Woodrow Wilson
Twenty Eighth President of the United States
1913-1921
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Date of birth: December 28, 1856
Place of birth: Staunton, Virginia
Date of death: February 3, 1924
Place of death: Washington, D.C.
Party: Democrat
Wives: Ellen Louise Axson; Edith Bolling Galt
Occupation: Teacher, Public Official

During his presidency, Woodrow Wilson

• had Vice President Thomas R. Marshall
  
• passed the Federal Reserve Bill
  
• enacted the Clayton Antitrust Bill and the Federal Trade Bill
  
• declared neutrality in Europe's war
  
• learned of some American deaths in a German submarine attacked by Britain
  
• barely re-elected
  
• purchased Virgin Islands from Denmark
  
• declared war on Germany
  
• signed armistice ending World War 1
  
• won Nobel Peace Prize for 1919
  
• watched congress repeatedly refuse to ratify the Treaty of Versailles with Germany