A Different Cold War

[Beck Reilly]

Presidents of the United States (since 1945)

32. Franklin D. Roosevelt (d.) (1945) D – NY
33. Henry A. Wallace (r.) (1945-1947) D – IA
34. James M. Curley (1947-1949) D – MA
35. Robert A. Taft (d.) (1949-1953) R – OH
36. John F. Dulles (1953-1959) R – DC
37. Goodwin J. Knight (1959-1969) R – CA
38. W. Averell Harriman (1969-1977) ND – IN
39. William E. Miller (d.) (1977-1983) R – NY
40. Thomas H. Kean (1983-1985) R – NJ
41. Edwin W. Edwards (1985-1993) ND – LA
42. Cecil H. Underwood (1993-1997) R – WV
43. James E. Folsom, Jr. (1997-2005) ND – AL​

Vice Presidents of the United States (since 1945)

33. Henry A. Wallace (1945) D – IA
34. John F. Dulles (1949-1953) R – DC
35. Goodwin J. Knight (1957-1959) R – CA
36. William P. Rogers (1961-1969) R – NY
37. Michael J. Mansfield (1969-1973) ND – MT
38. George F. Kennan (1973-1977) ND – WI
39. William F. Buckley, Jr. (1977-1981) R – NY
40. Thomas H. Kean (1981-1983) R – NJ
41. Eliot L. Richardson (1983-1985) R – MA
42. Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. (1985-1993) ND – CA
43. Robert H. Michael (1993-1997) R – IL
44. Robert C. Krueger (1997-2005) ND – TX​

Political Parties of the United States (since 1945)

1. Democratic Party (1945-1957)
2. Republican Party (1945-)
3. National Democratic Party (1957-)​

Anyone care to take a shot at explaining this? The POD is after 1940. All the names are real.

 

[Xen]

Henry A Wallace is President when the Cold War starts? America loses it before it begins, all of Korea, and Germany is controlled by the Commies. Eventually SE Asia falls, as well as Greece and Italy, Austria.

 

[Straha]

I see the USA and allies controlling the americas,british isles,southeast asia,madagascar,the pacific and the carribean in a tight allaince. The USSR and its allies/vassals rules eurasia/africa. They are Eurasia. we are Oceania. We have the economics and the tech. They have the numbers, a central position in Eurasia and the young wave of the future feeling the left had since 1918 but especially since 1945.

 

[DocOrlando]

I just want to know what explains the oddball succession after FDR's death. Based on the years of service you list, Wallace takes office after FDR dies, serves (more or less) two years; then, following Wallace's resignation in '47, Curley serves the remaining 1.5 years before Taft is elected.

Then it only gets weirder!

From all appearances, Taft dies almost immediately after his 2nd inaguration (assassinated?). Dulles serves the rest of the term and is reelected. However, there's a gap of no apparent VP upon Dulles' succession to POTUS...for three years! In '57, Knight becomes VP, and then is elected POTUS in the '58 election?! There shouldn't BE a '58 election; the election would have been 1960. Is this just a typo? Because you don't show Dulles leaving office for any reason (death, resignation, impeachment). Otherwise, you're implying that Knight served as president for 10 years.

 

[Straha]

ask Walter not me its his POTUS list

 

[Beck Reilly]

Based on the years of service you list, Wallace takes office after FDR dies, serves (more or less) two years; then, following Wallace's resignation in '47, Curley serves the remaining 1.5 years before Taft is elected.

Roosevelt dies in 1945. Wallace assumes the Presidency, until he is impeached: (r.) stands not for resignation, but for removal. For one reason or another due to the POD, Curley is next in line and becomes President upon his removal.

From all appearances, Taft dies almost immediately after his 2nd inaguration (assassinated?).

No. Taft died of natural causes, as in OTL.

Dulles serves the rest of the term and is reelected.

That's correct.

However, there's a gap of no apparent VP upon Dulles' succession to POTUS...for three years!

That's correct. Up until the 25th Amendment (passed in 1967) there was no process for appointing a new VP upon the elected VP's ascension to the Presidency. Thus, the death of a President would be associated with the vacancy of the VP slot.

In '57, Knight becomes VP

He becomes VP when elected in the 1956 election with John F. Dulles.

and then is elected POTUS in the '58 election?! There shouldn't BE a '58 election; the election would have been 1960. Is this just a typo? Because you don't show Dulles leaving office for any reason (death, resignation, impeachment). Otherwise, you're implying that Knight served as president for 10 years.

Oops, sorry. An oversight. I assumed that people would know or at least understand that Dulles died in 1959 as in OTL. At which time, Knight became President, it was late enough in Dulles' second term that Knight was eligible, as per the 22nd Amendment, to serve the remainder of Dulles' term and to be elected for two terms. In TTL, Knight served for 9 yrs. 4 mos..