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An interesting idea, but even in the 1700s it would have been easy enough to keep it in the extended family, should the voters have been in favour. The first US
by notahacker 4y ago
An interesting idea, but even in the 1700s it would have been easy enough to keep it in the extended family, should the voters have been in favour. The first US president to have kids was the beginning of the US' first political dynasty
- pyuser583 4y agoJohn Quincy Adams was elected two decades after his father left the White House. That’s not exactly reliable succession.
- notahacker 4y agoHe'd have been eligible for the presidency at the end of his dad's second term, if his dad had served one. The obstacle to reliable succession was voters, not age.