John Fremont (No Term Limits)

John Fremont is elected in 1868 with Charles Sumner and faces the secession of the Confederate States of America, which make up South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Rio Grande, Yucatan, Sequoyah, North Carolina, and Arkansas.

American Civil War
Emancipation Proclamation

John Fremont and the Radical Republicans do not want to compromise. Instead John Fremont gives the Emancipation Proclamation, which declares that slavery is illegal in all rebelling states by January 1st 1870 unless they return to the Union. He also promises amnesty to the rebels in any state that returns by that time. Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky which had been considering secession at the time decide against it. Arkansas, Sequoya, and Yucatan return by the deadline.

In 1872 just before the election the Confederacy has been defeated. The southern states are put under military governments and are told that they must sign 3 amendments before being readmitted to the Union. The 13th amendment bans slavery, the 14th amendment guarantees equal protection under the law and birth right citizenship. It also has a clause that stipulates specifically that the