Woodrow Wilson
Twenty-Eighth U.S. President |
March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1921
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VICE
PRESIDENT
Thomas R. Marshall |
FIRST
LADY
Ellen Wilson* |
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*Died in the White House
BIRTH NAME: Thomas Woodrow Wilson
BORN: December 28, 1856
Staunton, Virginia
CHILDREN: 3 daughters (All with his first
wife)
PROFESSION: Attorney, College Professor
POLITICAL PARTY: Democrat
HOME STATE: New Jersey
NICKNAME: "Schoolmaster in Politics"
POLITICAL OFFICES: Governor (NJ)
DIED: February 3, 1924 (Age - 67)
LAST WORD: "Edith." (His wife's
name.) |
First Lady
Edith Wilson
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| On September 25, 1919 while speaking in Pueblo, Colorado; President Wilson
suffered a stroke and almost died. Edith Wilson, while nursing her husband back to
health, hid the severity of the President's condition from the public by handling many of
his duties. This later became known as the "Petticoat Government". |
BURIED: Washington, DC (The only president buried in our Capitol.)
"No one but the President seems to be expected...to look
out for the general interests of the country." President Woodrow Wilson |
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