Timeline (The Co-Presidency)

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This section of the Co-Presidency, detailing the start of the timeline from the early 1910s to the start of the Eisenhower-Nixon Co-Presidency is a work in progress. The timeline was recently rewritten to date back to the Wilson Administration as opposed to starting as late as Eisenhower's administration to provide a larger timeframe. Otherwise, most things from the early to mid-1950s should be set in stone.

Events preceding 1912
All events preceding 1912 are the exact same as in OTL. All presidents from Washington to Taft have served terms equivalent to what was standard at the time and constitutionally established in the 22nd amendment.

1913, The election of Woodrow Wilson, health scares, and a Constitutional Amendment




1912 was the last Presidential Election where a candidate ran with the dual responsibilities provided as commander-in-chief. Woodrow Wilson and Thomas Marshall were elected as President and Vice President, defeating President William Howard Taft, former President Theodore Roosevelt, and Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs. Shortly following their inauguration, President Wilson suffered a heart attack, sending both citizens and government officials into panic. Wilson had not died, however, his condition was kept largely unknown by those close to him. As opposed to passing an amendment similar to the OTL 25th amendment, congress decided that losing another leader in full was unacceptable and that America should stand no matter what happened. Thus, a bill dubbed as "The Co-Presidency Amendment" took effect on June 17, 1913. With the change in the executive branch, there were changes in the election cycle, coinciding with House of Representatives elections every two years.

Wilson, who was still recovering, took the reigns of the new Foreign Affairs Minister position, Marshall being appointed as Domestic Affairs Minister. No Undersecretarial positions were considered until the new 1914 elections, the first with the new electoral system. Wilson had recovered enough to run another vigorous campaign and won re-election narrowly, with William Jennings Bryan now as his Under Secretary. Marshall did not want to be President, nor did he want this new high position as a Minister. Marshall stepped down, and former President Theodore Roosevelt, under his Progressive banner, won the election.