Biography Of Woodrow Wilson

On December 28, 1856 in Virginia, Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born to Joseph and Janet Wilson. His mother Janet Woodrow Wilson was an English minister’s daughter, and his father Joseph Ruggles Wilson was a Presbyterian minister. At the age of five, Woodrow Wilson’s father served in the American Civil War and used his church as a hospital for the wounded Confederate soldiers.

Wilson was a very well educated man; however, he had to try a bit harder than others would imagine. Due to what was believed to be Dyslexia, Woodrow finally learned to read at the age of 10. Through hard work and perseverance, he graduated from Princeton University in 1879. He continued to further his education by attending law school at University of Virginia. Several years and colleges later, Wilson received is Ph.D. in political science. Wilson remains the only United States President to have obtained a doctorate degree. In 1890, Wilson was hired as a professor of politics for Princeton. It was at Princeton that he developed a reputation for his educational reform policies.

In 1885, Wilson married Ellen Axson, a minister’s daughter. The couple has three children before she passed away due to kidney disease in 1914. The year following her death, he married Edith Bolling Galt, whose belated husband owned a jewelry business. Wilson was elected the governor of New Jersey in 1910, and he fought to bring an end to the over-powering political machines. Two years later, the Democrats nominated him as a candidate for president, and Thomas Marshall as his vice president. The Republican Party split into two groups because they could not come to an agreement over their candidate for president. These parties became known as the Conservative Republicans and the Prog...

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...920. The new amendment prohibited the sale, manufacturing, and transportation of alcohol. The prohibition lasted until 1933 when it was repealed by the 21st amendment. Towards the end of his presidency, women also gained the right to vote by the 19th amendment. At the next election, Warren Harding was elected as the next president.

After leaving office in 1921, Wilson resided in Washington, D.C, and where he and a partner established a law firm of their own. As the result of poor health, Wilson died at home on February 3, 1924. He was buried in the Washington National Cathedral. As a president, Woodrow Wilson accomplished much in his two terms. He led the nation through a difficult time, and without his contributions as president, the nations around the world could still, very well be at war. It takes a strong man to make a strong president, and he was just that.