WI President Harrison survives in 1841?

In 4 April 1841 President William H. Harisson died of pneumonia after a nasty cold he had contracted earlier in March (propably during his inauguration) causing a constitutional crisis about presidential succession.
Eventually after the advice of Chief Justice R. Taney Vice-President Tyler took the oath of office and became President for the remainder of Harrison's term.

How would history be affected if Harrison had survived his illness? How would his Presidency looked like? Would he be reelected?
 
From what I can gather, Harrison was a bit of an empty suit. A charismatic guy who would basically be controlled by his advisers (people like Henry Clay & other prominent Whigs).
 
From what I can gather, Harrison was a bit of an empty suit. A charismatic guy who would basically be controlled by his advisers (people like Henry Clay & other prominent Whigs).

As a politician, I don't know. But as a General, he was the only one on the US side that seriously considered things like logistics. That makes me think that he was a lot more than 'an empty suit'.
 
As a politician, I don't know. But as a General, he was the only one on the US side that seriously considered things like logistics. That makes me think that he was a lot more than 'an empty suit'.

Certainly he was a good general but there's plenty of examples of great military commanders who proved to be poor political leaders such as Wellington.
 
The easiest PoD would be him not getting sick in the first place. Dressing for the weather and giving his two hour speech inside.


basically be controlled by his advisers (people like Henry Clay & other prominent Whigs).
Didn't he actually stand up to Clay?
 
Certainly he was a good general but there's plenty of examples of great military commanders who proved to be poor political leaders such as Wellington.
I was reacting to the 'empty suit' line. No one ever, EVER would have called the Iron Duke an 'empty suit'.

Would he have made a good President? I think he'd at least consider causes and effects, which puts him ahead of many politicians. A good logistics general is more likely to make a good President than a 'blood and guts' general.
 
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