Marshall, Thomas R(iley)

Marshall, Thomas R(iley)
born March 14, 1854, North Manchester, Ind., U.S.
died June 1, 1925, Washington, D.C.

U.S. politician.

As governor of Indiana (1909–13) he sponsored a broad program of social legislation. In 1912 he was elected vice president on a ticket with Woodrow Wilson. He became the first vice president in nearly 100 years to serve two terms (1913–21). When Wilson suffered a stroke that partially paralyzed him in 1919, Marshall refused to assume the powers of the presidency without a congressional resolution and written requests from first lady Edith Wilson and the president's doctor. A popular public official, he was heard to remark during a tedious debate, "What this country needs is a really good five-cent cigar."

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