Hosea Blackford is a character in Harry Turtledove's Timeline-191 series, including How Few Remain, The Great War, and American Empire. He is first introduced in a train ride across the northern Great Plains while talking with former President Abraham Lincoln in 1881. Harry Turtledove (born June 14, 1949), is a historian and prolific novelist who has written historical fiction, fantasy, and science fiction works. ... How Few Remain is a 1998 alternate history novel by Harry Turtledove. ... Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th (1861–1865) President of the United States, and the first president from the Republican Party. ...

Blackford re-enters the series in Great War: Walk in Hell where he is a Congressmen in the House of Representatives for the Socialist Party in Dakota. He is considered a more moderate socialist than his counterparts. Socialist Party is the name of several different political parties around the world that are explicitly called Socialist though some are Social Democratic and some are not. ...

In 1920, he is asked by Upton Sinclair to be the Socialist party nominee to be the Vice President. The Socialists win the 1920 election defeating Teddy Roosevelt. Upton Sinclair and Hosea Blackford are re-elected in 1924. 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... American author Upton Beall Sinclair (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) wrote in many genres, often advocating Socialist views, and achieved considerable popularity in the early twentieth century. ... Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858–January 6, 1919) was the twenty-fifth (1901) Vice President and the twenty-sixth (1901-1909) President of the United States, succeeding to the office upon the assassination of William McKinley. ...

In 1928 Blackford becomes the Socialist Party nominee for President and defeats Calvin Coolidge by a small margin. However, the economic panic and subsequent crash in mid-1929 is largely blamed on Blackford. Shantytowns of unemployed people in the United States become known as Blackfordburghs (see: Hooverville), in honour of the failure of the Blackford Presidency. In response he passes make-work legislation, but nothing helps. 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. ... Hoovervilles littering Central Park in New York City Hooverville is a term describing a series of villages that appeared following the Great Depression in the United States from 1929 through the 1930s and 1940s. ...

Things are made even worse for Blackford in 1932 when the USS Remembrance catches a disguised Japanese ship supplying weapons to Canada's resistance. The Japenese attack the Remembrance, and the Pacific War begins. The war destroys Blackford's hopes of reelection, especially during a rally for Blackford in Los Angeles when the Japenese carry out a successful raid on the city. 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... A ship in the Timeline-191 books written by Harry Turtledove. ... A fictional conflict (1932-34) in Harry Turtledoves Timeline-191 alternate history series. ... Raid or RAID has several meanings: Redundant array of independent disks Raid bug spray The French elite police unit, Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion A sudden, forcible entry by police A military operation or attack, air raid e. ...

Blackford is easily defeated by Calvin Coolidge for the Presidential spot. He retired to Dakota, and then returns to New York and Philadelphia with his wife, Flora, who is a Congresswoman. He dies in 1937. He and Flora had one son, Joshua. In Harry Turtledoves fiction series Timeline-191, Flora Hamburger (an analogue of Rosa Luxemburg) is the wife of President Hosea Blackford. ...