List of Alternate Presidents 2.0.

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List of my preferred Presidents and Vice Presidents (since the Civil War)

(in some chases, the lifespan does not exactly fit the term of office)

1861-1869: Abraham Lincoln / Hannibal Hamlin
1869-1877: Hannibal Hamlin / Ulysses S. Grant
1877-1881: Samuel Tilden / Thomas Hendricks (defeated)
1881-1889: James Garfield / Chester A. Arthur (1881-85); James G. Blaine (1885-89)
1889-1893: Grover Cleveland / Adlai Stevenson (defeated for renomination)
1893-1901: William Jennings Bryan / Adlai Stevenson
1901-1909: Theodore Roosevelt / George Pardee
1909-1917: George Pardee / John W. Weeks
1917-1925: Hiram Johnson / Charles E. Hughes
1925-1929: Robert LaFolette / William Stephens
1929-1933: Herbert Hoover / Charles Curtis (defeated)
1933-1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt / William Bankhead (1933-1937); Harry S. Truman (1937-45)
1945-1953: Wendell Willkie / Thomas Dewey
1953-1961: Earl Warren / Dwight D. Eisenhower
1961-1969: Lyndon B. Johnson / Stuart Symington
1969-1977: Nelson Rockefeller / Gerald Ford
1977-1985: Gerald Ford / John Connally
1985-1993: Lawton Chiles / Walter Mondale
1993-2001: Jerry Brown / Douglas Wilder
2001-2009: Richard Lugar / George Pataki
2009-2017: Barack Obama / Joe Biden
2017-2021: Joe Biden / Kamala Harris (did not seek re-election
2021-2029: Kamala Harris / Jason Kander

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Post World War 2 Presidents and Vice Presidents

April 12, 1945 - January 20, 1949: Henry A. Wallace / vacant
January 20, 1949 - January 20, 1957: Earl Warren / Thomas E. Dewey
January 20, 1957 - January 20, 1961: Goodwin Knight / Christian Herter
January 20, 1961 - January 20, 1969: Stuart Symington / Hubert Humphrey
January 20, 1969 - January 20, 1977: William Scranton / Gerald Ford
January 20, 1977 - April 7, 1984: Frank Church (died of cancer in office) / Lloyd Bentsen
April 7, 1984 - January 20, 1989: Lloyd Bentsen / John Glenn
January 20, 1989 - January 20, 1993: Bob Dole / Pete Wilson
January 20, 1993 - August 2, 1998: Gary Hart / Chris Dodd (resigned over scandal)
August 2, 1998 - January 20, 2001: Chris Dodd / Ann Richards
January 20, 2001 - January 20, 2009: Colin Powell / Richard Riordan
January 20, 2009 - January 20, 2017: Jerry Brown / Debbie Stabbenow
January 20, 2017 - incumbent: Barack Obama / Gavin Newsom

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After the Civil War, presidents are elected to a single six year term and by popular vote, starting in 1868.

