Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson
Portrait by Harris & Ewing, 1919
28th President of the United States
In office March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921
Vice President	Thomas R. Marshall
Preceded by	William Howard Taft
Succeeded by	Warren G. Harding
34th Governor of New Jersey
In office January 17, 1911 – March 1, 1913
Preceded by	John Franklin Fort
Succeeded by	James Fairman Fielder
13th President of Princeton University
In office October 25, 1902 – October 21, 1910
Preceded by	Francis Patton
Succeeded by	John Grier Hibben
Personal details
Born	Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856-12-28)December 28, 1856 Staunton, Virginia, U.S.
Died	February 3, 1924(1924-02-03) (aged 67) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place	Washington National Cathedral
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Ellen Axson (m. 1885; died 1914) Edith Bolling (m. 1915)
Children	Margaret Jessie Eleanor
Father	Joseph Ruggles Wilson
Education	Princeton University (AB) Johns Hopkins University (PhD)
Occupation	Politician academic
Awards	Nobel Peace Prize (1919)
Signature
Woodrow Wilson's voice

Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th president of the United States between 1913 and 1921.^[1] He was born in Virginia and grew up in Georgia.^[1][2] In 1917, after the U.S. had been neutral, it got involved with the First World War. Because of Wilson, the League of Nations was founded.^[3] Therefore, he received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1919.^[2] Between 1890 and 1902, Wilson worked as professor for law at Princeton University.^[4][5]

He was one of the initiators of the League of Nations, the creation of which he strongly supported.^[6] He died of a stroke in Washington DC at the age of 67.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "The biography of Thomas Woodrow Wilson by The White House". The US government. Retrieved 2007-03-07.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Biography of Thomas Woodrow Wilson – the Nobel Prize winner". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
3. ↑ "Woodrow Wilson (compiled with his approval by Hamilton Foley): Woodrow Wilson's Case for the League of Nations, Princeton University Press, Princeton 1923". Time.com. Archived from the original on 2011-04-06. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
4. ↑ "Woodrow Wilson's biography". spartacus schoolnet. Archived from the original on 2011-11-28. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
5. ↑ Cite error: The named reference dhm was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
6. ↑ "The American history – Woodrow Wilson". The New York Times Company. Archived from the original on 2009-03-19. Retrieved 2009-07-15.