. >> what's the story of thomas riley marshall, the president of the united states. >> with all due respect with thomas riley marshall, vice president of the united states, he was -- how do i saw, he was a fool. but he was -- he was a bit of a joke in washington. rumor had it that he had business cards that said thomas r. riley, vice president of the united states and toast master. and he was a guy who really loved being vice president. it was a perfect job because it required nothing other than -- >> did he have any relationship with woodrow wilson on. >> he almost never saw woodrow wilson. he was invited to cabinet meetings in the beginning. but marshall himself realized he was sitting in the back ground, he wasn't asked to speak. no one was listening if he did. >> who was responsible for the false report that woodrow wilson died. >> yes, during this stroke period when wilson was an ino invalid in the white house, riley was out giving speeches. he loved doing that. he was a charming speaker. just before he was giving a spee speech, i believe an a.p. story quickly ran, or maybe a local sto