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.
Woodrow Wilson Quote: "The seed of revolution is repression."
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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)
States Entering Union While in Office:
- None
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