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Woodrow Wilson | |
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 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 December 28, 1856 Staunton, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | February 3, 1924 (aged 67) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Washington National Cathedral |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | |
| Mother | Jessie Janet Woodrow |
| Father | Joseph Ruggles Wilson |
| Education | |
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| Awards | Nobel Peace Prize (1919) |
| Signature |  |
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.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The biography of Thomas Woodrow Wilson by The White House". The US government. Retrieved 2007-03-07.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Biography of Thomas Woodrow Wilson – the Nobel Prize winner". The Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Woodrow Wilson's biography". spartacus schoolnet. Archived from the original on 2011-11-28. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
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dhmwas used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page). - ↑ "The American history – Woodrow Wilson". The New York Times Company. Archived from the original on 2009-03-19. Retrieved 2009-07-15.