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Also known as Thomas Woodrow Wilson, T. Woodrow Wilson, Thomas W. Wilson, President Wilson, T. W. Wilson, T. Wilson

president of the United States from 1913 to 1921 (1856–1924)

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Woodrow Wilson was an American politician, lawyer, and university teacher who served as the President of the United States and Governor of New Jersey. He was also the Governor-General of the Philippines and a President-elect. A member of the Democratic Party, he was educated at Davidson College, Princeton University, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Virginia. He worked as a teacher at Princeton University, Wesleyan University, the University of Virginia, and Bryn Mawr College.

Born in Staunton in 1856, Wilson died in Washington, D.C., in 1924. He was buried at the Washington National Cathedral. He was married to Ellen Axson Wilson and Edith Bolling Galt Wilson. Their children were Margaret Woodrow Wilson, Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre, and Eleanor Wilson McAdoo. Wilson was a member of the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, and the American Historical Association. He received one Nobel Prize.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1912
Died
1967
Works
41

Top works

  • Bling blang
  • Hard hitting songs for hard-hit people
  • Pastures of plenty
  • Bound for Glory
  • Woody's 20 grow big songs

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Film & TV

Acting · Staunton, Virginia, USA

Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the United States of America (1913–21). A scholar and statesman, best remembered for his legislative accomplishments and his high-minded idealism, who led his country into World War I and became the creator and leading advocate of the League of Nations, for which he was awarded the 1919 Nobel Prize for Peace.

Known for

  • America at War — Self (archive footage)2025
  • Aurora's Sunrise — Self - Politician (archive footage)2023
  • Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre — Self (archive footage)2023
  • Fighting for Respect: African American Soldiers in WWI — Self (archive footage)2021
  • Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress — Self (archive footage)2019
  • Propaganda: Engineering Consent — Self - Politician (archive footage)2018
  • The Vietnam War — Self - Politician (archive footage)2017
  • Apocalypse: World War I — Self (archive footage)2014
  • Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema — Self (archive footage)2007
  • The Fog of War — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2003

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1856
Active to
1924
chicago soulclassic souldoo-wopnorthern soulpoppop soul

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
520
Total plays
1,628

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Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856–February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States. A leading intellectual of the Progressive Era, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913. With Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft dividing the Republican Party vote, Wilson was elected President as a Democrat in 1912. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Woodrow+Wilson">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

  • I yield to no one precedence in love for the South. But because I love the South, I rejoice in the failure of the Confederacy.
  • Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in its committee-rooms is Congress at work.
  • The Senate of the United States has been both extravagantly praised and unreasonably disparaged, according to the predisposition and temper of its various critics... The truth is, in this case as in so many others, something quite commonplace and practical. The Senate is just what the mode of its election and the conditions of public life in this country make it.
  • We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.
  • It is getting to be harder to run a constitution than to frame one.
  • Administration is the most obvious part of government; it is government in action; it is the executive, the operative, the most visible side of government, and is of course as old as government itself.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Peace Prize1919

    for his role as founder of the League of Nations

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Historical Figures Who Kept Their True Evil Hidden From The World

History often cloaked its villains in garments of greatness, only for time to strip away the illusion and reveal what truly lay beneath. Many figures celebrated as heroes or visionaries left behind a far darker imprint than their admirers ever suspected.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Wilson
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Staunton
Place of death
Washington, D.C.
Occupation
writer
Languages spoken
German
Native language
English language
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctoral advisor
Richard T. Ely
Image
Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1919.jpg
Height
180
Number of children
3
Work location
Princeton
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Significant event
World War I
Commons category
Woodrow Wilson
date of birth
1856-12-28
date of death
1924-02-23
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name in native language
Woodrow Wilson
manner of death
natural causes
birth name
Woodrow Wilson
nominated for
Nobel Peace Prize
writing language
English language
different from
Thomas Wilson
National Governors Association biography URL
www.nga.org/governor/thomas-woodrow-wilson
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Works in European collections

4 objects attributed to Woodrow Wilson, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. He was the only Democrat to serve as president during the Progressive Era, when Republicans dominated the presidency and legislative branches. As president, Wilson made significant economic reforms and led the United States through World War I. He was the leading architect of the League of Nations, and his stance on foreign policy came to be known as Wilsonianism.

Born in Staunton, Virginia, Wilson grew up in the Southern United States during the American Civil War and Reconstruction era. After earning a Ph.D. in history and political science from Johns Hopkins University, Wilson taught at several colleges prior to being appointed president of Princeton University, where he emerged as a prominent spokesman for progressivism in higher education. Wilson is considered one of the founding fathers of the field of public administration due to his 1887 article "The Study of Administration." Wilson served as the governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913, during which he broke with party bosses and won the passage of several progressive reforms.

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