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The 1917 State of the Union Address was given by Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States on Tuesday, December 4, 1917, during his turbulent second term.He spoke in the United States House of Representatives chamber, in the United States Capitol.
The 1916 State of the Union Address was given by Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States, on Tuesday, December 5, 1916. He personally addressed the 64th United States Congress. It was given on the eve of the United States' intervention in World War I. He said, "And, sixth, the lodgment in the hands of the Executive of the power ...
Woodrow Wilson's tenure as the 28th president of the United States lasted from March 4, 1913, until March 4, 1921. He was largely incapacitated the last year and a half. He became president after winning the 1912 election. Wilson was a Democrat who previously served as governor of New Jersey. He gained a large majority in the electoral vote and ...
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921.He was the only Democrat to serve as president during the Progressive Era when Republicans dominated the presidency and legislative branches.
Wilson ultimately won, but with only around 42% of voters casting their ballot for him, the lowest proportion of the popular vote by a successful candidate since Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 election. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] 1912 is the most recent occasion in which four candidates for president all won more than 5% of the popular vote and the only ...
Chief Justice Edward D. White administered the presidential oath of office to Wilson. [1] Crowds of men in Washington for the inauguration assaulted women who were picketing the White House and demanding that women get the right to vote. Press coverage of the violence and the women's suffrage movement overshadowed that of the inauguration ...
Silent Sentinels picketing the White House. The Silent Sentinels, also known as the Sentinels of Liberty, [1] [2] [3] were a group of over 2,000 women in favor of women's suffrage organized by Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party, who nonviolently protested in front of the White House during Woodrow Wilson's presidency starting on January 10, 1917. [4]
The 1913 State of the Union Address was given by Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States, on Tuesday, December 2, 1913. It was given directly to the 63rd United States Congress by the president as a speech. Wilson was the first to deliver it as a speech, rather than a written message, since John Adams in 1800. [2]