woodrow wilson

Thomas Woorow Wilson (December 28, 1856—February 3, 1924), was the twenty-eighth President of the United States. A devout Presbyterian, and leading intellectual of the Progressive Era, he served as President of Princeton University and then became the Governor of New Jersey in 1910. Wilson is to date the only president from New Jersey. With Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft dividing the Republican Party vote, Wilson was elected President as a Democrat in 1912. He proved highly successful in leading a Democratic Congress to pass major legislation that included the Federal Trade Commission, the Clayton Antitrust Act, the Underwood Tariff, the Federal Farm Loan Act and most notably the Federal Reserve System.

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This president arranged the first film showing in the White House when he had "The Birth of a Nation" screened there
His second inauguration marked the first time that women officially participated in the inaugural parade
On January 8, 1918, he outlined his "Fourteen Points" to the U.S. Congress
Of WWI, he said, "Our own fortunes as a nation are involved whether we would have it so or not"
In his 1913 inaugural address he said, "The firm basis of government is justice, not pity"
The United States never ratified the Versailles treaty, though this President played a key role in drafting it
(I'm Jeff Probst in Panama.) He was the U.S. president when the Panama Canal officially opened in 1914
He brought the Treaty of Versailles back to the U.S. where the Senate rejected it
This president collapsed September 25, 1919 & one week later suffered a stroke
In November 1910 he was elected governor of New Jersey; 2 years later he was elected president
Setting sail for the Paris Peace Conference in December 1918, he became the first sitting president to cross the Atlantic
In 1917 he called for a declaration of war against Germany saying that "The world must be made safe for democracy"
The committee that drafted the league's covenant included this U.S. president
From 1890 to 1902, he served as professor of jurisprudence & political economy at Princeton
Because the Bull Moose Party split the Republican vote, this Democrat won the White House in 1912
Born in Virginia in 1856 & elected in 1912, he was the last Virginian to become president
...of U.S. presidents, by last name
Democratic1913-1921
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Speaking to WWI troops in 1919, this man became the first U.S. president to make a radio broadcast
For his work in founding the League of Nations, he received the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize
His wife is often called the first woman president because many believed she called all the shots after his stroke
In 1915 he laid the cornerstone of Arlington National Cemetery's Memorial Amphitheater
On January 8, 1918 he told Congress, "A general association of nations must be formed"
Alphabetically by last name, he's listed last
In 1902 he became the first layman chosen as president of Princeton
Graduating from Princeton in 1879, he was the first president to earn a Ph.D.
By last name, he's alphabetically last on a list of U.S. presidents
1856-1924
William Jennings Bryan was referring to him when he said, "We have a president who has kept .... us out of war."
While attending college, this president served as an editor of the "Princetonian"
In 1920 this president signed legislation returning the railroads to private ownership
Degrees from Princeton & Johns Hopkins aren't the only attractive features of this man seen here:
For his work in establishing the League of Nations, he was awarded the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize
In 1916:Newton Diehl Baker
Jessie Woodrow
One of this man's "14 Points" led to the establishment of the League of Nations
While governor of New Jersey, he enacted the state's first workmen's compensation law
President who was known as the "Schoolmaster in Politics"
Though he couldn't read until after he was 10, he became the only U.S. President to earn a doctoral degree
Discontinued in 1969, the $100,000 bill featured the portrait of this Democratic president
He was president during WWI
With Taft & Teddy Roosevelt splitting the Republican vote, this Democrat easily won the 1912 election
His reputed affair with Mrs. Mary Peck threatened to quash his presidential hopes in 1912
1917:He asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany
In 1913 this man featured on the old $100,000 bill signed the bill creating the Federal Reserve System
"The Schoolmaster in Politics"
WWI's "The Professor"
Princeton(class of 1879)
In January 1918 he set forth his "Fourteen Points" on which he thought lasting peace could be made
The first to hold regular press conferences, he began them 7 years before Helen Thomas was born
When he died in 1924, he became our only president buried in Washington, D.C.
In 1910 this ex-Princeton Pres. was elected Governor or N.J. but served only 2 years before taking a new job
December 28, 1856 in Staunton, Virginia
Edith Galt, whom he married in 1915, was related to Pocahontas
While at Princeton, he was a member of the American Whig Society debating club
This president's first wife, Ellen, replaced Edith Roosevelt's "Colonial" garden with a rose garden
This president seen here won the Nobel Peace Prize during his term
In 1902 this Princeton professor became the first layman president of the school; he'd later go into politics
1912:Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas Marshall
At the Washington, D.C. National Cathedral
Born in 1856, his 2 names mean "Dweller of a Place Near the Woods" & "Son of William"
Although his 1916 campaign slogan was "He kept us out of war", the U.S. entered World War I the following year
The only president buried in Washington, D.C., his tomb was dedicated in 1956, the centennial of his birth
With Republicans split between Taft & Teddy Roosevelt, this Democrat was elected president in 1912
Some of his colorful nicknames were "Professor", "Tiger" & "Coiner of Weasel Words"
Dressed in formal university robes, he's the president of Princeton seen here in 1903:
This 20th century president was the first to visit Europe while in office
...the Russian Revolution toppled Czar Nicholas II
In the 1912 election he defeated a sitting president & a former president

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