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Woodrow Wilson
president of United States
Also known as: Thomas Woodrow Wilson
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History & Society
- In full:
- Thomas Woodrow Wilson
- Died:
- February 3, 1924, Washington, D.C. (aged 67)
- Political Affiliation:
- Democratic Party
- Awards And Honors:
- Hall of Fame (1950)
- Nobel Prize (1919)
- Hall of Fame for Great Americans (1950)
- Nobel Peace Prize (1919)
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Woodrow Wilson (born December 28, 1856, Staunton, Virginia, U.S.—died February 3, 1924, Washington, D.C.) 28th president of the United States (1913–21), an American scholar and statesman best remembered for his legislative accomplishments and his high-minded idealism. Wilson led his country into World War I and became the creator and leading advocate of the League of Nations, for which he was awarded the 1919 Nobel Prize for Peace. During his second term the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving women the right to vote, was passed and ratified. He suffered a paralytic stroke while seeking American public support for the ...(100 of 3221 words)