March 4, 1869 - March 4, 1875: Ulysses S. Grant / Henry Wilson
March 4, 1875 - March 4, 1881: Samuel Tilden / Thomas Hendricks
March 4, 1881 - March 4, 1887: James G. Blaine / Robert Todd Lincoln
March 4, 1887 - March 4, 1893: Adlai Ewing Stevenson / Allen G. Thurman
March 4, 1893 - March 4, 1899: Mark Hanna / William McKinley
March 4, 1899 - September 14, 1901: William McKinley / Theodore Roosevelt
September 14, 1901 - March 4, 1905: Theodore Roosevelt / vacant
March 4, 1905 - March 4, 1911: Philander C. Knox / Charles W. Fairbanks
March 4, 1911 - March 4, 1917: William J. Bryan / Alton B. Parker
March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1923: Charles E. Hughes / Hiram Johnson
March 4, 1923 - March 4, 1929: Hiram Johnson / Frank B. Kellogg
March 4, 1929 - January 20, 1935: Charles McNary / Herbert Hoover
January 20, 1935 - January 20, 1941: Franklin D. Roosevelt / John Nance Garner
January 20, 1941 - October 8, 1944: Wendell Willkie / Thomas E. Dewey
October 8, 1944 - January 20, 1947: Thomas E. Dewey / vacant
January 20, 1947 - January 20, 1953: Robert H. Jackson / James F. Byrnes
January 20, 1953 - January 20, 1959: Earl Warren / Everett Dirksen
January 20, 1959 - January 20, 1965: Stuart Symington / Hubert Humphrey
January 20, 1965 - January 20, 1971: Lyndon B. Johnson / Pat Brown
January 20, 1971 - January 20, 1977: Nelson A. Rockefeller / Thomas Kuchel
January 20, 1977 -  January 20, 1983: Albert Brewer / Frank Church
January 20, 1983 - January 20, 1989: Richard Schweiker / Pete McClosky
January 20, 1989 - January 20, 1995: Lawton Chiles / Jerry Brown
January 20, 1995 - January 20, 2001: William Ruckelshaus / Pete Wilson
January 20, 2001 - January 20, 2007: Jerry Brown / Douglas Wilder
January 20, 2007 - January 20, 2013: George Pataki / Bill Frist
January 20, 2013- January 20, 2019: Barack Obama / Joe Biden
Starting January 20, 2019: Steve Bullock / Kamala Harris

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For the record, it was the Secretary of State who ascended to the Presidency without a President or Vice President present, not the Speaker of the House, at the time of Borah's death in 1940.

Yeah, was the case between 1886 and 1947. Before, President pro tem and the Speaker were on the list (in that order) and then removed completely. At President Truman's request in 1947, they were included again the other way around and before the cabinet members under the Presidential Succession Act. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Succession_Act

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Eisenhower runs as Democrat in 1952

34. Dwight D. Eisenhower / Estes Keaufever
January 20, 1953 - January 20, 1961

35. Nelson A. Rockefeller / Richard Nixon
January 20, 1961 - January 20, 1969

36. Lyndon B. Johnson¹ / John F. Kennedy
January 20, 1969 - August 19, 1973

37. John F. Kennedy² / vacant; Stuart Symington
August 19, 1973 - September 12, 1974

38. Stuart Symington / vacant; Edmund Muskie
September 12, 1974 - January 20, 1977 (defeated for reelection)

39. William Scranton / Paul Laxalt
January 20, 1977 - January 20, 1985

40. Lloyd Bentsen / Bob Graham
January 20, 1985 - January 20, 1993

41. Richard Lugar / Lamar Alexander
January 20, 1993 - January 20, 2001

42. Christopher Dodd / Richard Gephardt
January 20, 2001 - January 20, 2005 (defeated for reelection)

43. John Ashcroft³ / John McCain
January 20, 2005 - October 27, 2007

44. John McCain / vacant; Joe Lieberman⁴; Mitch Daniels
October 27, 2007 - January 20, 2013

45. Deval Patrick / Kay Hegan
January 20, 2013 - incumbent



1) President Johnson died in office from a heart attack
2) President Kennedy died in office from various natural causes
3) President Ashcroft resigned in scandal
4) Vice President Lieberman switched to Republican after his appointment by President McCain, who selected him in order to win confirmation from a Democratic congress. However, he has dropped from the 2008 Republican ticket as result of pressure from the Republican base / establishment

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THE CUOMO DYNASTY

41. Mario Cuomo / Bruce Babbit
January 20, 1989 - January 20, 1997

42. Richard Lugar / Richard Riordan
January 20, 1997 - January 20, 2005

43. Tom Ridge / Olympia Snowe
January 20, 2005 - January 20, 2009

45. Andrew Cuomo / Bill Richardson
January 20, 2009 - January 20, 2017

46. John Kasich / Nikki Haley
January 20, 2017 - January 20, 2021

47. Chris Cuomo / Catherine Cortez-Masto
January 20, 2021 - January 20, 2029


Defeated tickets:
1988: George Bush/Dan Quayle
1992: Pat Buchanan/Trent Lott
1996: Bruce Babbit/Joe Biden
2000: Dick Gephardt/Barbara Boxer
2004: Howard Dean/Wesley Clark
2008: Tom Ridge/Olympia Snowe*
2012: Rick Santorum/Butch Otter
2016: Bill Richardson/Mark Warner
2020: John Kasich/Nikki Haley*
2024: Ben Sasse/Rick Scott

