Wilson's paternal grandparents had immigrated to the United States from Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland in 1807, settling in Steubenville, Ohio.
Wilson's maternal grandfather, Reverend Thomas Woodrow, moved from Paisley, Scotland to Carlisle, England, before migrating to Chillicothe, Ohio in the late 1830s.
Wilson defeated incumbent Republican William Howard Taft and third-party nominee Theodore Roosevelt to easily win the 1912 United States presidential election, becoming the first Southerner to do so since 1848. Wilson allowed the continuing imposition of segregation inside the federal bureaucracy.
Joseph met Jessie while she was attending a girl's academy in Steubenville, and the two married on June 7, 1849.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
Wilson's father was one of the founders of the Southern Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS) after it split from the Northern Presbyterians in 1861.
He became minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Augusta, and the family lived there until 1870.
From 1870 to 1874, Wilson lived in Columbia, South Carolina, where his father was a theology professor at the Columbia Theological Seminary.
In 1873, Wilson became a communicant member of the Columbia First Presbyterian Church; he remained a member throughout his life. Wilson attended Davidson College in North Carolina for the 1873–74 school year, but transferred as a freshman to the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).
From 1870 to 1874, Wilson lived in Columbia, South Carolina, where his father was a theology professor at the Columbia Theological Seminary.
As governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913, Wilson broke with party bosses and won the passage of several progressive reforms.
A leader of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of Princeton University and as the governor of New Jersey before winning the 1912 presidential election.
To win the presidential nomination he mobilized progressives and Southerners to his cause at the 1912 Democratic National Convention.
Wilson defeated incumbent Republican William Howard Taft and third-party nominee Theodore Roosevelt to easily win the 1912 United States presidential election, becoming the first Southerner to do so since 1848. Wilson allowed the continuing imposition of segregation inside the federal bureaucracy.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
As governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913, Wilson broke with party bosses and won the passage of several progressive reforms.
His first major priority was the Revenue Act of 1913, which lowered tariffs and began the modern income tax.
Two major laws, the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act, were passed to promote business competition. At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the U.S.
He narrowly won re-election in the 1916 United States presidential election, boasting how he kept the nation out of wars in Europe and Mexico.
As President, Wilson changed the nation's economic policies and led the United States into World War I in 1917.
In April 1917, Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war against Germany in response to its policy of unrestricted submarine warfare that sank American merchant ships.
He wanted the off-year elections of 1918 to be a referendum endorsing his policies, but instead the Republicans took control of Congress.
After the Allied victory in November 1918, Wilson went to Paris where he and the British and French leaders dominated the Paris Peace Conference.
Wilson had intended to seek a third term in office but suffered a severe stroke in October 1919 that left him incapacitated.
Meanwhile, his policies alienated German and Irish Democrats and the Republicans won a landslide in the 1920 presidential election.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
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