WI: Senator Thaddeus Stevens in 1838?

In 1838 conflicting returns in parts Pennsylvania lead to a partisan battle known as the Buckshot War. Control of the state House of Representatives was in the balance, with the Whigs already controlling the Senate. The end of the "war" meant a humiliating loss for the Whigs, and Stevens being tossed out into the wilderness for some time.

Assuming the Whigs can win the state House, fairly or unfairly, and Stevens is elected to the Senate, what comes of that? How will his career and the eventual anti-slavery party (Republican or otherwise) interact with this early victory.
 
Alternatively, VP Stevens in 1840 could certainly have some butterflies:cool:. (In fact, Stevens in OTL is probably the main reason why Harrison got the nomination that year instead of Scott).
 
Not likely but here is a thought, he is pres pro tem in 65, Johnson also murdered. PROPER reconstruction

That would be an interesting idea. I could definitely see him controlling the Republican Party in the Senate.

Alternatively, VP Stevens in 1840 could certainly have some butterflies:cool:. (In fact, Stevens in OTL is probably the main reason why Harrison got the nomination that year instead of Scott).

I'm not an expert on Thad, so I ask this. Would the Whigs be willing to choose him, and would his nomination hurt Harrison in the South? Even by 1837, as a delegate to Pennsylvania's constitutional convention, he fought against the disenfranchisement of blacks. He was also a cripple, and could be tarred as a Yankee Federalist (born in Vermont and apparently a Federalist, according to Wikipedia).
 
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