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Question: For President and Vice President
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Secretary of State Schuyler Colfax (R-IN)/ Senator Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME)
 
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Fmr. Senator Salmon P. Chase (D;LR-OH)/ Fmr. Secretary of War Charles F. Adams (D;LR-MA)
 
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Vice President Francis Thomas (CU-MD)/ Senator Andrew Johnson (CU-TN)
 
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« on: March 02, 2015, 03:10:23 PM »

After the tumultuous contest of 1864, the Election of 1868 would be an almost docile ordeal. President Lincoln having declined to seek renomination (and in any case too controversial within his party to win it), the Republicans nominated Secretary of State Schuyler Colfax, an ally of the Radical faction. Colfax was nominated on a platform that balanced calls for firm defense of black rights with support for settling the Western territories and for infrastructure projects such as the Transcontinental Railroad. To provide regional parity to the ticket, Senator Hannibal Hamlin of Maine was nominated for vice president, though some doubt the wisdom of nominating two Radical Republicans at a time when many in the nation want to move past the battles of the Civil War.
Chosen by the Democrats and a group of reform-minded Republican dissidents is former Ohio Senator Salmon P. Chase. Accusing Colfax and the Republicans of abusing the patronage system and fostering corruption within the federal government, Chase is attempting to resurrect the Democrats as the party of civil service reform. To this end, the party nominated Liberal Republican Charles F. Adams, a former member of the Taylor and Stevens Administrations who has a emerged as a voice against corruption in both parties, for vice president. Colfax's own shady dealings have served to strengthen their line of argument, and many consider the ticket to be the strongest run by the Democrats in many a year.
Then, finally, is the Constitutional Union Party. After nominating Abraham Lincoln as their candidate in 1864 on a fusion ticket with the Republicans, the Unionists have seen their political clout extremely decreased, to the point where they have only a dozen seats in the House and less than half that in the Senate. In a valiant attempt to maintain the party, Vice President Francis Thomas has agreed to accept the nomination, with Senator Andrew Johnson as his running mate. Per party tradition, Thomas has refused to make any specific policy statements, though it is assumed he would oppose further efforts to enforce Reconstruction with federal marshals.
The Radicals, the Reformers, or vague Unionists? The choice is yours.
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« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2015, 03:25:01 PM »

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« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2015, 03:37:43 PM »

Chase
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« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2015, 03:41:57 PM »

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« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2015, 04:17:51 PM »

Colfax, though I wouldn't be opposed to a civil-service oriented Democrat next time. Making sure Civil Rights is enthroned within American society is highest priority, but once that is ensured, anti-corruption is good.
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« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2015, 05:06:46 PM »
« Edited: March 02, 2015, 06:36:04 PM by L.D. Smith, Knight of Appalachia »


A corrupted man will ruin sully Civil Rights and give the racists an "I told you so" for sure.

If  denazification must slow down for a moment so that public trusts the government, and therefore will not instinctively resist integration...so be it
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« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2015, 05:07:59 PM »

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« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2015, 05:26:33 PM »

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« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2015, 05:57:17 PM »

Bump.
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« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2015, 07:36:57 PM »

looks like atlas is voting against civil rights once again Roll Eyes
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« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2015, 07:50:39 PM »

looks like atlas is voting against civil rights once again Roll Eyes

Given the Radical tilt of the electorate in recent years, I wouldn't be surprised if Chase had to make some promises to uphold civil rights in order to get elected. Not to mention, we've got 16 years of Reconstruction under our belt at this point (four more than in OTL) and the ATL 14th and 15th Amendments have much fewer loopholes than their OTL counterparts (the 15th outlawed the poll tax and literacy tests, for example). There's bound to be some backsliding, but I doubt it will be to the extent os original history.
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« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2015, 05:30:57 AM »

(the 15th outlawed the poll tax and literacy tests, for example)

In this case, I guess the Deep South should become a stronghold of Radical Republicanism at this point in time (or at least a very competitive area), right?
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« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2015, 04:00:54 PM »

(the 15th outlawed the poll tax and literacy tests, for example)

In this case, I guess the Deep South should become a stronghold of Radical Republicanism at this point in time (or at least a very competitive area), right?

Both South Carolina and Alabama are solidly in the Republican column currently (Sumner actually won SC), while the other states in the South either lean Republican or are tossups. Texas in particular had a strong Republican plurality in the years after the war, but the Democrats have risen in recent years due to the defection of moderate Unionists to the CU Party.
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« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2015, 04:13:34 PM »

1868 Presidential Election

Fmr. Senator Salmon P. Chase (Democratic, Liberal Republican-Ohio)/ Fmr. Secretary of War Charles F. Adams (Liberal Republican-Massachusetts): 160 Electoral Votes; 46.9% popular votes
Secretary of State Schuyler Colfax (Republican-Indiana)/ Senator Hannibal Hamlin (Republican-Maine): 128 Electoral Votes; 34.4% popular votes
Vice President Francis Thomas (Constitutional Union-Maryland)/ Senator Andrew Johnson (Constitutional Union-Tennessee): 28 Electoral Votes; 18.8% popular votes

The Republican stranglehold on the presidency that had existed since the Civil War came crashing down when Salmon P. Chase won a narrow victory over Schuyler Colfax in the Election of 1868, becoming the first Democrat to win the White House since Richard Johnson nearly 30 years before. Himself a former Republican, Chase was able to rally the public around the banner of Civil Service Reform, leading so-called "Liberal Republicans" to desert their party and vote for Chase. On the subject of Civil Rights, the president-elect remained ambiguous, highlighting his support for the 15th Amendment in the North and his opposition to military Reconstruction in the South, leading close observers to wonder which side he would take if the racial tensions brewing in the South came to head.
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