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Obama as Clinton

44. Barack Obama/Evan Bayh 2009-2017
45. Jeb Bush/John Thune 2017-2025
46. Julian Castro/Chris Murphy 2025-2029

Losing Tickets

2008: Mitt Romney/George Allen
2012: John McCain/Tom Ridge
2016: Evan Bayh/Kent Conrad
2020: Tim Kaine/Cory Booker
2024: Rob Portman/Kim Reynolds

These X as Y lists are great!

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Lyndon B. Johnson as Andrew Johnson

35. John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson, 1961-1963 (assassinated)
36. Lyndon B. Johnson/Hubert Humphrey, 1963-1969
37. William Westmoreland/William Scranton, 1969-1977
38. Jim Rhodes/Paul Laxalt, 1977-1981
39. Jack Kemp/Spiro Agnew, 1981 (assassinated)
40. Spiro Agnew/Phil Crane, 1981-1985
41. Pat Moynihan/Birch Bayh, 1985-1989
42. John Eisenhower/Al D'Amato, 1989-1993
43. Pat Moynihan/Bill Brady, 1993-1997
44. George Voinovich/George Pataki, 1997-2001 (assassinated)
45. George Pataki/Don Young, 2001-2009
46. Bob Taft Jr./Lamar Alexander, 2009-2013
47. Joe Biden/Evan Bayh, 2013-2021
48. Mike DeWine/Scott Brown, 2021-2023 (assassinated)
49. Scott Brown/Bruce Rauner, 2023-2029
50. John Cox/Kristi Noem, 2029-2033
51. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez/Beto O'Rourke, 2033-

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Gerald Ford is shot in 1975

38. Gerald R. Ford/Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1974-1975
39. Nelson A. Rockefeller/vacant, Howard Baker, 1975-1979
40. Howard Baker/vacant, Jack Kemp, 1979-1981
41. Frank Church/Edmund G. Brown, 1981-1984
42. Edmund G. Brown/vacant, Lloyd Bentsen, 1984-1989
43. Richard Lugar/George Deukmejian, 1989-1997
44. Albert Arnold Gore/John Forbes Kerry, 1997-2005
45. John McCain/Mark Sandford, 2005-2009
46. Christopher Dodd/Bill Richardson, 2009-2013
47. Fred Thompson/Thomas W. Corbett, 2013-2015
48. Thomas W. Corbett/Jon Huntsman, 2015-2021
49. Edward Miner Lamont/Veronica Escobar, 2021-2029
50. Veronica Escobar/Jospeh P. Kennedy Jr., 2029-incumbent


Losing tickets:

1976: James E. Carter/Walter F. Mondale
1980: Howard Baker/Jack Kemp (inc.)
1984: Jack Kemp/Robert J. Dole
1988: Edmund G. Brown/Lloyd Bentsen (inc.)
1992: Albert Arnold Gore/Paul Tsongas
1996: Peter Barton Wilson/Phil Gramm
2000: John McCain/Trent Lott
2004: John Forbes Kerry/Richard Gephardt
2008: John McCain/Mark Sandford (inc.)
2012: Christopher Dodd/Bill Richardson (inc.)
2016: Bernard Sanders/Martin Heinrich
2020: Jon Huntsman/Marco Rubio
2024: Thomas Cotton/Richard Scott
2028: Josh Hawley/Elise Stefanik

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Reagan as JFK

1981-1983: Ronald Reagan/George Bush
1983-1989: George Bush/Rudy Boschwitz
1989-1994: Walter Mondale/George Mitchell
1994-1997: George Mitchell/Mario Cuomo
1997-2001: Phil Gramm/Jack Kemp
2001-2009: Jerry Brown/Chris Dodd
2009-2013: Chris Dodd/Evan Bayh
2013-2021: Jon Huntsman/Scott Brown
2021-2029: Gavin Newsom/Ed Perlmutter
2029-2037: Mia Love/John Thune
2037-        : Bill Maher/Pete Buttigieg


