DBWI-Woodrow Wilson survives stroke

Well, America would still join the league of nations. 1919 was so late in his term that the effects would be small.
 
Maybe without him being "martyred" for the cause of internationalism he wouldn't be considered one of the top 3 presidents?
 
Depends to whom you talk that says he's one of the top three presidents. His stock has been falling lately, especially in light of the failure of the League to deal with the problems of hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic and the subsequent lurch to the right in Germany, culminating in a sort of counterrevolution in 1923. Don't forget that it was the US delegation to the LN, led by Colby Bainbridge, that threw essentially a cordon around Germany and declared that nation what we would now call a rogue state for five years, beginning in 1920. That meant no US help, and many states followed suit out of respect for the departed Wilson.

It's doubtful Thomas Marshall would have fared any better. It was too late in Wilson's term for Marshall to be anything more than a placeholder, so he had no real shot at the 1920 nomination. Had Wilson lived, he'd be known (to stretch a point) today as a one-time VP of the US, and that's about all.

OH governor James Cox, elected in 1920 on what amounted to a sympathy vote, probably wouldn't have been elected president. In the long run, that might have been better for him, since he bore the brunt of the criticism for the severe recession in 1923, paying the price by losing his bid for re-election to the GOP ticket of Irvine Lenroot and William Sproul. Had Lenroot not been elected, there would have been no way Charles Dawes would have become SecTreas, and the rules/regulations curbing investment on margin wouldn't have been enacted. Don't forget that there was some rather wild practice on Wall Street in the early 1920s, with stocks purchased on as little as 10% margin. The near-crash of 1923 was a wakeup call, and Dawes' rules essentially fixed things to avoid that in the future. Granted, Lenroot had to deal with a recession in late 1929 / early 1930, but that was no more than an annoyance compared to what it might have been.

One has to wonder if somehow Herbert Hoover, known for his humanitarian work during the war, might have become a major figure in Washington. Cox didn't have much time for Hoover and was uninterested in finding something for him to do. Thus, Hoover went back to the mining and engineering fields he knew best, managing to start what is now Hoover Kellogg Brown Root (HKBR), perhaps the premier US engineering firm.

And then there's the matter of prohibition: it was given impetus as a wartime move in the spirit of sacrifice, but without Wilson's backing, the move ran out of gas. Had Wilson lived, it might have become law, however briefly. It's hard to imagine the American populace standing still for long with laws forbidding beer, never mind wine or hard liquor.

As time has progressed, the halo of "martyrdom" around Wilson has faded noticeably. I mentioned above the latter-day recriminations about the failure to intercede on behalf of the general populace of Weimar Germany; what has also come to light recently were Wilson's plans in light of the Red Scare that were never enacted. Had Wilson lived, and these plans been enacted, America might have come uncomfortably close to becoming a police state.

To be sure, there will be a brief uptick in Wilson's reputation in another four years but that is sure to be short-lived. When the dust finally settles, he'll probably wind up ranked about where Cleveland is.
 
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