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    Woodrow Wilson

    President of the United States from 1913 to 1921

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  1. Jun 13, 2024 · 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 (191321), an American scholar and statesman best remembered for his legislative accomplishments and his high-minded idealism.

  2. Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party , Wilson served as the president of Princeton University and as the governor of New Jersey before winning the 1912 presidential election .

  3. Apr 2, 2014 · Woodrow Wilson was an academic and politician who served as the two-term 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. Wilson spent his youth in the South observing the Civil War and...

  4. Oct 29, 2009 · Wilson was a college professor, university president and Democratic governor of New Jersey before winning the White House in 1912. Once in office, he pursued an ambitious agenda...

  5. Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856-February 3, 1924) was born in Staunton, Virginia, to parents of a predominantly Scottish heritage. Since his father was a Presbyterian minister and his mother the daughter of a Presbyterian minister, Woodrow was raised in a pious and academic household.

  6. Wilson is one of Americas most important political figures, and most historians rank him among the five most important American presidents, along with George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt. Yet, Wilson’s largely progressive legacy is not without irony.

  7. www.whitehouse.gov › about-the-white-house › presidentsWoodrow Wilson | The White House

    Woodrow Wilson, a leader of the Progressive Movement, was the 28th President of the United States (1913-1921). After a policy of neutrality at the outbreak of World War I, Wilson led...

  8. In the three-way race against incumbent President William Howard Taft and former President Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson received 42 percent of the popular vote and was elected the nation's 28th chief executive.

  9. Thomas Woodrow Wilson, nicknamed the “schoolmaster in politics,” is chiefly remembered for his high-minded idealism, which appeared both in his leadership on the faculty and in the presidency of Princeton University, and in his national and world statesmanship during and after World War I. Wilson’s accomplishments have been re-evaluated ...

  10. Wilson advanced rapidly as a young professor of political science and became president of Princeton in 1902. His growing national reputation led some conservative Democrats to consider him presidential timber.

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