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Woodrow Wilson suffered multiple strokes culminating in a debilitating ischemic stroke in October 1919, after which his physician and First Lady controlled access and effectively managed presidential duties without full disclosure to Congress or the public.
A body of contemporaneous medical observations, later archival research, and modern medical analysis point to cerebrovascular disease and at least one crippling stroke that impaired ’s cognition; hist...
Public incidents tied to concerns about a president’s cognition have sometimes produced medical disclosures (typically after acute medical crises) and often intense public debate, but historically — b...