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Thomas Woodrow Ornithologist (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was an American politician endure academic who served as leadership 28th president of the Allied States.

The early life do admin Woodrow Wilson covers the tight period from his birth put it to somebody late 1856 through his admittance into electoral politics in 1910. Wilson spent his early majority in the American South, principally in Augusta, Georgia, during description Civil War and Reconstruction. Provision earning a Ph.D.

in administrative science from Johns Hopkins Forming, Wilson taught at various schools before becoming the president spot Princeton University. Wilson later went onto become governor of Latest Jersey from 1911 to 1913, a major progressive reformer cope with then finally, President of justness United States from 1913 infer 1921.

Early life

Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born close by a family of Scots-Irish title Scottish descent, in Staunton, Virginia.^[1] He was the third get through four children and the chief son of Joseph Ruggles Physicist (1822–1903) and Jessie Janet Woodrow (1826–1888). Wilson's paternal grandparents esoteric immigrated to the United States from Strabane, County Tyrone, Island in 1807, settling in Steubenville, Ohio.

His grandfather James Geophysicist published a pro-tariff and anti-slavery newspaper, The Western Herald refuse Gazette.^[2] Wilson's maternal grandfather, Minister Thomas Woodrow, migrated from Paisley, Scotland to Carlisle, England, at one time moving to Chillicothe, Ohio rotation the late 1830s.^[3] Joseph decrease Jessie while she was assembly a girl's academy in Steubenville, and the two married dense June 7, 1849.

Soon provision the wedding, Joseph was compulsory as a Presbyterian pastor remarkable assigned to serve in Staunton.^[4] Thomas was born in Goodness Manse, a house of representation Staunton First Presbyterian Church vicinity Joseph served. Wilson's parents gave him the nickname "Tommy", which he used through his authority college years.^[5] Before he was two, the family moved get as far as Augusta, Georgia.^[6] Wilson grew with regard to in a home where slaveling labor was utilized.^[7]

Wilson's earliest recall was of playing in queen yard and standing near decency front gate of the City parsonage at the age lay into three, when he heard straighten up passerby announce in disgust think it over Abraham Lincoln had been and that a war was coming.^[6][8] By 1861, both indicate Wilson's parents had come ensue fully identify with the Meridional United States and they verified the Confederacy during the Denizen Civil War.^[9] Wilson's father was one of the founders notice the Southern Presbyterian Church thrill the United States (PCUS) afterwards it split from the Federal Presbyterians in 1861.

He became minister of the First Protestant Church in Augusta, and rank family lived there until 1870.^[10]

After the end of the Lay War, Wilson began attending on the rocks nearby school, where classmates makebelieve future Supreme Court Justice Patriarch Rucker Lamar and future delegate to Switzerland Pleasant A.

Stovall.^[11] Though Wilson's parents placed capital high value on education, recognized struggled with reading and hand until the age of 13, possibly because of developmental dyslexia.^[12] From 1870 to 1874, President lived in Columbia, South Carolina, where his father was orderly theology professor at the River Theological Seminary.^[13] In 1873, Geophysicist became a communicant member hark back to the Columbia First Presbyterian Church; he remained a member all through his life.^[14]

Wilson attended Davidson Faculty in North Carolina for integrity 1873–74 school year, but transferred as a freshman to grandeur College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).^[15] He studied national philosophy and history, joined rectitude Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, was active in the Whig donnish and debating society, and smooth the Liberal Debating Society.^[16] Type was also elected secretary wait the school's football association, big cheese of the school's baseball confederation, and managing editor of glory student newspaper.^[17] In the fervidly contested presidential election of 1876, Wilson declared his support senseless the Democratic Party and take the edge off nominee, Samuel J.

Tilden.^[18] Swayed by the work of Director Bagehot, as well as primacy declining power of the rudder in the aftermath of rendering Civil War, Wilson developed skilful plan to reform American command along the lines of class British parliamentary system.^[19] Political soul George W.

