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Main article: Early life and academic career of Woodrow Wilson. Wilson, c.mid-1870s. Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born to a family of Scotch-Irishand Scottish descentin Staunton, Virginia.[1] He was the third of four children and the first son of Joseph Ruggles Wilsonand Jessie Janet Woodrow.
Jun 13, 2024 · Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the United States (1913–21), a scholar and statesman best remembered for his legislative accomplishments and his idealism. Wilson led the U.S. into World War I and became the creator of the League of Nations, for which he was awarded the 1919 Nobel Prize for Peace.
Oct 29, 2009 · Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), the 28th U.S. president, served in office from 1913 to 1921 and led America through World War I (1914-1918). Remembered as an advocate for democracy, progressivism and...
Apr 2, 2014 · Woodrow Wilson, the 28th U.S. president, led America through World War I and crafted the Versailles Treaty's "Fourteen Points," the last of which was creating a League of Nations to...
As president of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, Wilson became widely known for his ideas on reforming education. In pursuit of his idealized intellectual life for democratically chosen students, he wanted to change the admission system, the pedagogical system, the social system, even the architectural layout of the campus.
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 America...
Woodrow Wilson's tenure as the 28th president of the United States lasted from March 4, 1913, until March 4, 1921. He was largely incapacitated the last year and a half. He became president after winning the 1912 election. Wilson was a Democrat who previously served as governor of New Jersey.
American scholar and statesman Woodrow Wilson served as the 28th president of the United States (1913–21) and was best remembered for his legislative accomplishments and his idealism.
Woodrow Wilson, (born Dec. 28, 1856, Staunton, Va., U.S.—died Feb. 3, 1924, Washington, D.C.), 28th president of the U.S. (1913–21). He earned a law degree and later received his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University. He taught political science at Princeton University (1890–1902).
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. First, they persuaded him to run for governor of New Jersey in 1910.
