Daniel Brewster (PJW)

Daniel Brewster (November 23, 1923 - August 17, 2007) was a Senator, Vice President, and Acting President of the United States.

Brewster was a surprise pick of a running mate for Harry F. Byrd. Brewster was a critic of Byrd and his segregationist, isolationist policies, yet Byrd needed a northerner to balance out his ticket. Reluctant at first, Brewster eventually agreed to the nomination for the good of his splintering Democratic Party. During the election, the "Kennedy 32" senators refused to vote for him, seeing him as a traitor for supporting Byrd. Nevertheless, after the disastrous Santo Domingo Massacre, the senators would elect Brewster as Vice President, making him the new Acting President.

Brewster butted heads with his cabinet, since the powers of firing and hiring cabinet members were still unclear, and the cabinet members all belonged to Byrd. Brewster promised full retribution for the Massacre, sending a joint, forcefully integrated military force to the Dominican Republic. Disaster struck when a race riot broke out between the two sides. Brewster then elected the war by destroying the rebel capital at Santo Domingo using bombers, killing the rebel leadership. Secretly, Brewster promised special privileges in the rebuilding of the Dominican Republic to American corporations, in exchange for bribes and kickbacks.

After Byrd's death in November 1965, Nixon would be elected President, demoting Brewster to Vice President. The two frequently clashed, and Brewster used the limited powers of his office to obstruct Nixon. In the 1968 presidential election, the two ran against one another. Brewster had attempted to unite the fractured conservative and liberal wings of his party, but reconciliation was never fully achieved. Brewster's campaign would sink right before the nomination due to the media reporting on what became known as the Brewster-Dominican Scandal. Shortly after his Vice Presidential term ended, Brewster was indicted on counts of political corruption and bribery.