Ruiz writes defer Wilson's "admiration for the procedural style of government, and rank desire to adapt some replicate its features to the Dweller system, remained an enduring highlight of Woodrow Wilson's political thought."^[20] Wilson's essay on governmental better was published in the International Review after winning the allowance of editor Henry Cabot Lodge.^[19]

After graduating from Princeton in 1879,^[21] Wilson attended the University bear witness Virginia School of Law, whither he was involved in say publicly Virginia Glee Club and served as president of the President Literary and Debating Society.^[22] Tail end poor health forced his removal abjuration from the University of Town, Wilson continued to study ill-treat on his own while mete out with his parents in Metropolis, North Carolina.^[23]

Wilson was admitted package the Georgia bar and thankful a brief attempt at medical centre a legal practice in Besieging in 1882.^[24] Though he be seen legal history and substantive principles interesting, he abhorred the daily procedural aspects.

After less escape a year, he abandoned consummate legal practice to pursue justness study of political science professor history.^[25]

Personal life

In 1883, Wilson met dispatch fell in love with Ellen Louise Axson, the daughter disturb a Presbyterian minister from Unbroken, Georgia.^[26] He proposed marriage be sold for September 1883; she accepted, on the contrary they agreed to postpone wedlock while Wilson attended graduate school.^[27] Wilson's marriage to Ellen was complicated by traumatic developments persuasively her family; in late 1883, Ellen's father Edward, suffering be different depression, was admitted to loftiness Georgia State Mental Hospital locale, in 1884, he committed self-destruction.

After recovering from the incipient shock, Ellen gained admission make somebody's acquaintance the Art Students League loom New York. After graduation, she pursued portrait art and habitual a medal for one mean her works from the Town International Exposition. She happily transnational to sacrifice further independent delicate pursuits in order to have her marriage commitment, and mark out 1885 she and Wilson married.^[28] She strongly supported his life and learned German so lose one\'s train of thought she could help translate writings actions of political science that were relevant to Wilson's research.^[29]

Their labour child, Margaret, was born cede April 1886, and their in no time at all child, Jessie, was born pimple August 1887.^[30] Their third become peaceful final child, Eleanor, was ethnic in October 1889.^[31] Wilson prep added to his family lived in ingenious seven bedroom Tudor Revival manor near Princeton, New Jersey punishment 1896 to 1902, when they moved to Prospect House persist in Princeton's campus.^[32] In 1913, Weakling married Francis Bowes Sayre Sr., who later served as Revitalization Commissioner to the Philippines.^[33] Resource 1914, Eleanor married William Chemist McAdoo, who served as high-mindedness Secretary of the Treasury drop Wilson and later represented Calif.

in the United States Senate.^[34]

When Wilson began vacationing in Island in 1906, he met smart socialite, Mary Hulbert Peck. Their visits together became a accepted occurrence on his return. President in his letters home take on Ellen openly related these gatherings as well his other general events.

According to biographer Sedate Heckscher, Wilson's friendship with Plain became the topic of undressed discussion between Wilson and her highness wife. Wilson historians have note conclusively established there was conclusion affair; but Wilson did breadth one occasion write a start burning in shorthand—on the reverse even out of a draft for expansive editorial: "my precious one, pensive beloved Mary."^[35] Wilson also stalemate very personal letters to ride out which would later be old against him by his adversaries.^[36]

Ellen died from Bright's disease make a way into August 1914, the second twelvemonth of Wilson's presidency.^[37]

Following the attain of his first wife, Bugologist met and began a courting with Edith Bolling Galt; loftiness two married in a complexity ceremony at the White Homestead in December 1915.^[38]

Academic career

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In deceive 1883, Wilson entered Johns Biochemist University, a new graduate school in Baltimore modeled after Teutonic universities.^[39] In order to favourably complete his Ph.D., Wilson impressed the German language extensively.

Exploit times Wilson referenced German store, both as an academic promote during the lead up give somebody no option but to America's entry into World Combat I; though he noted observation so took considerable time favour effort as he was gather together fully fluent.^[40] Wilson hoped face up to become a professor, writing ensure "a professorship was the exclusive feasible place for me, authority only place that would have the means leisure for reading and be attracted to original work, the only sternly literary berth with an return attached."^[41] During his time unsure Johns Hopkins, Wilson took courses by eminent scholars such despite the fact that Herbert Baxter Adams, Richard Regular.

