Christopher Gadsden (Wii's Alternate Elections 1788 Series)

Summary of Presidency
Gadsden was inaugurated in 1801, after defeating Horatio Gates in the Presidential election of 1800. Gadsden would bring the US closer to France, and end Ross’s attempts to bring the US closer to England. Gadsden would work closely with Bucktails and Democratic-Republicans. He would lower tariffs and halt most infrastructure plans. Gadsden would institute a harsh and brutal native policy and would purchase Florida from Spain. To the displeasure of the President, the Bucktails expanded their plurality in congress to a majority. They blocked his attempts to forcefully remove native Americans from certain states into the west. Though, they helped lower tariffs. Ontonagon was admitted as a state, and Gadsden refused to recharter the bank. Gadsden brought the US even closer to France, and the US was on the verge of officially aligning with France, with Napoleon even calling Gadsden “one of the greatest men alive”.

Electoral History
1800 - 61.3%, 118 electoral votes

1804 - 10.0%, 10 electoral votes