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Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, ... On October 2, 1919, Wilson suffered a serious stroke, leaving him paralyzed on his left side, and with ...
Despite his New Jersey base, most Southern leaders worked with him as a fellow Southerner. Wilson experienced several strokes in the last year and a half of his presidency causing him to be largely incapacitated. He was succeeded by Republican Warren G. Harding, who won the 1920 election. Wilson was a leading force in the Progressive Movement.
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffered a serious stroke at the age of 62, rendering him an invalid for the remainder of his life. [12] However, his inner circle, led by the First Lady Edith Wilson and chief physician Cary T. Grayson, kept the general public in the dark about Wilson's health until February.
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Edith Wilson (née Bolling, formerly Galt; October 15, 1872 – December 28, 1961) was the first lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921 and the second wife of President Woodrow Wilson. She married the widower Wilson in December 1915, during his first term as president.
Edith and Woodrow: The Wilson White House is a 2001 book by Phyllis Lee Levin, published by Scribner. It documents Edith Bolling Wilson's de facto rule during the portion of the Presidency of Woodrow Wilson after the man suffered a stroke in 1919. She did this by blockading the media from covering the effects of the stroke, so the public did ...
He accompanied Wilson and stayed near him while he attended peace talks in Paris in 1919. [6] Grayson was involved in the conspiracy to hide the severity of Woodrow Wilson's October 1919 stroke from members of the government and from the public. Some historians have strongly criticized Grayson's actions, while others have supported them.
The White House, official residence of the president of the United States, in July 2008. The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, [1] indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. [2]