General Mung Beans
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What if President William Henry Harrison had not caught pneumonia and had survived for a full term. Would he have annexed Texas, or gone to war against Mexico. Would he have run for reelection in 1844 and won?
I support the All-Oregon Movement. To bad they're aren't too many people around here who agree with me.He might push for the annexation of the whole of The Oregon where his successors decided to take Texas instead.
Expansion north of the Missouri Compromise line, 1812 veteran, military man...it's a possibility he goes for 54/40 and fights.
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Harrison was not a friend of the Indians, or was at least very wary of any dealings with them, having had Tecumseh's uprising start up under his watch as Governor of the Indiana Territory. So there's one thing to have watched out for with him as President, though it's not likely that things would be too different from OTL, since pretty much everyone had the same viewpoint.
I wouldn't expect him to go after Texas, since it was very clearly Mexican territory (recall that Harrison advised Bolívar against aggressive expansion, instead to focus on building a stronger republic). On the other hand, I imagine him going for the 54/40, and likely doing a good job of securing American footholds there.
Outside of any expansion of the US, which I personally think Harrison would be mostly against, he'd be facing a difficult battle politically, and would likely split the Whig party, between supporters of Webster, with whom Harrison was buddy-buddy, and Clay, whom Harrison was often annoyed by. His making enemies of friends would probably also be a result of his appointing jobs based on ability rather than popularity, as under previous administrations.