# Triple Assassination in 1865, Alternate History

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 16, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-assassination-in-1865-alternate-history/609740 "2012-01-16T22:44:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-assassination-in-1865-alternate-history/609740/1 "2012-01-16T22:44:10Z")

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This comes from the Lincoln Assassination thread in which it assumes that the conspirators were successful in killing Lincoln, Seward, and Johnson. A poster stated:

> [@Lincoln Assasination Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-assasination-question/609703/14):
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> One further curiosity: by law whomever was elected in 1865 would have been entitled to a four-year term, and Presidential and Congressional elections would have been permanently out of sync.

Had this happened, what about American History would have turned out differently? Which Presidents definitely/almost certainly/possibly would never have been elected due to the time shift? How would other things have changed?

I’ll start it off:

1. Garfield not killed in 1881. The election would have been that year and the previous President is still in office.