Woodrow Wilson

28th president of the United States
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Also known as: Thomas Woodrow Wilson
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In full:
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Born:
December 28, 1856, Staunton, Virginia, U.S.
Died:
February 3, 1924, Washington, D.C. (aged 67)
Political Affiliation:
Democratic Party
Awards And Honors:
Hall of Fame (1950)
Nobel Prize (1919)
Hall of Fame for Great Americans (1950)
Nobel Peace Prize (1919)
Notable Family Members:
spouse Ellen Wilson
spouse Edith Wilson
son of Joseph Ruggles Wilson
son of Janet Woodrow
married to Edith Wilson (married 1915)
married to Ellen Wilson (1885–1914 [her death])
father of Margaret Woodrow Wilson (b. 1886–d. 1944)
father of Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre (b. 1887–d. 1933)
father of Eleanor Wilson McAdoo (b. 1889–d. 1967)
brother of Joseph Ruggles Wilson, Jr.
brother of Marion Wilson Kennedy
brother of Annie Wilson Howe
Subjects Of Study:
history of United States
Education:
Davidson College
Princeton University (B.A., 1879)
University of Virginia (graduated 1881)
Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D., 1886)
Taught At:
Wesleyan University
Princeton University
Bryn Mawr College
Published Works:
"On Being Human" (1916)
"Constitutional Government in the United States" (1908)
"A History of the American People" (1902)
"When a Man Comes to Himself" (1901)
"Division and Reunion, 1829–1889" (1893)
"The State: Elements of Historical and Practical Politics" (1889)
"Congressional Government: A Study in American Politics" (1885)
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Woodrow Wilson (born December 28, 1856, Staunton, Virginia, U.S.—died February 3, 1924, Washington, D.C.) was the 28th president of the United States (1913–21), an American scholar and statesman best remembered for his legislative accomplishments and his high-minded idealism. Wilson led his country into World War I and became the creator and leading advocate of the League of Nations, for which he was awarded the 1919 Nobel Prize for Peace. During his second term the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving women the right to vote, was passed and ratified. He suffered a paralytic stroke while seeking American public support ...(100 of 3223 words)