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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 .
Edith and Woodrow: The Wilson White House is a 2001 book by Phyllis Lee Levin, published by Scribner. It documents Edith Bolling Wilson's de facto rule during the portion of the Presidency of Woodrow Wilson after the man suffered a stroke in 1919. She did this by blockading the media from covering the effects of the stroke, so the public did ...
That honor goes to Edith Bolling Wilson, wife of Woodrow Wilson and de facto president for the final 17 months of his term. Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke in early October 1919 and was ...
Edith Wilson (née Bolling, formerly Galt; October 15, 1872 – December 28, 1961) was the first lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921 and the second wife of President Woodrow Wilson. She married the widower Wilson in December 1915, during his first term as president.
The last time a president left office with his ability to perform the basic functions of the office in doubt was 1921, when Woodrow Wilson exited after being debilitated by a stroke. And Wilson ...
The presidency of Woodrow Wilson began on March 4, 1913, when Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated as the 28th President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1921. He took office after defeating incumbent President William Howard Taft and former President Theodore Roosevelt in the 1912 presidential election .
The incumbent president is Joe Biden, who assumed office on January 20, 2021. [13] The president-elect is Donald Trump, who will assume office on January 20, 2025. [14] [15] Trump will be the second president, after Cleveland, to serve two non-consecutive terms, as the 45th and 47th president. [16]
The first incumbent U.S. president to die was William Henry Harrison, on April 4, 1841, only one month after Inauguration Day. He died from complications of what at the time was believed to be pneumonia. [3] The second U.S. president to die in office, Zachary Taylor, died on July 9, 1850, from acute gastroenteritis. [4]