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Wilson, Woodrow

Wilson, Woodrow (1856–1924), scholar, president of Princeton University, governor of New Jersey, twenty‐eighth president of the United States.
The son of a Presbyterian minister, Wilson was born in Staunton, Virginia, grew up in Georgia and South Carolina, graduated from Princeton University, attended the University of Virginia law school, and earned a Ph.D. in history and political science from the Johns Hopkins University (1885). He was a professor at Bryn Mawr College and Wesleyan and Princeton universities, and in 1902 he became president of Princeton, serving until 1910, when he was elected governor of New Jersey. In 1912, he secured the Democratic nomination for the presidency, was elected, and served two terms.

As president, Wilson was often accused by his political enemies of being cowardly and pacifistic, but he used armed force in support of diplomatic goals seven times between April 1914 and November 1918—more often...

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