Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilsons fight for the League of Nations epitomizes his character - idealistic, yet extremely stubborn. After the close of the war and the Treaty of Versailles was signed in the summer of 1919, all Wilson needed was the Senates approval. But Wilson, having been in Paris for close to six months, had lost touch with American sentiment, and a sizable group of Republican senators capitalized on this fact, and vigorously opposed Wilsons draft of the treaty. ... Neither Wilson, nor Senator Henry Cabot Lodge would relent or compromise and consequently the United States never joined the League that Wilson fought for and dreamed about. ... Finally, in the United States, President Wilson was already concocting a system of permanently preserving European peace. ... Woodrow Wilson was the official representative of the United States, though he was often unable to attend due to sickness or other problems. When Wilson was in absentia, Secretary of State Robert Lansing represented the U.