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Birth: December 28, 1856

Death: February 3, 1924

Term of Office: March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1921

Number of Terms Elected: 2 Terms

First Lady: First Wife: Ellen Louise Axson died while First Lady in 1914; Second Wife: Edith Bolling Galt who he married during his first term - 1 1/2 years after the death of his first wife.

Major Events While in Office:

• Seventeenth Amendment ratified calling for direct election of Senators (1913)
• Federal Reserve Act (1913)
• Clayton Anti-Trust Act (1914)
• World War I (1914-1918)
  • Lusitania Sunk (1915)
  • United States entered World War I by declaring war on Germany (1917)
• Treaty of Versailles (1919)
• Eighteenth Amendment ratified prohibiting alcoholic beverages (1919)
• Nineteenth Amendment ratified giving women the right to vote (1920)

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