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Article: Wilson, Woodrow 1856-1924
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WILSON, WOODROW 1856-1924
President of the united states, 1913-1921
A Wartime President
At the outset of World War I President Woodrow Wilson believed that the United States had no stake in this conflict of imperialist European rivals and promised to keep America out of the war. Yet he ended up presiding over the first total mobilization of American troops for war and winning a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in negotiating the peace treaty that ended that war.
Early Life
Born in Staunton, Virginia, on 28 December 1856, Thomas Woodrow Wilson was named after his maternal grandfather, but in his twenties Wilson dropped Thomas from his name. The son of a Presbyterian minister, he grew up ...