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Woodrow Wilson

The Twenty-Eighth President • 1913-1921

Woodrow Wilson

“Prophet Without Honor”


Biographical Facts

Birth: Staunton, Virginia, December 28, 1856

Ancestry: Scotch-Irish

Father: Joseph Ruggles Wilson
Birth: Steubenville, Ohio, February 28, 1822
Death: Princeton, New Jersey, January 21, 1903
Occupation: Presbyterian Minister

Mother: Jessie Woodrow Wilson
Birth: Carlisle, England, 1830
Death: Clarksville, Tennessee, April 15, 1888

Brother: Joseph Wilson (1866-1927)

Sisters: Marion Wilson (1850-1890); Annie Josephine Wilson (1854-1916)

Marriage (first): Savannah, Georgia, June 24, 1885
Wife: Ellen Louise Axson Wilson
Birth: Savannah, Georgia, May 15, 1860
Death: Washington, D.C., August 6, 1914
Children: Margaret Woodrow Wilson (1886-1944); Jessie Woodrow Wilson (1887-1933); Eleanor Randolph Wilson (1889-1967)

Marriage (second): Washington, D.C., December 18, 1915
Wife: Edith Bolling Galt
Birth: Wytheville, Virginia, October 15, 1872
Death: Washington, D.C., December 28, 1961

Religious Affiliation: Presbyterian

Education: Private Tutors; Davidson College; Princeton (B.A., 1879); attended University of Virgnia Law School; Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D., 1886)

Occupations Before Presidency: Lawyer; Professor; College President

Prepresidential Office: Governor of New Jersey

Inauguration Age: 56

Death: Washington, D.C., February 3, 1924

Place of Burial: National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.



 
First Administration

Inauguration: March 4, 1913; the Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Vice President: Thomas R. Marshall

Secretary of State: William Jennings Bryan; Robert Lansing (from June 23, 1915)

Secretary of the Treasury: William G. McAdoo

Secretary of War: Lindley M. Garrison; Newton D. Baker (from March 9, 1916)

Attorney General: James C. McReynolds; Thomas W. Gregory (from September 3, 1914)

Postmaster General: Albert S. Burleson

Secretary of the Navy: Josephus Daniels

Secretary of the Interior: Franklin K. Lane

Secretary of Agriculture: David F. Houston

Secretary of Commerce: William C. Redfield

Secretary of Labor: William B. Wilson

Supreme Court Appointments: James C. McReynolds (1914); Louis D. Brandeis (1916); John H. Clarke (1916)

Congress #63 (April 7, 1913-March 3, 1915):
Senate: 51 Democrats; 44 Republicans; 1 Progressive
House: 290 Democrats; 127 Republicans; 18 Others

Congress #64 (December 6, 1915-March 3, 1917):
Senate: 56 Democrats; 39 Republicans; 1 Others
House: 231 Democrats; 193 Republicans; 8 Others


Election of 1912
CandidatesElectoral Vote Popular Vote
Woodrow Wilson
(Democratic)
435 6,293,152
Theodore Roosevelt
(Progressive)
88 4,119,207
William H. Taft
(Republican)
8 3,486,333
Eugene V. Debs
(Socialist)
none 900,369



 
Second Administration

Inauguration: March 5, 1917; the Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Vice President: Thomas R. Marshall

Secretary of State: Robert Lansing; Bainbridge Colby (from March 23, 1920)

Secretary of the Treasury: William G. McAdoo; Carter Glass (from December 16, 1918); David F. Houston (from February 12, 1920)

Secretary of War: Newton D. Baker

Attorney General: Thomas W. Gregory; A. Mitchell Palmer (from March 5, 1919)

Postmaster General: Albert S. Burleson

Secretary of the Navy: Josephus Daniels

Secretary of the Interior: Franklin K. Lane; John B. Payne (from March 13, 1920)

Secretary of Agriculture: David F. Houston; Edwin T. Meredith (from February 2, 1920)

Secretary of Commerce: William C. Redfield; Joshua W. Alexander (from December 16, 1919)

Secretary of Labor: William B. Wilson

Congress #65 (April 2, 1917-March 3, 1919):
Senate: 53 Democrats; 42 Republicans; 1 Other
House: 16 Republicans; 210 Democrats; 9 Others

Congress #66 (May 19, 1919-March 3, 1921):
Senate: 48 Republicans; 47 Democrats; 1 Other
House: 237 Republicans; 191 Democrats; 7 Others


Election of 1916
CandidatesElectoral Vote Popular Vote
Woodrow Wilson
(Democratic)
277 9,126,300
Charles E. Hughes
(Republican)
254 8,546,789
A. L. Benson
(Socialist)
none 589,924
J. Frank Hanly
(Prohibition)
none 221,030



 
 

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