Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
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Biographical Note
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1856, Dec. 28:
Born, Staunton, Va. -
1870:
Moved with family to Columbia, S.C. -
1873:
Entered Davidson College, Davidson, N.C.; withdrew after first year because of ill health -
1875:
Entered College of New Jersey, now Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. -
1879:
B.A., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. -
1881:
Graduated, University of Virginia Law School, Charlottesville, Va. -
1882:
Admitted to the Georgia bar -
1882 -1883 :Practiced law in partnership with Edward I. Renick, Atlanta, Ga. -
1885:
Married Ellen Louise Axson (died 1914) Professor, history and political science, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa. Published Congressional Government. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co. -
1886:
Ph.D., political science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. -
1888 -1890 :Professor, political science, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. -
1889:
Published The State: Elements of Historical and Practical Politics. Boston: D.C. Heath & Co. -
1890 -1902 :Professor, jurisprudence and political economy, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. -
1893:
Published Division and Reunion, 1829-1889. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co. -
1896:
Published George Washington. New York and London: Harper & Brothers -
1902 -1910 :President, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. -
1902:
Published A History of the American People. New York and London: Harper & Brothers -
1908:
Published Constitutional Government in the United States. New York: Columbia University Press -
1911 -1913 :Governor of New Jersey -
1913 -1921 :President of the United States -
1915:
Married Edith Bolling Galt -
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 paralytic strokes during and after speaking tour to win public support for 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. -
1924, Feb. 3:
Died, Washington, D.C.
From the guide to the Woodrow Wilson Papers, 1786-1957, (bulk 1876-1924), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
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