OVERVIEW:

BORN:
December 28, 1856
Staunton, Virginia

DIED:
February 3, 1924;
Washington, DC

EDUCATION:
Attended Davidson College in 1873 (withdrew in 1873 due to health)
Princeton University (BA, 1879)
University of Virginia School of Law
Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D. in Political Science, 1886)

MARRIED:
Ellen Louise Axson (married in 1885, died in 1914)
Edith Bolling Galt (married in 1915)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1870:
Moved to Columbia, South Carolina
1875-1879:
Attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)
1881:
Attended the University of Virginia School of Law
1882:
Moved to Atlanta, Georgia;
Admitted to the Georgia bar
1882-1883:
Practiced law in Atlanta, Georgia
1885:
Professor of History and Political Science, Bryn Mawr College;
Married Ellen Axson
Published Congressional Government
1888-1890:
Professor of Political Science, Wesleyan University
1889:
Published The State: Elements of Historical and Practical Politics
1890-1902:
Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Economy, Princeton University
1893:
Published Division and Reunion, 1829-1889
1896:
Published George Washington
1902-1910:
President, Princeton University
1902:
Published A History of the American People
1908:
Published Constitutional Government in the United States
1911-1913:
Governor of New Jersey
1913-1921:
President of the United States
1914:
Ellen Wilson died on 8/6/1914
1915:
Married Edith Bolling Galt on 12/18/1915
1917:
Asked Congress for a declaration of war on Germany
1918:
Fourteen Points speech outlined American war aims and plans for peace program;
Addressed opening session of peace conference, Paris, France, on plan to establish the League of Nations
1919:
Signed peace treaty with Germany at Versailles, France;
Suffered strokes during and after tour promoting the League of Nations
1920:
Awarded Nobel Peace Prize;
Treaty of Versailles defeated in the U.S. Senate
1921:
Retired to home in Washington, D.C.

PORTRAITS:

FIRST LADIES:

VICE PRESIDENT:

RESOURCES:

White House
Miller Center
American Presidents (C-SPAN)
American Experience (PBS)
Wilson Presidential Library and Museum
Library of Congress (Papers , Finding Aid)
Public Papers (American Presidency Project)
Books by Woodrow Wilson (University of Pennsylvania)
Selected Addresses and Public Papers
Encyclopedia of Virginia

NOTABLE BOOKS:

**WOODROW WILSON: LIFE AND LETTERS (VOLS. 1-6)** by Ray Stannard Baker

**WOODROW WILSON: A BIOGRAPHY** by John Milton Cooper, Jr.

1912 ELECTION:

DEMOCRATS:
WOODROW WILSON (PRESIDENT)
THOMAS R. MARSHALL (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 435 (81.9%)
Popular Vote: 6,294,327 (41.8%)

PROGRESSIVES (BULL MOOSE):
THEODORE ROOSEVELT (PRESIDENT)
HIRAM JOHNSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 88 (16.6%)
Popular Vote: 4,120,207 (27.4%)

REPUBLICANS:
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT (PRESIDENT)
NICHOLAS M. BUTLER (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 8 (1.5%)
Popular Vote: 3,486,343 (23.2%)

SOCIALISTS:
EUGENE V. DEBS (PRESIDENT)
EMIL SEIDEL (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 0 (0.0%)
Popular Vote: 900,370 (6.0%)

1913 INAUGURATION:

1913 Address (Transcript, Wilson’s Typed and Shorthand Copies)
Library of Congress (1913)
Joint Congressional Committee (1913)

1916 ELECTION:

DEMOCRATS:
WOODROW WILSON (PRESIDENT)
THOMAS R. MARSHALL (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 277 (52.2%)
Popular Vote: 9,126,063 (49.2%)

REPUBLICANS:
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES (PRESIDENT)
CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 254 (47.8%)
Popular Vote: 8,547,030 (46.1%)

1917 INAUGURATION:

1917 Address (Transcript)
1917 Inauguration Program
Library of Congress (1917)
Joint Congressional Committee ( 1917)

WILSON ADMINISTRATION:

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE:
David F. Houston (1913–1920)
Edwin T. Meredith (1920–1921)

SECRETARY OF COMMERCE:
William C. Redfield (1913–1919)
Joshua W. Alexander (1919–1921)

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:
Franklin K. Lane (1913–1920)
John B. Payne (1920–1921)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
James C. McReynolds (1913–1914)
Thomas W. Gregory (1914–1919)
A. Mitchell Palmer (1919–1921)

SECRETARY OF LABOR:
William B. Wilson (1913–1921)

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY:
Josephus Daniels (1913–1921)

POSTMASTER GENERAL:
Albert S. Burleson (1913–1921)

SECRETARY OF STATE:
William Jennings Bryan (1913–1915)
Robert Lansing (1915–1920)
Bainbridge Colby (1920–1921)

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
William G. McAdoo, Jr. (1913–1918)
Carter Glass (1918–1920)
David F. Houston (1920–1921)

SECRETARY OF WAR:
Lindley M. Garrison (1913–1916)
Newton Diehl Baker (1916–1921)

GOVERNOR OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE:
Charles S. Hamlin (1914-1916)
William P.G. Harding (1916-1922)

COUNSELORS/ ADVISORS:
Ray Stannard Baker
Cary T. Grayson
Edward M. House
Joseph P. Tumulty

SUPREME COURT NOMINEES:

The Supreme Court in October 1916. Seated from left: Justices William R. Day and Joseph McKenna, Chief Justice Edward D. White, and Justices Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Willis Van Devanter; standing, from left: Justices Louis D. Brandeis, Mahlon Pitney, James C. McReynolds and John H. Clarke. (Photo Credit: Clinedinst Studio, Supreme Court Collection)

James C. McReynolds (1914-1941)
John H. Clarke (1916)
Louis D. Brandeis (1916)

CONGRESS:

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
James B. “Champ” Clark (1911-1919)
Frederick H. Gillett (1919-1925)

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER (UNOFFICIAL):
John Worth Kern (1913-1919)
Henry Cabot Lodge Senior (1919-1925)

SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE:
James P. Clarke (1913-1916)
Willard Saulsbury (1916-1919)
Albert B. Cummins (1919-1925)

HISTORIC SITES:

Woodrow Wilson House (Washington, DC)
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace (Virginia)
Boyhood Home (Georgia)
Presidential Library and Museum (Virginia)

ARTICLES:

At Princeton, Woodrow Wilson, a Heralded Alum, Is Recast as an Intolerant One (NYT)
A President’s Illness Kept Under Wraps (WP, 2/3/2007)