WI: President Daniel Webster in 1850?

Pretty common scenario, but here goes: Webster accepts the Vice Presidency in 1848, becoming President on the death of Zachary Taylor. If Webster dies on schedule in 1852 (considering the stress of the presidency, possibly earlier), President pro tempore William R. King succeeds him. If King's weak health coupled with stress causes him to die, would Speaker Lynn Boyd become President, or King's successor as Pres pro tem?

Any ideas for how the effects of this strange set of circumstances will be? Presumably the Compromise of 1850 will still be passed, but could a proto-25th amendment be passed?
 
Section 9 of the Succession Act:
That in case of removal, death, resignation or inability both of the President and Vice President of the United States, the President of the Senate pro tempore, and in case there shall be no President of the Senate, then the Speaker of the House of Representatives, for the time being shall act as President of the United States until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected.
That suggests to me that, in the event of a Senate President pro tem dying while acting as President, the Speaker of the House gets to act as president until and unless the Senate elects a new President pro tempore.
 
Section 9 of the Succession Act:

That suggests to me that, in the event of a Senate President pro tem dying while acting as President, the Speaker of the House gets to act as president until and unless the Senate elects a new President pro tempore.
Thanks! In that case, I'm guessing David Rice Atchison will serve for the last couple months until the inauguration of the next president.
 
I don't think there was much chance of Webster getting the vice-presidential nomination in 1848. As I have written elsewhere, "Fourteen (!) names were placed in nomination for the vice-presidency at the Whig national convention, but only four northerners were serious contenders--even the most extreme proslavery Southern Whigs realized that with a Louisiana slaveholder heading the ticket, the VP had to be a Northerner. The four were (1) Abbott Lawrence of Massachusetts, (2) Thomas Ewing of Ohio, and the New York rivals (3) Seward and (4) Fillmore." https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1848-a-different-vice-president.394057/#post-12804412

Webster had the disadvantage of not being particularly liked by Taylor or Clay supporters. Lawrence was the favorite Northerner of the Southern Taylor supporters, Fillmore was championed by northern Clay men.
 
I don't think there was much chance of Webster getting the vice-presidential nomination in 1848. As I have written elsewhere, "Fourteen (!) names were placed in nomination for the vice-presidency at the Whig national convention, but only four northerners were serious contenders--even the most extreme proslavery Southern Whigs realized that with a Louisiana slaveholder heading the ticket, the VP had to be a Northerner. The four were (1) Abbott Lawrence of Massachusetts, (2) Thomas Ewing of Ohio, and the New York rivals (3) Seward and (4) Fillmore." https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1848-a-different-vice-president.394057/#post-12804412

Webster had the disadvantage of not being particularly liked by Taylor or Clay supporters. Lawrence was the favorite Northerner of the Southern Taylor supporters, Fillmore was championed by northern Clay men.
Do you know why most of the Whigs didn't like Webster, could he perhaps cozy up to one of the two factions? Perhaps the Whigs are worried about losing New England to the Free Soilers, and put Webster on the ticket?

I'd also been considering having Houston never give his speech on the Oregon Bill, keeping more Southern support.
 
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Sooo.... the Devil won his lawsuit?

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In the Devil and Daniel Webster -- Webster wins the suit against the devil in a property case, but on departing the devil curses him to lose his chance at the presidency.... So if the devil wins the property case, well that means -- webster can become pres?
 
Sooo.... the Devil won his lawsuit?

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In the Devil and Daniel Webster -- Webster wins the suit against the devil in a property case, but on departing the devil curses him to lose his chance at the presidency.... So if the devil wins the property case, well that means -- webster can become pres?
Devil uses a different curse, damning Webster to a much worse fate - the vice presidency. The Almighty smiles upon Black Dan however, and strikes down Taylor, giving Webster his prize.
 
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