List of US Presidents (American Collapse)

Presidents of the United States
Democratic Party (4)       Republican Party (6)
No.	President		Term		Vice President		Term	No.
33		Harry S. Truman	12 April 1945 - 20 January 1949			Vacant	12 April 1945 - 20 January 1949	.
					After the death of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman became President of the United States. Truman was not as popular as Roosevelt and so as expected lost the '48 election.
34		Douglas MacArthur	20 January 1949 - 2 September 1954			John Bricker	20 January 1949 - 2 September 1954	35
					The MacArthur administration was hailed by conservatives as the best since Lincoln's. In 1948 the famed former liberator of the Philippines took it upon himself to de-seat the incumbent President Truman. He easily gained the GOP nomination and cruised to victory in the general election. MacArthur is remembered for going into Korea and using nuclear weapons along the border of China and North Korea. He won re-election in '52 against Adlai Stevenson but the Democratic Congress had already began attempts to impeach him. MacArhur was removed from office in September 1954 to the delight of Liberals and horror of Conservatives.
35		John Bricker	2 September 1954 - 20 January 1957			Vacant	2 September 1954 - 20 January 1957	.
					John Bricker had the unfortunate task of re-uniting the country following the successful impeachment of MacArthur. Whilst he did his best to heal the nation's wounds, it was perhaps inevitable that a Democrat would re-claim the White House in '56.
36		Happy Chandler	20 January 1957 - 20 January 1961			Estes Kefauver	20 January 1957 - 20 January 1961	36
					Albert "Happy" Chandler was not the man most of the Democratic establishment would have liked to have seen in the White House after the doors were left wide open after MacArthur's impeachment. A Conservative with a loyal following within the party, Chandler stormed the nomination as moderates could only sit and watch in horror. After defeating President Bricker, he set to work trying to turn the clocks back and return the Democrats to their southern roots. He faced imence scrutiny from his own party and was crushed in the election of 1960.
37		Richard Nixon	20 January 1961 - 16 October 1966			Henry Cabot Lodge	20 January 1961 - 16 October 1966	37
					Richard Milhous Nixon was for many years the face of new America. He had brought America and the Republican Party into the Swinging '60s. His administration brought a new cleanness that had not been seen since before the confusion of the 1950s. The Cuban Misile Agreement escalated the Cold War as it was agreed that the Soviets could keep misiles in communist Cuba if the Americans continued to keep nuclear weapons in Turkey. Nixon won re-election in the election of 1964 but it was later revealed he had used criminal methods to secure victory. Rather than face the same fate as MacArthur, Nixon voluntarily vacated the Presidency to his deputy.
38		Henry Cabot Lodge	16 October 1966 - 20 January 1973			Vacant	16 October 1966 - 20 January 1973	.
					Despite having no desire to sit in the Oval Office, Henry Cabot Lodge ascended to the Presidency following Nixon's fall from grace. For the next two years he followed the same routine as Bricker: heal the nation and then make a half hearted attempt at re-election. However by some miracle, Lodge found his opponent in the 1968 election would be the unpopular George Wallace. Lodge hammered away at the Democratic Nominees past support of segregation and won a second term. America conceded the Space Race to the Soviet Union not long afterwards and the nation suffered a crisis from a lack of oil. Lodge did see the economy somewhat recover in 1972, but by this point the Republicans were so unpopular, Nelson Rockefeller was butchered in the election that year.
39		John F. Kennedy	20 January 1973 - 20 January 1981			Edmund Muskie	20 January 1973 - 20 January 1981	38
					John Fitzgerald Kennedy was thrust into a position of leadership for a country in turmoil. One of his first acts as President was to sign the 1973 Civil Rights Act, which had been vetoed by Nixon and ignored by Lodge. Kennedy attempted to solve the Oil Crisis by funding Israel to invade Jordan and Lebanon in hopes of extracting oil from those regions, but the war backfired when Syria got involved and Israel was defeated, making way for Palestine. Kennedy won a solid second term against John Connally. He survived an assassination attempt not long afterwards. However his health quickly deteriorated with rumour that Kennedy was dead not being too far from the truth. Kennedy would die in his sleep only days after he managed to shamble his way to the podium to hand over the presidency to his successor.
40		Edmund Muskie	20 January 1981 - 20 January 1985			John Glenn	20 January 1981 - 20 January 1985	39
					Edmund Muskie's premiership is not one that lingers in the public imagination. Muskie had been Vice President to Kennedy and had relied on his boss' popularity to get elected. He was unable to get most of his social reforms through Congress but maintained a loyal base of support until the Iran Hostage Crisis. Iran had overthrown the Shah in favour of a bolshevik government and had taken several Americans working in their embassy hostage. Eventually Muskie conceded several important and major demands to the Iranians and his popularity plummeted. He failed to secure his re-election bid and went down to a major defeat in 1984.
