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Wilson won California by 3,773 of almost a million votes cast, and New Hampshire by 54 votes. Hughes won Minnesota by 393 votes out of over 358,000. In the final count, Wilson had 277 electoral votes vs. Hughes's 254. Wilson was able to win by picking up many votes that had gone to Teddy Roosevelt or Eugene V. Debs in 1912. [275]
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.
January 29 - President Wilson delivers an address in Cleveland, Ohio on the bravery of the US and how it affects foreign policy. [10] January 31 - President Wilson delivers a military address in Milwaukee. [11] February 1 - President Wilson delivers a speech in Des Moines, Iowa on guarding the honor of the US when it is questioned. [12]
First president to ascend to the presidency by the death of his predecessor. [114] First president to have a veto overridden. [34] [89] First president to face a vote of impeachment in the House (it was unsuccessful). [115] First president to be widowed while in office [ad] [116] First president to remarry while in office. [ae] [68] [110]
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States.The early life of Woodrow Wilson covers the time period from his birth in late 1856 through his entry into electoral politics in 1910.
The results showed that historians had ranked Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, Woodrow Wilson, Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, and Barack Obama as the best since that year. [22]
Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) was the prominent American scholar who served as president of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, as governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913, and as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
Many of his advisers tried to convince him that his health precluded another campaign, but Wilson nonetheless asked that his name be placed in nomination for the presidency at the 1920 Democratic National Convention. [10] Democratic Party leaders were unwilling to support Wilson, and the nomination went to James M. Cox, who lost to Warren G ...