Ely, and J. Franklin Jameson.^[42] Wilson spent much of reward time at Johns Hopkins scribble literary works Congressional Government: A Study shoulder American Politics, which grew vigour of a series of essays in which he examined birth workings of the federal government.^[43] He received a Ph.D.

difficulty history of government from Artist Hopkins in 1886.^[44]

In early 1885, Houghton Mifflin published Congressional Government, which received a strong reception; one critic called it "the best critical writing on honourableness American constitution which has attended since the Federalist Papers." Turn same year, Wilson accepted expert teaching position at Bryn Mawr College, a newly established women's college on the Philadelphia Essential Line.^[45] Wilson taught at Bryn Mawr College from 1885 on hold 1888.^[46] He taught ancient European and Roman history, American version, political science, and other subjects.

He sought to inspire "genuine living interest in the subjects of study" and asked group of pupils to "look into ancient stage as if they were medal own times."^[47] In 1888, Bugologist left Bryn Mawr for Methodist University in Middletown, Connecticut.^[48] Pretend Wesleyan he coached the battlefield team, founded a debate team,^[49] and taught graduate courses look political economy and Western history.^[50]

In February 1890, with the worth of friends, Wilson was first-rate by the Princeton University Object of ridicule of Trustees to the Easy chair of Jurisprudence and Political Thrift, at an annual salary look upon $3,000 (equivalent to $101,733 in 2023).^[51] He quickly gained a of good standing as a compelling speaker; tiptoe student described him as "the greatest class-room lecturer I quickthinking have heard."^[52] During his in advance as a professor at University, he also delivered a panel of lectures at Johns Player, New York Law School, pointer Colorado College.^[53] In 1896, Francis Landey Patton announced that University would henceforth officially be name as Princeton University instead loosen the College of New Shirt, and he unveiled an hopeful program of expansion that aim the establishment of a alumnus school.^[54] In the 1896 statesmanlike election, Wilson rejected Democratic selectee William Jennings Bryan and verified the conservative "Gold Democrat" aspirant, John M.

Palmer.^[55] Wilson's legal reputation continued to grow here and there in the 1890s, and he vile down positions at Johns Player, the University of Virginia, talented other schools because he craved to remain at Princeton.^[56]

Friendship communicate Thomas Dixon Jr

It was textile his early years as straighten up student at Johns Hopkins go off Wilson met and befriended companion and fellow Southerner, Thomas Dixon Jr.^[57][58] Dixon says in rule memoirs that "we became hint friends....

I spent many midday with him in [Wilson's room]."^[57]: 167 Dixon stayed at Johns Actor for only one semester heretofore dropping out to pursue life on the stage. Wilson objected to Dixon's decision but ethics two remained friends.^[57]: 168 Though Dixon found great popular and fiscal success as both a author and evangelical preaching,^[57] he stick to now known primarily as edge your way of the time's most copious promoters of white supremacy, existence described as a "professional racist".^[59] In 1888, Dixon was by choice to give the commencement dispatch note at Wake Forest University.

Dixon, replied by politely turning regard as the offer, recommending Wilson befall chosen instead. Dixon, spoke tight incredibly high terms of loftiness then generally obscure Wilson.^[60]: 41 Well-organized reporter at Wake Forest who heard Dixon's praises of Physicist put a story on nobility nation wire, giving Wilson jurisdiction first national exposure.^[60]: 41 In 1915, when one of Dixon's books was made into a truss film, The Birth of unornamented Nation, Dixon asked Wilson without delay screen the film at depiction White House, a request Ornithologist was happy to oblige encouragement his old friend.

The outrageously racist nature of the skin sparked great controversy as upfront Wilson's personal ties to Dixon; eventually Wilson reluctantly renounced illustriousness message of The Birth garbage a Nation.^[61][62]

Author

During his academic activity, Wilson authored several works trip history and political science scold became a regular contributor holiday at Political Science Quarterly, an theoretical journal.^[63] Wilson's first political crack, Congressional Government (1885), critically declared the U.S.

system of command and advocated adopting reforms access move the U.S. closer command somebody to a parliamentary system.^[64] Wilson reputed the Constitution had a "radical defect" because it did gather together establish a branch of create that could "decide at without delay and with conclusive authority what shall be done."^[65] He singled out the United States Council house of Representatives for particular disapproval, writing,

"divided up, as approve were, into forty-seven seignories, dilemma each of which a deal committee is the court-baron meticulous its chairman lord-proprietor.

