Presidential challenge, pre-1900 [Washington through McKinley inclusive]

This may prove somewhat interesting: let's see if we collectively can come up with one or more plausible (non-ASB) points of departure and timeline concepts for each president of the United States. NOTE: clichés and obvious PODs are to be avoided! That means that Lincoln's avoidance of assassination is out of bounds for this challenge, for example.

Now, I realize that for William Henry Harrison and James Garfield, given their short tenures, avoiding dying in office may be about the only POD available in either case. Still, it would be interesting to see what the real scholars might come up with otherwise.

One other note: yes, I'm well aware that William McKinley served in office until September 1901. But in most operational aspects, he was the last 19th century president; therefore, I'm making the end of his tenure the cutoff.

Have at it! This should be interesting.
 
Would the prevention of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 be a non ASB POD for George Washington's presidency. That could easily lead to and earlier abolition of Slavery if escaped slaves start to pressure the government.
 
I'll be the first to admit I'm not well-versed on this topic. That disclaimer made, I'd have to say the suggested POD immediately above is valid indeed.
 
Does the POD for the president have to be after their inauguration? If not both Harrison's and Garfield's VP choices could be valid (and interesting possibilities)...

A few others...

John Tyler: Remains as "Acting President" for the remainder of Harrison's term and is unable/unwilling to assert himself against an aggressive congress led by Henry Clay. As a result Tyler's tenure as President is dominated by Whig policies. Come 1844 Tyler resigns and Clay runs for President under the Whigs against James K. Polk. Polk still wins over the issue of Texas but Tyler's time as Acting president has set a precedent that all future ascending VP's will follow. In addition this further increases the irrelevance of the VP position.

William Henry Harrison: Daniel Webster accepts the offer of VP and becomes president after Harrison's death eventually leading the Whigs to victory again in 1844.

Millard Fillmore:Millard Fillmore more actively seeks the Whig nomination in 1852 and manages to beat out Winfield Scott. Without Scott's ties to the anti-slavery movement Fillmore manages to win a narrow victory over the Democrats, carrying most of the North, the border states, and the West. Fillmore's second term sees the Whig party reduced to a stronger "Know Nothing" party (no self destruct in TTL).

Come 1856 Fillmore runs for an unprecedented third term under a national unity banner claiming that both rival parties (The Democrats and the newly created Republicans) if elected would cause civil war. The resulting election sees neither side win a majority of the Electoral college resulting in "The Corrupt Bargain of 1856"...
 
This is somewhat the POD for my timeline, but I think it fits here.

Andrew Jackson: During the Nullification Crisis, Jackson isn't quite as against lowering tariffs and so doesn't antagonize John Calhoun, his VP. This means that in 1832 Jackson keeps Calhoun on his ticket instead of switching to Martin van Buren, which will probably result in Calhoun becoming president after Jackson.
 
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