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Like with Eisenhower 100 years later, Taylor was a popular, moderate General from a recently finished war. Taylor was also courted by both parties, and both eventually choose the Whig/Republicans and won a fair margin against the incumbent Democrats who finished the war. But what if Taylor, a southern (Louisiana) Slaveholder decided for whatever reason to run as a moderate Democrat?
In such a case, who would be on the Whig ticket and lose (They Democrats were uber popular after the Mexican-American War and the Expansion, Taylor running as a Whig was the only way they could win)? More importantly, who would be his running mate, and President, when Taylor (an old man with a history of bad health) died? Who would run in 1852 on both Parties? Also: What would happen to Martin Van Buren's Free Soil Party, which only got 10% because of him running against Lewis Cass in OTL.