Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American politician and academic. He served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. As president, he oversaw the passage of progressive legislative policies unparalleled until the New Deal in 1933. Wilson was the first Southerner to be elected president since the American Civil War.
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Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American politician and academic. He served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. As president, he oversaw the passage of progressive legislative policies unparalleled until the New Deal in 1933. He was the leading architect of the League of Nations. Wilson was born in Staunton, Virginia, to a family of Scots-Irish and Scottish descent. He spent his early years in the American South, mainly in Augusta, Georgia, during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Wilson’s parents gave him the nickname “Tommy” which he used through his college years. He died in 1924. He is considered one of the better U.S. presidents, although he has received strong criticism for being a supporter of racial segregation and white supremacy. Wilson was the first Southerner to be elected president since the American Civil War. He was also the first African-American president of a major American college or university; he served as president of Princeton University from 1903 to 1909. He also served as governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913. He won the presidential nomination at the 1912 Democratic National Convention and was elected president in 1912. Wilson died from a severe stroke in October 1919 and was incapacitated for the remainder of his presidency.
His funeral was held in Washington, D.C., on November 14, 1921. The funeral was attended by his wife, former first lady Nancy Wilson, as well as other prominent members of the New Jersey political and business community, including former President Theodore Roosevelt and former Vice President William Howard Taft. The funeral service was held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New Jersey, where Wilson was a member of the Board of Trustees. Wilson is buried in Mount Vernon, New Jersey. For more information on Thomas Wilson, visit: http://www.wilsonhistory.org/Thomas-Woodrow-Wilson-Memorabilia-and-Memorial-Services.html. For more about Thomas Wilson and his family, see: www.wilsontwilliams.com/Wilson-Family-Memo-Memoirs- &-Pictures-of-Thomas- Woodrow Wilson and-Gloria Woodrow Widow-Widower-1901. For information on how to buy a copy of this article, go to www.wsj.com: http:/www.swilson-history.com/. For more on Wilson’s family, visit http: /www.southerners.gov/ Wilson-family-memorabilia and Pictures of Thomas Woodrow-1902-1903. For details on Wilson, see www.southern-southern souvenir.com. Wilson was the first son of Joseph Ruggles Wilson and Jessie Janet Woodrow, growing up in a home where slave labor was utilized. He later became a Presbyterian pastor and served as a parson.
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