WWI Treaty of Versailles w/o Wilson

Only my second thread, so bare with me if this has been covered- What would the consequences be if President Wilson died before the conclusion of World War I or at latest between the armistice and the Treaty (which was in 1920)... say from a stroke, which is plausible given that's how he later died.

I figures the earlier he dies, the less likely for self-determination for ethnic minorities to be a consideration of the Great Powers. Look at what France and the UK did to the Middle East carving it up, without the USA nagging like an old housewife would it have gone even further? Wilsonian Armenia might never have even been considered. Do we even get a Czechoslovakia or as large a Poland? Does the League of Nations even get attempted? I don't know much about Wilson's VP (ATL's new president) so maybe under a vibrant new president the USA is even more active instead of less, since part of the reason Wilson wasn't able to push the L of Nations was because of his stroke and inability to really campaign or fulfill his hope of running for a third term.
 
France takes the Rhine frontier.
Poland probably not as large. Czechs may end up taking their independence, but Slovaks stay hungarian. Globally Hungary will not apply some parts of the Trianon treaty.
 
Only my second thread, so bare with me if this has been covered- What would the consequences be if President Wilson died before the conclusion of World War I or at latest between the armistice and the Treaty (which was in 1920)... say from a stroke, which is plausible given that's how he later died.

I figures the earlier he dies, the less likely for self-determination for ethnic minorities to be a consideration of the Great Powers. Look at what France and the UK did to the Middle East carving it up, without the USA nagging like an old housewife would it have gone even further? Wilsonian Armenia might never have even been considered. Do we even get a Czechoslovakia or as large a Poland? Does the League of Nations even get attempted? I don't know much about Wilson's VP (ATL's new president) so maybe under a vibrant new president the USA is even more active instead of less, since part of the reason Wilson wasn't able to push the L of Nations was because of his stroke and inability to really campaign or fulfill his hope of running for a third term.


First off your in the wrong section, this should be in post 1900, not before 1900.

But to answer your question:
This is plausable as there had been a leadership crisis following a stroke that incapacitated Wilson in October 1919.
Have it strike him earlier on, and it could kill him or instead of Marshall refusing let him take the advice of the many people, including cabinet officials and Congressional leaders, who urged him to become acting president.

In the event of Woodrow Wilson's death in office, Thomas R. Marshall, becomes the new President, which means that Wilson's advisers and wife, who disliked Marshall, would try and keep the news as quiet for as long as possible.

Marshall, as a progressive person he may be a lot fairer on Germany and setting a precedent that keeps America in internation policies instead of isolation, like in OTL and he may be able to win, re-election, with a simpaty vote, but I doubt the Democrats would want him in.
 
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