WOODROW WILSON 1856 1924 TWENTY EIGHTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WILSON WOODROW 1856 1924 U.S GOV'T EXECUTIVE POLITICAL PARTIES WORLD WAR I U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION ELECTIONS AND POLITICS WOODROW WILSON BORN IN STAUNTON VIRGINIA WOODROW WILSON WAS THE SON OF A PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER AND TEACHER HE ATTENDED DAVIDSON COLLEGE IN NORTH CAROLINA GRADUATED FROM PRINCETON UNIVERSITY IN 1879 AND EARNED A PH.D FROM JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY IN 1886 FROM 1885 UNTIL 1902 HE TAUGHT HISTORY AND ECONOMICS AT BRYN MAWR COLLEGE CONNECTICUT WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY AND THEN PRINCETON UNIVERSITY IN 1902 HE BECAME PRESIDENT OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY WILSON WAS ELECTED GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY IN 1910 AS A DEMOCRAT WILSON WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT IN 1912 HIS PRESIDENCY WAS MARKED BY THE PASSAGE OF REFORM LEGISLATION THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INCOME TAX THE CREATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AND THE PASSAGE OF THE NINETEENTH AMENDMENT WHICH GAVE WOMEN THE VOTE IN 1916 WILSON WAS RE ELECTED THE FOLLOWING YEAR THE UNITED STATES DECLARED WAR ON GERMANY WILSON PROPOSED THE FOURTEEN POINTS PEACE AGREEMENT TO END THE WAR PARTICIPATED IN THE VERSAILLES PEACE CONFERENCE AND CHAMPIONED THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS HE WAS AWARDED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE IN 1919 AFTER TIRELESS CAMPAIGNING FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES WILSON SUFFERED A STROKE AND SPENT THE REST OF HIS TERM IN ILL HEALTH AFTER LEAVING THE PRESIDENCY WILSON CONTINUED TO LIVE IN WASHINGTON D.C WHERE HE DIED IN 1924
