28th President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson
“The Schoolmaster”
- In office
- March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921
- Party
- Democratic
- Home state
- New Jersey
- Lived
- 1856–1924
- Days in office
- 2,922
- In order
- No. 28: after William Howard Taft, before Warren G. Harding
- Vice president
- Thomas R. Marshall
Key achievements & events
- Created the Federal Reserve (1913) and the Federal Trade Commission (1914)
- Led the U.S. into World War I (1917)
- Proposed the Fourteen Points and the League of Nations; won the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize
- Saw the 19th Amendment give women the vote (1920)
Remember: The only president with a PhD. He also resegregated the federal workforce, a part of his record now widely criticized.