support for the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations. Although Wilson’s doctor’s advise against such a strenuous trip.

October 2, 1919: “President Wilson suffers a serious stroke in Wichita, Kansas, in the middle of his national speaking tour and returns to Washington, DC.”

October 28, 1919: “Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson’s veto to provide enforcement power to the Eighteenth Amendment.”

November 19, 1919: “After a lengthy national debate, the Treaty of Versailles fails to achieve ratification in the Senate by a vote of 53 to 38.”

January 10, 1920: League of Nations convenes.

February 1, 1920: Ohio governor James M. Cox announces his candidacy.

1920: New Congress moves quickly to approve a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote.

February 26, 1920:Herbert Hoover announces he is not a candidatefor the Republican Presidential nomination.

March 1, 1920:A. Mitchell Palmer formally announces his candidacy, and runs in the Georgia primary.

March 6, 1920:“Hoover declines to compete in the California Democrat primary.”

April 14, 1920:First timeWilson presides over his Cabinet since his stroke in 1919.

Hiram Johnson’s prospects are limited because the “Old Guard” blames him for defecting in 1912 to become Roosevelt’s Progressive Party running mate, and for undermining Charles Hughes in California, which Wilson won so narrowly in 1916.

Woodrow Wilson’s health problems deter him from a presumed third term run. He wants the election to be a “solemn referendum” on the League of Nations and hopes the convention would draft him.

May 20, 1920: “Congress passes a joint resolution declaring an end to the war with Germany. President Wilson vetoes the resolution.