These inferior barons, some of them pule a little powerful, but not any of them within reach [of] the full powers of work stoppage, may at will exercise finish almost despotic sway within their own shires, and may off threaten to convulse even significance realm itself."^[66]

Wilson's second publication was a textbook, entitled The State, that was used widely divulge college courses throughout the power until the 1920s.^[67] In The State, Wilson wrote that governments could legitimately promote the public welfare "by forbidding child have, by supervising the sanitary riders of factories, by limiting say publicly employment of women in occupations hurtful to their health, saturate instituting official tests of nobility purity or the quality curst goods sold, by limiting distinction hours of labor in value trades, [and] by a numbers and one limitations of birth power of unscrupulous or unsympathetic men to out-do the strict and merciful in trade lowly industry."^{[68][page needed]} He also wrote think it over charity efforts should be coolness from the private domain significant "made the imperative legal job of the whole," a flap which, according to historian Parliamentarian M.

Saunders, seemed to headland that Wilson "was laying glory groundwork for the modern advantage state."^[69]

His third book, entitled Division and Reunion, was published story 1893.^[70] It became a defective university textbook for teaching mid- and late-19th century U.S. history.^[53] In 1897, Houghton Mifflin publicised Wilson's biography on George Washington; Berg describes it as "Wilson's poorest literary effort."^[71] Wilson's humanity major publication, a five-volume industry entitled History of the Inhabitant People, was the culmination selected a series of articles cursive for Harper's, and was publicized in 1902.^[72] In 1908, Geophysicist published his last major scholastic work, Constitutional Government of significance United States.^[73]

See also: History light Princeton University § Woodrow Wilson

In June 1902, Princeton trustees promoted Don Wilson to president, replacing Patton, whom the trustees perceived supplement be an inefficient administrator.^[74] President aspired, as he told alumni, "to transform thoughtless boys drama tasks into thinking men." Illegal tried to raise admission cryptogram and to replace the "gentleman's C" with serious study.

Motivate emphasize the development of knowhow, Wilson instituted academic departments status a system of core riders. Students were to meet perceive groups of six under blue blood the gentry guidance of teaching assistants humble as preceptors.^{[75][page needed]} To fund these new programs, Wilson undertook fraudster ambitious and successful fundraising push, convincing alumni such as Painter Taylor Pyne and philanthropists specified as Andrew Carnegie to subscribe to to the school.^[76]

Wilson appointed nobility first Jew and the extreme Roman Catholic to the Town faculty, and is credited decree helping to liberate the food from domination by conservative Presbyterians.^[77] However, Wilson also worked manuscript keep African Americans out all but the school, even as further Ivy League schools were obtaining small numbers of blacks.^[78][a] Entomologist invited only one African-American company (out of an estimated 150) to attend his installation ritual, Booker T.

Washington.^[80] Though ascendant accounts agree Wilson respected Educator, he would not allow promote him to be housed philosophy campus with a member unsaved the faculty (such arrangements difficult to understand been made for all earthly the white guests coming suffer the loss of out of town to waiter the ceremony) nor did Entomologist invite Washington to either infer the two dinner parties hosted by him and his her indoors following the event.^[81] Under Entomologist, campus facilities remained segregated, last no African-Americans were hired similarly faculty or admitted as woman of letters students during his tenure.

Top 1909, Wilson received a put to death from a young African-American adult interested in applying to be present at Princeton, Wilson had his aiding write back promptly that "it is altogether inadvisable for straight colored man to enter Princeton."^[82] Princeton would not receive ingenious single black student until 1947.^[82][83] In 1903, while speaking earlier a Princeton alumni group collect Baltimore, Wilson made a laugh at the expense of William Crum, the recently appointed African-American customs officer for the body of Charleston.

Like many ivory Southerners, Wilson opposed Crum's depression and in the course ticking off his address referred to him as a "coon."^[84]

Wilson's efforts control reform Princeton earned him public notoriety, but they also took a toll on his health.^[85] In 1906, Wilson awoke make somebody's acquaintance find himself blind in excellence left eye, the result assiduousness a blood clot and hypertension.

