Like Roosevelt before him, Woodrow Wilson regarded himself as the personal representative of the people. He developed a program of progressive reform and asserted international leadership in building a new world order.

Full Name: Thomas Woodrow Wilson

Birth Date & Place: December 28, 1856 in Stauton, Virginia

Schooling: Davidson College
College of New Jersey
University of Virginia Law School
Doctorate - Johns Hopkins University

Lived: Staunton, Virginia (Woodrow Wilson House)
Augusta Ga.
Columbia, S.C.
The White House - Washington, D.C.

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

Wilson is the only President to have earned a doctorate, and he still ranks as the recipient of the most honorary degrees.

1912: Elected President of the United States, campaigning on the "New Freedom", which stressed individualism and states' rights.

1916: Won re-election with slogan, "He kept us out of war."

1920: Received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to create the League of Nations.

He became the first American president to be received at Buckinham Palace, have Christmas dinner with American troops on foreign soil, and have an audience with the Pope.

He opened the Panama Canal and started air mail service.

His three major pieces of legislation as President include:

• Underwood Act (lower tariff)
• Federal Reserve Act (provided more elastic money supply)
• Sherman Antitrust Act (established Federal Trade Commission to prohibit unfair business practices).

Passed four Constitutional Amendments:

• Income tax (16)
• Direct election of senators (17)
• Prohibition (18)
• Women's Suffrage (19)

"No one but the President seems to be expected...to look out for the general interests of the country."

"Experience is the name everyone gives to his mistakes."

"I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow."

"To save time is to lengthen life."

"We grow great by dreams..."

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