Defeated tickets:

1984: George McGovern/Michael Dukakis
1988: Rudy Boschwitz/George Busbee
1992: Newt Gingrich/Pete Wilson
1996: George Mitchell/Bob Kerrey (inc.)
2000: Phil Gramm/Jack Kemp (inc.)
2004: Jack Kemp/Barbara Cubin
2008: Mike Huckabee/Mitt Romney
2012: Chris Dodd/Evan Bayh (inc.)
2016: Chuck Schumer/Xavier Becerra
2020: Scott Brown/Bob Corker
2024: Tom Cotton/Marco Rubio
2028: Sherrod Brown/Gina Raimondo
2032: Jared Polis/Ben McAdams
2036: Nikki Haley/Ron DeSantis

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What everybody thought the future presidents list was going to be in late 2015/early 2016:

45. Hillary Clinton / Julian Castro (2017-2021)
2016 def. Donald Trump / Newt Gingrich

46. Elise Stefanik / John Kasich (2021-2029)
2020 def.  Hillary Clinton / Julian Castro
2024 def. Julian Castro / Tim Ryan

47. Jason Kander / Cory Booker (2029-?)
2028 def. Jaime Herrera Beutler / Ted Cruz

Replace Stefanik with Haley and it looks about right.

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The Bush-Clinton dynasty goes on

Reagan, Obama and Stefanik are the only non-Bushes/Clintons in almost a century, but a Clinton or Bush is their vice president


1981-1989: Ronald Reagan
1989-1993: George Bush
1993-2001: Bill Clinton
2001-2009: George W. Bush
2009-2017: Barack Obama
2017-2021: Hillary Clinton
2021-2029: Jeb Bush
2029-2037: Chelsea Clinton
2037-2045: Elise Stefanik
2045-2049: George P. Bush
2049-2057: Some other Clinton

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My dream list of post-WWII presidents and vice presidents

1945-1953: Harry S. Truman/Robert H. Jackson
1953-1961: Earl Warren/Thomas E. Dewey
1961-1969: Lyndon B. Johnson/Hubert Humphrey
1969-1977: Nelson Rockefeller/Gerald Ford
1977-1985: Gerald Ford/John B. Anderson
1985-1993: Mario Cuomo/Reubin Askew
1993-2001: Al Gore/Bob Graham
2001-2009: Richard Lugar/Olympia Snowe
2009-2017: Barack Obama/Joe Biden
2017-incumbent: Andrew Cuomo/Hilda Solis

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Many presidents dying in office

35. John F. Kennedy: January 20, 1961 - November 22, 1965
36. Lyndon B. Johnson: November 22, 1965 - August 14, 1971
37. Hubert H. Humphrey: August 14, 1971 - January 20, 1973
38. Nelson A. Rockefeller: January 20, 1973 - January 26, 1979
39. William Scranton: January 26, 1979 - January 20, 1981
40. Frank Church: January 20, 1981 - April 7, 1984
41. Reubin Askew: April 7, 1984 - January 20, 1989
42. John Tower: January 20, 1989 - April 5, 1991
43. John Sununu: April 5, 1991 - January 20, 1993
44. Paul Tsongas: January 20, 1993 - January 18, 1997
45. Lloyd Bentsen: January 18, 1997 - January 20, 1997
46. Lawton M. Chiles: January 20, 1997 - December 12, 1998
48. Melvin Canahan: December 12, 1998 - October 16, 2000
49. Howard Dean: October 16, 2000 - January 20, 2001
50. Richard B. Cheney: January 20, 2001 - September 11, 2001
51. Donald Rumsfeld: September 11, 2001 - January 20, 2005
52. John F. Kennedy Jr.: January 20, 2005 - May 15, 2010
53. Edward Rendell: May 15, 2010 - January 20, 2013
54. Fred Thompson: January 20, 2013 - November 1, 2015
55. Herman Cain: November 1, 2015 - July 30, 2020
56. Mike DeWine: July 30, 2020 - incumbent