WI Zachary Taylor lived?

he was against the compromise of 1850 and against secession. what kind of butterflies would this create for the civil war?
 
As many have noted--likely an earlier one.

I refute this meme wholeheartedly. Even IOTL the run-up to the Compromise of 1850 saw no serious efforts or threats of secession; the fiercest 'conflict' arising from the entire debate was between the government of Texas and the federal military governor of the New Mexico territory over the still then undecided New Mexico-Texas border; Texas attempted to claim several counties that had been outside of the Texan Republic, and in order to head off any moves in this area the military governor simply sent troops in and erected the flag of the United States, claiming them as New Mexican territory. 1850 was and is much closer to 1832 than to 1861, and even then 1832 was a much closer crisis to an earlier ACW.

At the OP; if Taylor lives the Compromise of 1850 is likely vetoed and a second compromise in 1851 is passed which, at the very least, removes the policy of 'popular sovereignty.' Taylor lives out the rest of his career as a lameduck President, and is likely ditched by the Whigs for the 1852 election - which they will handily lose. Further, the lack of a Fillmore administration will lead to some notable butterflies abroad; perhaps most importantly no President Fillmore ITTL means no Perry Exhibition to open Japan in 1852, and likely either the British, French, or Russians are the first to break into Japan.
 
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