41		Gerald Ford	20 January 1985 - 20 January 1993			Donald Rumsfeld	20 January 1985 - 25 December 1995	40
					Often sited as the most direct factor in the collapse of America is the Ford Administration. Starting his Presidency as a moderate Republican, Ford's success in the 1986 mid-terms gave him and his administration enough courage to persue a more radical approach to governing. The privatisation of National Parks in 1987 drew wide spread criticism form both sides of the aisle, including from Reagan and Goldwater. After the election of 1988 was sent to the house, Vice President Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Cheney are believed to have bribed or murdered any congressmen who could have prevented another Ford victory. Secured for another 4 years in the White House, Ford (or rather Rumsfeld and Cheney) set about deporting "illegal" immigrants who were later found to have emigrated legally, shut down the last Indian Reservations and sold off the White House Lawn for advertising space. Ford was not to be seen for the last 6 months of his premiership with orders being made in his name by Cheney and Rumsfeld. He was legally declared dead the moment his term ended.
42		Dick Cheney	20 January 1993 - 20 January 1997			Donald Rumsfeld	20 January 1985 - 20 January 1997	40
					Cheney was declared the Republican nominee in 1992 after the apparent suicide of his only other challenger in the Primaries, Jack Kemp. Officially, President Ford had dissolved the Democratic Party in 1991 meaning that Cheney would coast to victory with 538 electoral votes, a record. Almost immediately protests sprung up around the country comparing Cheney to Hitler and Stalin. The underground Democrats would be quick to re-organise and as more of Cheney and Rumsfeld’s crimes came to light, their popularity entered free-fall. Cheney would attempt to regain the nomination but his blackmail failed to work. Bob Dole would oversee a crash in the Republican vote as he attempted to pivot away from their incredibly unpopular policies.
43		Dick Gephardt	20 January 1997 - 20 January 2005			Dianne Feinstein	20 January 1997 - 20 January 2005	41
					Dick Gephardt, having easily secured the Presidency in the 1996 election, set about trying to repeal most of Ford and Cheney’s policies from over the last 16 years. His pick for VP also made history as Dianne Feinstein was the first woman to hold that office. America began a slow recovery which many were quick to criticise. Gephardt oversaw a great economic recovery however and was seen as the acceptable face of international America. He handily won re-election in 2000 against Dan Quayle but after the Taliban assassinated Chief Justice William Rehnquist and attempted to murder the President and Vice President. Gephardt ordered an invasion of Afghanistan which resulted in Osama Bin-Laden being killed trying to escape into Iran dressed as a shepherd. Although Gephardt remained popular, the Republicans charismatic opponent defeated the Democrats in 2004.
44		Gary Johnson	20 January 2005 - 20 January 2009			Elaine Chao	20 January 2005 - 20 January 2009	42
					To the shock of many, only 8 years after the Cheney administration, the Republicans had regained the White House. Gary Johnson had swept the political establishment off it’s feet with his bold new ideas and won the primaries. He seemed to truly enjoy himself on the campaign trail and was able to win by the smallest possible margin against the Democrat’s awkward Chuck Robb. However, as soon as Johnson took power he found himself out of his depth, often appearing dis-interested in policy meetings. After multiple vetoes, resignations, firings and a lot confusion, Johnson became very unpopular with the party bosses. The public seemed to be turned away by the scandal and confusion around the Johnson administration and so to help salvage any grace going into 2008, Johnson was forced to announce he would not be seeking a second term. Vice President Elaine Chao was left to essentially baby-sit him for his last year in office and despite being far more popular than Johnson, lost the 2008 election to her opposition. Johnson himself left the GOP in 2010 to join the Libertarian Party but as a result lost his funds to create a Presidential Library.
45		Jeanne Shaheen	20 January 2009 - 20 January 2017			John Edwards	20 January 2009 - 20 January 2017	43
					The 2008 election was consequential in that it was the first time that both major parties nominated women for President. Vice President Elaine Chao acted as damage control for the damage created by President Gary Johnson’s administration. However it was Jeanne Shaheen who offered an exciting new liberal future who captured the hearts and minds of the majority of Americans. Shaheen passed ground-breaking healthcare legislation and became a feminist icon for generations to come. In 2012 she easily won a rematch against Elaine Chao, albeit by a smaller margin and survived an assassination attempt. She left office popular after a slightly uneventful 8 years in office.
46		Rick Lazio	20 January 2017 - Present			Elizabeth Warren	20 January 2017 - Present	44
					Although many Democrats had hoped to see Vice President Edwards continue the Shaheen legacy, an infidelity scandal in October 2016 sunk his chances. Instead the flailing Republican ticket of Rick Lazio and the moderate Elizabeth Warren would see a dramatic upturn in support as a certain Democratic Landslide would turn into a real Republican one. Despite the circumstances of his election, Lazio has continued the Shaheen consensus and been relatively popular and uncontroversial. Defeating Democrat Tom Daschle in the 2020 election, Lazio became the first GOP President to denounce Gerald Ford's administration in 2023. As the 2024 election comes to an end the American people have defied the Ford legacy and have a new found togetherness and for many politics is not as important as it once had been.