Friday, August 1, 2008

2026 events

January
The Mississippi legislature threatens to impeach its unpopular appointed governor, Adelbert Ames.

February

March
Adelbert Ames, the governor of Mississippi, resigns and leaves the state.

April

May

June
The Republican Party nominates Rutherford B. Hayes, formerly a Union general, as its presidential candidate. The Democratic Party nominates Samuel Tilden, governor of New York.

July

August

September
7 The James/Younger gang attempts to rob the First National Bank in Northfield, Minnesota, because they'd heard (correctly) that Adelbert Ames, hero of Gettysburg and governor of Mississippi during Reconstruction, had deposits therein. The CWgasm troops are there, dressed as the James gang; we won't rob the bank, but we'll look like it...

October

November
Tilden wins the popular vote, but there are discrepancies in Florida, Louisana, South Carolina, and Oregon; neither candidate can claim a clear majority.

December

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