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Marshall's vice presidency is most remembered for a leadership crisis following a stroke that incapacitated Wilson in October 1919. Because of their personal dislike for Marshall, Wilson's advisers and wife Edith sought to keep him uninformed about the president's condition to prevent him from assuming presidential powers and duties. Many ...
After Wilson won the nomination on the 46th ballot, his advisers—who had secretly promised Marshall the vice presidency in return for supporting Wilson—suggested Marshall as vice president. Despite Wilson’s opinion of Marshall as a “very small calibre man,” electoral calculations eventually swayed him to support Marshall’s nomination.
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Marshall assumed that the job of vice president offered more responsibility and was disappointed when he realized the limits of his formal duties. Furthermore, his jovial disposition contrasted sharply with the serious intellectualism of Wilson, who had little to do with Marshall.
Dec 14, 2021 · Wilson picked the popular 58-year-old Indiana governor as his Democratic running mate in 1912 to appeal to Midwestern voters. The wisecracking Marshall had no illusions about the office. He...
- Ronald G. Shafer
Courtesy: Library of Congress. A cheerful, self-deprecating politician from Indiana, Thomas Marshall served dutifully as Woodrow Wilson's vice president. Remarking on his limited role, Marshall...
- American Experience
As Vice President (1913-1921) Marshall proved to be an utterly loyal supporter of the Democratic administration and a capable and well-liked presiding officer of the Senate.Correspondence between Wilson and Marshall reveals the President's use as well as his appreciation of the Vice President. More often than not Marshall was a solid party ...
His victory on the forty-sixth ballot came only after his managers quietly made a deal with the leaders of the Indiana machine to give Governor Thomas R. Marshall the vice presidential nomination. Marshall is remembered for little but a single witty remark.
