March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1921
|
VICE
PRESIDENT
Thomas R. Marshall |
FIRST
LADY
Ellen Wilson* |
 |
BIRTH NAME: Thomas Woodrow Wilson |
*Died in the White House |
BORN: December 28, 1856
Staunton, Virginia |
First
Lady
Edith Wilson |
| 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) |
| 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". |
DIED: February 3, 1924 (Age - 67)
LAST WORD: "Edith." (His wife's
name.) |
|
| BURIED: Washington, DC (The
only president burried in our Nation's Capitol.) |
| "No one but the
President seems to be expected...to look out for the general interests of the
country." President Woodrow
Wilson |
