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President of Princeton University. Wilson in 1902. As president of Princeton University, Wilson lived in Prospect House on the university campus. In June 1902, Princeton trustees promoted Professor Wilson to president, replacing Patton, whom the trustees perceived to be an inefficient administrator. [52]
Jun 13, 2024 · Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the United States (1913–21), a scholar and statesman best remembered for his legislative accomplishments and his idealism. Wilson led the U.S. into World War I and became the creator of the League of Nations, for which he was awarded the 1919 Nobel Prize for Peace.
Oct 29, 2009 · Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), the 28th U.S. president, served in office from 1913 to 1921 and led America through World War I (1914-1918). Remembered as an advocate for democracy, progressivism and...
Apr 2, 2014 · Woodrow Wilson was an academic and politician who served as the two-term 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. Wilson spent his youth in the South observing the Civil War and...
Woodrow Wilson, a leader of the Progressive Movement, was the 28th President of the United States (1913-1921). After a policy of neutrality at the outbreak of World War I,...
Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States. He served two terms in office, from 1913 to 1921. Wilson was a Progressive Democrat who believed in the power of the federal government to expose corruption, regulate the economy, eliminate unethical business practices, and improve the general condition of society.
As president of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, Wilson became widely known for his ideas on reforming education. In pursuit of his idealized intellectual life for democratically chosen students, he wanted to change the admission system, the pedagogical system, the social system, even the architectural layout of the campus.
Woodrow Wilson took the oath of office on March 4, 1913 and moved to the White House with his wife Ellen and three daughters Jessie, Margaret, and Nell. Mrs. Wilson was dedicated to the cause of improving housing for the city's poor, many of whom were African Americans living in slums just a stone's throw from the Capitol Building.
Woodrow Wilson, (born Dec. 28, 1856, Staunton, Va., U.S.—died Feb. 3, 1924, Washington, D.C.), 28th president of the U.S. (1913–21). He earned a law degree and later received his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University. He taught political science at Princeton University (1890–1902).
Wilson advanced rapidly as a young professor of political science and became president of Princeton in 1902. His growing national reputation led some conservative Democrats to consider him presidential timber. First, they persuaded him to run for governor of New Jersey in 1910.
