PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON
28th President of the United States
(March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1921)Nickname: "Schoolmaster in Politics"
Born: December 28, 1856, in Staunton, Virginia
Died: February 3, 1924, in Washington, D.C.Father: Joseph Ruggles Wilson
Mother: Jessie Janet Woodrow Wilson
Married: Ellen Louise Axson (1860-1914), on June 24, 1885; Edith Bolling Galt (1872-1961), on December 18 , 1915
Children: Margaret Woodrow Wilson (1886-1944); Jessie Woodrow Wilson (1887-1933); Eleanor Randolph Wilson (1889-1967)Religion: Presbyterian
Education: Graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) (1879)
Occupation: Teacher, public official
Political Party: Democrat
Other Government Positions:
- Governor of New Jersey, 1911-13
Presidential Salary: $75,000/year
- Wilson allowed sheep to graze on the White House lawn during World War I; their wool helped raise money for the Red Cross.
- Wilson was the first president to cross the Atlantic Ocean while in office.
- Wilson established the practice of holding regular presidential press conferences.
- Received the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to end World War I and to establish the League of Nations.
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