 As Marshall made little news and was viewed as a somewhat comic figure in Washington because of his sense of humor , a number of Democratic party leaders wanted him removed from the 1916 reelection ticket . Wilson , after deliberating , decided keeping Marshall on would demonstrate party unity ; thus in 1916 Marshall won reelection over the still divided Republican Party and became the first vice president re @-@ elected since John C. Calhoun in 1828 , and Wilson and Marshall became the first president and vice president team to be re @-@ elected since Monroe and Tompkins in 1820 . 
