President
Thomas
Woodrow
(Woodrow)
Wilson
Born in Staunton, Virginia, United States of America
Ancestors 
Brother of
Marion Morton (Wilson) Kennedy, Annie Josephine (Wilson) Howe and Joseph Ruggles Wilson Jr.
Husband of
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
— married
24 Jun 1885 in Chatham, Georgia, United States
Husband of
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
— married
18 Dec 1915 in Washington, D.C.
Descendants 
Died
at age 67
in Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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| Woodrow Wilson was the President of the United States. Join: US Presidents Project Discuss: presidents |
| Preceded by 27th President William Howard Taft Preceded by 33rd Governor John Franklin Fort |
Woodrow Wilson 28th President of the United States  34th Governor of New Jersey  |
Succeeded by 29th President Warren G. Harding Succeeded by Acting Governor James Fairman Fielder |
Presidential Profile Biography
Woodrow Wilson is Notable.
This timeline intermingles dates and events from genealogical, biographical, and historic perspectives.
Timeline
06 June 1847
20 October 1850
- Marion Morton Wilson, first daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Wilson, was born.[2]
08 September 1853
- Annie Josephine Wilson, a second daughter, was born.[2]
28 December 1856
1857 - 1870
- The Wilson Family moves to Augusta, Georgia and resides there. The family takes the Confederate side in the US Civil War. They also are slave owners.[6]
15 May 1860
- Ellen Louise Axson born.[2]
November 1860 - 04 March 1861
- Abraham Lincoln is elected and then inaugurated President of the United States. "After a Republican victory, but before the new administration took office on March 4, 1861, seven slave states declared their secession and joined to form the Confederate States of America."[7]
12 April 1861
- Hostilities begin with Confederate forces firing upon Fort Sumter.[7]
April 1861 - April 1865
- United States Civil War.[7]
1865
- "After the Civil War ends, an eight-year old Wilson watches Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, brought through town in chains on his way to a Union prison."[8]
1867
- Ten year old Woodrow Wilson is having difficulty learning to read and develops ways to compensate. If it were the twenty-first century he would probably be diagnosed as dyslexic[3]
20 July 1867
- Joseph Ruggles Wilson, Jr. born.[2]
1870 - 1874
- The Wilsons live in Columbia, South Carolina where Rev. Wilson is a Professor at Columbia Theological Seminary. This period in US history is known as "The Reconstruction" and life in the former Confederacy was difficult.[3]
1873 - 1874
1879
- Wilson receives a BA degree from Princeton, University.[2]
1880
- Studies law at the University of Virginia.[2]
1881
- Admitted to the bar.
24 June 1885
1885 - 1888
30 April 1886
28 August 1887
15 April 1888
26 October 1889
May 1896
1900 - 1902
1902 - 1910
21 January 1903
June 1904
- Wilson's second stroke.[2]
28 May 1906
- Wilson's third stroke.[2]
1911 - 1913
Summer 1912
- Woodrow Wilson is nominated to run for President at the Democratic National Convention after 66 ballots.
March 1913 - March 1917
- Wilson's first term as president. Significant legislation is passed.
28 June 1914
- In Europe, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria acts as a triggering event for World War I.[9]
06 August 1914
18 December 1915
- Woodrow Wilson married Edith Bolling Gaft, a widow.[2][3]
March 1917 - March 1921
- Wilson's second term as president. He ran for re-election on the slogan, "He kept us out of war." It was a narrow victory.[4]
06 April 1917
- "The United States of America declares war on Germany."[9]
11 November 1918
- "At 6 AM, Germany signs the Armistice of Compiègne. End of fighting at 11 AM."[9]
18 January 1919
- Wilson attends The Peace Conference (opened) in Paris. It drafts the Treaty of Versailles between the Allies and Germany, which is to formally end World War I.[10][11]
1919
- Wilson lobbies and pushes for League of Nations. He is unsuccessful. Congress does not approve. Wilson takes to traveling around the country to educate the people about his dream of a League of Nations. This effort saps his strength and leaves him ill.[5]
03 October 1919
- Wilson's fourth stroke leaves him rather paralyzed. His wife, Edith Wilson, conceals the extent of his disability from everyone and acts for him.[2][3]
March 1921
- Warren Harding is inaugurated as President. The Wilsons move to a home of their own in Washington D.C.
03 February 1924
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Roberts, Gary Boyd, Ancestors of American Presidents, Published in Cooperation with the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. Preliminary Edition by Carl Boyer, 3rd, Santa Clarita, California 1989. Also the 2009 edition.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 NNDB dates for TWW's Family
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 Wikipedia Woodrow Wilson
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Whitehouse.gov Wilson
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Find A Grave: Memorial #1115
- ↑ Wikipedia for Rev Joseph Wilson
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Wikipedia US Civil War
- ↑ WGBH Timeline2 for President Wilson
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Wikipedia WWI Timeline
- ↑ Wilson's Fourteen Points
- ↑ Paris Peace Conference
- ↑ "District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7TV-H6Y : accessed 24 December 2017), Woodrow Wilson, 03 Feb 1924, District of Columbia, United States; citing reference ID cn 283078, District Records Center, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,116,021.
- Britanica
- Pontus Website
- Wilson's Presidential Library
- Wilson and the Nobel Peace Prize
- Miller Center President Wilson
- Upstairs at WhiteHouse
- PresidentsChildren
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1880 Studied law at the U. of Virginia. 1881 Admitted to the Bar. 1885-88 Taught history at Bryn Mawr. 1888-90 Taught history at Wesleyan. 1890-1902 Professor at Princeton. 1902-10 President at Princeton. 1911-13 Governor of New Jersey. 1915 Lusitania torpedoed by German submarines - 114 American lives lost. Much anti-German sentiment aroused. 1919 Nobel peace prize. 1921 After an unsuccessful attempt to gain popular support in America for the League of Nations, he fell ill. He left the White House defeated and disillusioned, having failed to attain his dream of a world organization dedicated to maintaining peace.
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15. In early October 1918, when the Germans faced complete defeat, they turned to W. Wilson to accept his Fourteen Points. The British and French were by no means prepared to accept the peace but the Fourteen Points (with certain exceptions) were accepted by all parties as the basis of a settlement. 16. June 28, 1919 the Versailles Treaty was signed with Germany.
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9. In Sept. 1910, he was offered the Democratic nomination for the governorship of New jersey. 10. In June 1912, nominated as a Presidential candidate. 11. His first term of presidency was dominated by his efforts to protect the rights of the USA as a neutral in World War 1. 12. In 1916, he was re-elected for his 2nd term as president. 13. On April 2nd, 1917 a Declaration of War against Germany was passed in Congress. 14. On Jan 8th, 1918, he enumerated the Fourteen Points that he regarded as being an essential basis of a just and lasting peace with Germany.
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