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Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow WilsonAKA Thomas Woodrow Wilson

Born: 28-Dec-1856
Birthplace: Staunton, VA
Died: 3-Feb-1924
Location of death: Washington, DC
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC

Gender: Male
Religion: Presbyterian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State
Party Affiliation: Democratic

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: 28th US President, 1913-21

Father: Joseph Ruggles Wilson (Presbyterian minister, b. 28-Feb-1822, d. 21-Jan-1903)
Mother: Jessie Janet Woodrow (b. 20-Dec-1826, d. 15-Apr-1888)
Sister: Marion Morton Wilson Kennedy (b. 20-Oct-1850, d. 14-Aug-1890)
Sister: Annie Josephine Wilson Howe (b. 8-Sep-1853, d. 16-Sep-1916)
Brother: Joseph Ruggles Wilson Jr. (reporter, b. 20-Jul-1867, d. 26-Feb-1927)
Wife: Ellen Louise Axson Wilson (b. 15-May-1860, m. 24-Jun-1885, d. 6-Aug-1914)
Daughter: Margaret Woodrow Wilson ("Nishtha", pilgrim, b. 30-Apr-1886, d. 12-Feb-1944)
Daughter: Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre (political activist, b. 28-Aug-1887, d. 15-Jan-1933)
Daughter: Eleanor Randolph Wilson McAdoo ("Nellie", b. 16-Oct-1889, d. 5-Apr-1967)
Wife: Edith Bolling Galt Wilson (b. 15-Oct-1872, m. 18-Dec-1915, d. 28-Dec-1961)

    University: Davidson College (1873-74, withdrew)
    University: BA, Princeton University (1879)
    Law School: University of Virginia (1881)
    Professor: History & Political Science, Bryn Mawr College (1885)
    University: PhD Political Science, Johns Hopkins University (1886)
    Professor: Wesleyan University (1888-90)
    Professor: Jurisprudence and Political Economy, Princeton University (1890-1910)
    Administrator: President, Princeton University (1902-10)

    US President (1913-21)
    Governor of New Jersey (1911-13)
    American Political Science Association President
    National Press Club
    Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
    Phi Beta Kappa Society
    Nobel Peace Prize 1919
    Audience with the Pope
    Stroke May-1896
    Stroke Jun-1904
    Stroke 28-May-1906
    Stroke 3-Oct-1919
    Paralyzed
    Portrait on American currency $100,000
    Risk Factors: Dyslexia

Author of books:
Congressional Government (1885)
The State (1889)
State and Federal Government of the United States (1889)
Division and Reunion (1893)
When a Man Comes to Himself (1901)
History of the American People (1902)
Constitutional Government (1911)
New Freedom (1913)
Robert E. Lee: An Interpretation (1924)


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