President Zachary Taylor was elected President in 1849 for the Whig Party, the cousin of President Madison, and a very successful American military leader. He fought in the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War, the Seminole Wars, and the Mexican War. He was a moderate, a southerner, Virginian by birth, but was adamantly opposed to a southern rebellion. He is quoted as saying that if any state(s) rebelled against the Union, he would personally lead the army to destroy them.
From what I can gather, he was pretty much a badass, but he died prematurely in 1850, one year into his presidency, on a hot summer day in Washington from gastroenteritis.
So, I am curious, what if President Zachary Taylor had not died, fulfilled his presidency, and Millard Fillmore did not take his place?
How would his politics affect the US and the world further along?
Would he likely be re-elected?
How would he deal with the growing tensions between north and south?
And anything else you can think of?
From what I can gather, he was pretty much a badass, but he died prematurely in 1850, one year into his presidency, on a hot summer day in Washington from gastroenteritis.
So, I am curious, what if President Zachary Taylor had not died, fulfilled his presidency, and Millard Fillmore did not take his place?
How would his politics affect the US and the world further along?
Would he likely be re-elected?
How would he deal with the growing tensions between north and south?
And anything else you can think of?