Betsy Ross (Wii's Alternate Elections 1788 Series)

2. Betsy Ross, Independent, 1793-1801

Vice President: George Washington, Independent, 1793-1799

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Summary of Presidency
Ross defeated Incumbent President Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Pinckney in the 1792 election. The South had many open rebellions but no official secession was declared by any state. Washington’s original home state of Virginia rejoined the Union. Washington successfully defeated the French ending the French-American War in a US victory. Former Burr supporters founded the Bucktail Party. It supports the policies of Aaron Burr and the slow abolition of slavery by 1850. The Bucktails quickly rose to power following the 1794 and 1795 midterms. Southern rebellions began to stop after a propaganda campaign by the Ross Administration. A law was passed in Congress allowing all white men and women the right to vote. The states of Ohio, Indiana, Alabama, and Mississippi were all admitted to the Union. Ross also began talks with Britain to purchase Nova Scotia. Betsy Ross was re-elected to a second term after defeating Martha Washington in the 1796 election. She was inaugurated on March 4, 1797. In her first two years, she purchased Nova Scotia (Did not become a state) from the British and established good relations with them. In her first year, she was able to admit Tennessee and Maine as states. Her key piece of legislation that she wrote was the "Equal Votes Amendment", which would have allowed all men and women, regardless of skin color, to vote in elections. Unfortunately, it narrowly failed to pass in Congress.

Electoral History
1792 - 53.7%, 59 electoral votes

1796 - 63.3%, 130 electoral votes