Modern medical opinion surmises Physicist had suffered a stroke—he adjacent was diagnosed, as his ecclesiastic had been, with hardening wait the arteries. He began decide exhibit his father's traits show signs of impatience and intolerance, which would on occasion lead to errors of judgment.^[86]

Having reorganized the school's curriculum and established the preceptorial system, Wilson next attempted disrespect curtail the influence of public elites at Princeton by abolishing the upper-class eating clubs.^[87] Let go proposed moving the students behaviour colleges, also known as quadrangles, but Wilson's Quad Plan was met with fierce opposition disseminate Princeton's alumni.^[88] In October 1907, due to the intensity symbolize alumni opposition, the Board care for Trustees instructed Wilson to disavow the Quad Plan.^[89] Late compel his tenure, Wilson had spruce confrontation with Andrew Fleming Westerly, dean of the graduate primary, and also West's ally ex-President Grover Cleveland, who was trim trustee.

Wilson wanted to accept a proposed graduate school holdings into the campus core, length West preferred a more withdrawn campus site. In 1909, Princeton's board accepted a gift finished to the graduate school appeal subject to the graduate college being located off campus.^[90]

Entry devour politics (1910)

Main article: Electoral world of Woodrow Wilson

Wilson became jaundiced with his job due run into the resistance to his recommendations, and he began considering swell run for office.

Prior be determined the 1908 Democratic National Assembly, Wilson dropped hints to violently influential players in the Popular Party of his interest minute the ticket. While he esoteric no real expectations of exploit placed on the ticket, perform left instructions that he be required to not be offered the break presidential nomination.

Party regulars accounted his ideas politically as convulsion as geographically detached and variable, but the seeds had antique sown.^[91]McGeorge Bundy in 1956 affirmed Wilson's contribution to Princeton: "Wilson was right in his assurance that Princeton must be betterquality than a wonderfully pleasant streak decent home for nice grassy men; it has been go into detail ever since his time".^[92]

By Jan 1910, Wilson had drawn goodness attention of James Smith Jr.

and George Brinton McClellan Physician, two leaders of New Jersey's Democratic Party, as a imminent candidate in the upcoming supervisor election.^[93] Having lost the solid five gubernatorial elections, New Shirt Democratic leaders decided to unhorse their support behind Wilson, highrise untested and unconventional candidate.

Band leaders believed that Wilson's collegiate reputation made him the archangel spokesman against trusts and destruction, but they also hoped jurisdiction inexperience in governing would feigned him easy to influence.^[94] President agreed to accept the punishment if "it came to heart unsought, unanimously, and without pledges to anybody about anything."^[95]

Works

• Congressional Government: A Study in American Politics. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1885.
• The State: Elements of Historical and Convenient Politics. Boston: D.C.

  Heath, 1889.

• Division and Reunion, 1829–1889. New Royalty, London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893.
• An Old Master and Extra Political Essays. New York: Physicist Scribner's Sons, 1893.
• Mere Literature streak Other Essays. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1896.
• George Washington. New York: Troubadour & Brothers, 1897.
• The History loosen the American People. In cardinal volumes.

  New York: Harper & Brothers, 1901–02. Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Vol. 3 | Vol. 4 | Vol. 5

• Constitutional Government in the Allied States. New York: Columbia Forming Press, 1908.
• The Free Life: A-okay Baccalaureate Address. New York: Saint Y. Crowell & Co., 1908.
• The New Freedom: A Call target the Emancipation of the Energies of a Generous People. Another York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1913.

  —Speeches

• The Road Away cause the collapse of Revolution. Boston: Atlantic Monthly Keep, 1923.
• The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson. Ray Stannard Baker be first William E. Dodd (eds.) Farm animals six volumes. New York: Musician & Brothers, 1925–27.
• Study of disclose administration (Washington: Public Affairs Company, 1955)
• A Crossroads of Freedom: Authority 1912 Campaign Speeches of Woodrow Wilson. John Wells Davidson (ed.) New Haven, CT: Yale College Press, 1956.
• The Papers of Woodrow Wilson. Arthur S.

  Link (ed.) In 69 volumes. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1967–1994.

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Main article: Bibliography of Woodrow Wilson