Woodrow Wilson - b 1856 - d 1919

WilyBadger

As many people are now aware, Wilson suffered a rather severe stroke in late 1919 that rendered him incapable of running the country and, according to at least some historians, left his wife running the nation.

What if, however, he had died from the stroke and Thomas Marshall had been sworn in as the 29th President of the United States of America? How might things have turned out differently? Would the League of Nations actually ended up being something useful? What about the 1920 presidential election? In reality, the presidential candidate for the Democratic party was James Cox with, of all people, FRD as his veep. Harding won. If Marshall had been running as an incumbant, might he have picked FDR to run with him? Would he have won?
 

DTF955Baseballfan

From what I recall, anyway (not nearly as much as 15-20 years ago), Marshall really didn't seem all that ambitious, and might not have even tried for the Presidency. Then again, we'd probably say the same about Calvin Coolidge if Harding had lived.

Marshall would get some sympathy votes. However, America was really tired of war. It's hard to imagine Harding losing, unless some scandal hit him before the election.

the bigges tthing is, Wilson would be seen as a martyr, and that might be enought o put the U.S. in the League. But, I still don't think that would quite be enough; there were other issues besides League or not - the general war weariness, plus the fact that the Republicans still help pretty much of a lock on things till 1932. But, that's just my opinion; someone else might be able to show Marshall might win.
 

WilyBadger

Good ole Harding. If he were elected in this situation and died in office like he did in our timeline, that would mean four Presidents in a pretty short timespan. I wonder what that would do.

Oh, btw, Cox ran with FDR, not FRD. :)
 

burmafrd

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As long as Lodge and the other isolationists held control of the senate we were never going to get in the League.
 

WilyBadger

If Marshall were President, do you think he might've been able to make entry into the League a part of a successful run for reelection in 1920?
 

Douglas

WilyBadger said:
If Marshall were President, do you think he might've been able to make entry into the League a part of a successful run for reelection in 1920?
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Absolutely not. If it hadn't passed by then, it wouldn't happen. You're saying exactly what Cox said during the election...the election which he got crushed in.
 
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