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Life of Woodrow Wilson
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Birth
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born on December 28, 1856, in Staunton, Virginia. (Because his mother said he arrived around midnight, some sources list Wilson’s birthday as December 29.) His father, Joseph Ruggles Wilson, was a Presbyterian minister, and his mother, Janet Woodrow Wilson, was a minister’s daughter and originally from England.
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Education
Woodrow Wilson receives a bachelor of arts degree from the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University), ranked thirty-eighth in a class of 167. He then attends the University of Virginia law school for one year.
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Continued Education
Woodrow Wilson enrolls at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He completes a doctorate in the history of government two years later.
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Marriage
Woodrow Wilson marries Ellen Axson.
First Lady Biography: Ellen Wilson First Lady Biography: Ellen Wilson
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Princeton University President
Woodrow Wilson is appointed president of Princeton University.
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Governor
Woodrow Wilson is elected the governor of New Jersey.
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U.S. President
Woodrow Wilson wins the U.S. presidential election.
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2nd Marriage
Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Bolling Galt, a native of Wytheville, VA.
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U.S. President-2nd Term
Woodrow Wilson is reelected president of the United States.
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War on Germany
Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war on Germany.
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Fourteen Points
Woodrow Wilson delivers a speech known as his "Fourteen Points," which set conditions for lasting peace for World War I. Among his proposals is the League of Nations, an idea originally proposed by the British.
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The end of a war
World War I ends.
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Nobel Peace Prize
Woodrow Wilson is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on behalf of the League of Nations.
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Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles is signed.
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Death
Woodrow Wilson dies in his home in Washington, D.C.
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