The American Monarchy

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I'm currently re-reading this, and I saw something posted by TrueFederalist a while back mentioning the idea of an Adams dynasty, which in my opinion would have been awesome. Sadly, neither Adams nor Jefferson never made it to the Prime Ministership or whatever you call it in this timeline. Since working on a paper with the 1796 election and being in the middle of a biography on Adams, I've grown fond of involving the man in tls like this, so it's sad. Nevertheless, a very great tl as you already know. Whatever happened to the Adams'? Did the family in politics end after John Quincy, or did a couple of the later members go into the Senate? Also, how are ttl's early Prime Ministers and Founding Fathers regarded? Is Hamilton seen as a nation hero? Sort of a Jefferson maybe when you factor in his personal life? I'd like to get ordinary Americans', or at least ordinary political junkies' perspectives on the figures of America's formative years.

[Jerseyrules]

I'm currently re-reading this, and I saw something posted by TrueFederalist a while back mentioning the idea of an Adams dynasty, which in my opinion would have been awesome. Sadly, neither Adams nor Jefferson never made it to the Prime Ministership or whatever you call it in this timeline. Since working on a paper with the 1796 election and being in the middle of a biography on Adams, I've grown fond of involving the man in tls like this, so it's sad. Nevertheless, a very great tl as you already know. Whatever happened to the Adams'? Did the family in politics end after John Quincy, or did a couple of the later members go into the Senate? Also, how are ttl's early Prime Ministers and Founding Fathers regarded? Is Hamilton seen as a nation hero? Sort of a Jefferson maybe when you factor in his personal life? I'd like to get ordinary Americans', or at least ordinary political junkies' perspectives on the figures of America's formative years.

Don't worry; in my TL there will be plenty of the Adams and Franklin men .  also, I believe Quincy was elected; theres a list on page 51(?).

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

With colors and party names so you know what's what.

1. Alexander Hamilton (Royalist-New York) 1791-1803
2. James Madison (Whig Republican-Virginia) 1803-1811
3. Aaron Burr (Whig-New York) 1811-1815
4. John Quincy Adams (Royalist-Massachusetts) 1815-1820
5. William H. Crawford (Royalist-Georgia) 1820
6. James Monroe (Whig Republican-Virginia) 1820-1825
7. Daniel D. Thompkinis (Whig Republican-New York) 1825-1826
8. Aaron Burr (Whig Republican-New York) 1826-1829
9. Henry Clay (National-Kentucky) 1829-1836
10. Andrew Jackson (Jacksonian-Tennessee) 1836-1842
11. Henry Clay (National-Kentucky) 1842-1850
12. Daniel Webster (National-Massachusetts) 1850-1851
13. James Knox Polk (Constitution-Tennessee) 1851-1855
14. Abraham Lincoln (Whig-Illinois) 1855-1866
15. Charles Winthrop (Whig-Massachusetts) 1866-1868
16. Clement Ballandingham (National-Ohio) 1868-1872
17. John C. Breckenridge (Constitution-Kentucky) 1872-1875
18. Jefferson Davis (Constitution-Mississippi) 1872-1879
19. Thomas F. Bayard (National-Delaware) 1879
20. John A. Bingham (Liberty-Ohio) 1881-1885
21. James A. Garfield (Liberty-Ohio) 1885-1889
22. Robert Todd Lincoln (Liberty-Illinois) 1889
23. Thomas E. Waston (Populist-Georgia) 1889-1898
24. Mark Hanna (Liberal-Ohio) 1898-1908
25. William McKinley (Liberal-Ohio) 1908
26. Elihu Root (Liberal-New York) 1908-1909
27. Thomas E. Watson (Populist-Georgia) 1909-1914
28. Robert La Follette (Populist-Wisconsin) 1914-1916
29. Theodore Roosevelt (Liberal-New York) 1916-1922
30. Nicholas Longworth (Liberal-Ohio) 1926-1934
31. Francisco Villa (Social Democratic Party-Hamilton) 1934-1942
32. Norman Thomas (Social Democratic Party-New York) 1942-1947
33. Arthur H. Vandenberg (Liberal-Michigan) 1947-1949
34. L. Fielding Wright (American Christian Union-Mississippi) 1949-1950
35. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Liberal-New York) 1950-1951
36. Henry Agard Wallace (Social Democratic Party-Iowa) 1951-1957
37. Richard M. Nixon (Liberal-California) 1957-?

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I'd like to narrow it down to specific dates if possible.

[Jerseyrules]

Paging Mr. Lief...paging Mr. Lief...

[Pingvin]

Paging Mr. Lief...paging Mr. Lief...

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

This isn't gonna be easy, already, there's no specified date for Hamilton leaving office and Madison entering. Would it be possible, dear Lief, to explain what date a PM is typically elected and whatnot?

[Jerseyrules]

Breathe!  Dammit, don't you dare quit on me!  Come on dammit!  [rubs paddles together].  CLEAR!

[Jerseyrules]

I gave you four weeks.  I'm home sick and I'm trying to be distracted from my inevitable pile of homework.  Please update,

[Marokai Backbeat]

Ah this. I remember greatly enjoying reading this ages ago. I always preferred it in the old style format rather than the wildly overrated and too oft used "random clips" style, but I'd still enjoy seeing more regardless.

[Kingpoleon]

It took me about... Two or three days to read this a week ago. I'm hopeful by the end we can make it last or maybe even five days.

That said, I remember discussion of a collective headed by three or five people with veto and line-item veto power, with Lief being allowed total veto power. Perhaps if this isn't updated by... Easter(?) we could try that.