Wiki on Woody said:The immediate cause of Wilson's incapacitation was the physical strain of the public speaking tour he undertook to obtain support for ratification of the Covenant of the League of Nations. In Pueblo, Colorado, on September 25, 1919[108] he collapsed.[109]
Then, on October 2, 1919, he suffered a serious stroke that almost totally incapacitated him, leaving him paralyzed on his left side and blind in his left eye.[110] He was confined to bed for weeks, sequestered from nearly everyone but his wife and his physician, Dr. Cary Grayson.[111] For at least a few months, he used a wheelchair. Later, he could walk only with the assistance of a cane. The full extent of his disability was kept from the public until after his death on February 3, 1924.
With few exceptions, Wilson was kept out of the presence of Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, his cabinet and Congressional visitors to the White House for the remainder of his term. His wife, Edith, served as his steward, selecting issues for his attention and delegating other issues to his cabinet heads. Eventually, Wilson did resume his attendance at cabinet meetings, but his input there was perfunctory at best.[112] This was one of the most serious cases of presidential disability in American history and was later cited as an argument for the 25th Amendment
Wiki on TR said:Roosevelt's attacks on Wilson helped the Republicans win control of Congress in the off-year elections of 1918. Roosevelt was popular enough to seriously contest the 1920 Republican nomination, but his health was broken by 1918, because of the lingering malaria. His family and supporters threw their support to Roosevelt's old military companion, General Leonard Wood, who was ultimately defeated by Warren G. Harding.
On January 6, 1919, Roosevelt died in his sleep at Oyster Bay of a coronary thrombosis (heart attack), preceded by a 2½-month illness described as inflammatory rheumatism,[81] and was buried in nearby Youngs Memorial Cemetery.[82][83] Upon receiving word of his death, his son Archie telegraphed his siblings simply, "The old lion is dead."[79] The U.S. Vice-President at that time, Thomas R. Marshall, said that "Death had to take Roosevelt sleeping, for if he had been awake, there would have been a fight[
Well, For all those who know my timelines, you'd notice that Im a believer in a death for a death scenario's(It just makes sense to me look up Law on Conservation of energy lol). But anywho, I was thinking what if Wilson had died on that dark day of October, and Roosevelt was given yet another lease on life for a few more years.
How exactly would a Marshall presidency turn out? Would he be able to get the League threw on sympathy for Wilson and seceding to the GOP their revisions? Would Marshall be denied the nomination in 1920 by the Democrats? And How badly as an Incumbent POTUs would he loose to Roosevelt if he was the GOP nominee?
As for Teddy, if he had not suffered that fatal heart attack only three months after Wilson's stroke, would he have been given the nomination? Or would the bosses win out for the third election in a row? With his detiorating health(From the trip to the Amazon) could he survive a third term? What kinds of Progressive reforms that TR would push through that wern't covered by Wilson? Any chance that those reforms might hinder the economic boom of the roaring twenties? Any other potential variables? Keep it comming