comer by only a few votes) went to the next round, where they are each trying to capitalize on the votes of the Johnstonites, the Butlerites, and all the other -ites. Tom Watson is still running as the "inevitable" candidate despite a rather surprising result from the upstart Bilbo, seeing as he is known as the "Father of the Rebellion" in certain circles and has led the historical charge for white supremacy in the past decade. However, many believe (a plurality of the Congress, in fact) that Watson's day in the sun is over and have thus turned to "The Man" Bilbo, whose ostentatious clothes might distract General Pershing in his inevitable march on Atlanta. B.B. Comer was another popular choice, chosen by the more economic faction of the Populists (the same faction that managed to nominate Carter Glass in 1912) due to his extensive business experience.

Go on then, vote!

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

To infamy and beyond!

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

To infamy and beyond!

Indeed, Malcolm!

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

BTW I voted for Watson because he deserves it. Watson/Bilbo '13!

[I Will Not Be Wrong]

Yuck, confederates.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

How'd you end up out of sync with the six-year terms?  I haven't been following this, and I can think of several ways that would happen, and one doesn't even require an amendment.

If you have full six-year terms, then elections should have been in:
1861, 1867, 1873, 1879, 1885,
1891, 1897, 1903, 1909, 1915.

The method that would achieve a 1913 election without having an amendment is that under U.S. law at the time of separation, which was adopted wholesale as is by the First Confederate Congress, if the Presidency fell vacant at a time when there was no Vice President, then the Secretary of State was to serve as only Acting President and on the next Tuesday after the first Monday there was to be an election for the Electoral College which would then select a President for a full six-year term.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Ernie, the South just seceded in 1913. The first secession was from about 1837 to the early 1840's.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Ernie, the South just seceded in 1913. The first secession was from about 1837 to the early 1840's.

Ah.  No wonder Pitchfork Ben wasn't a candidate.  Without the Bourbon Restoration of 1876, and his brutal role in helping to bring it about, Tillman would never been able to rise to prominence.  Even if the first secession was crushed militarily, the end of Reconstruction would have been at the wrong time to propel Ben to the limelight.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Reconstruction was handled rather nicely ITTL - we didn't have Andrew Johnson ing things up for a bit and I think we had a nice tradeoff between our civil rights presidents (Charles Adams, Hale, Vance) and our expansionist presidents (Crockett, Lincoln, Donnelly). The real revival of racism in the South (Jim Crow laws and suchlike) seems to have only come about in the 1900s with all the nasty splits among the parties.

BTW, Tillman did manage to rise to office, but he was really just an also-ran against Debs and will quickly be forgotten by history.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Bump.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Though Comer and Bilbo went on to a third round, Comer traded his states for the Vice Presidency and Watson was made Secretary of State as a consolation prize. Hopefully 1916 will be up tomorrow.