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  1. BornThomas Woodrow Wilson · December 28, 1856 · Staunton, Virginia, U.S.
    DiedFebruary 3, 1924 (aged 67) · Washington, D.C., U.S.
    Political partyDemocratic
    SpousesEllen Axson · (m. 1885; died · 1914) · Edith Bolling (m. · 1915)
    Early life and education

    Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born to a family of Scotch-Irish and Scottish descent in Staunton, Virginia. He was the third of four children and the first son of Joseph Ruggles Wilson and Jessie Janet Woodrow. Wilson's paternal gr… See more

    Marriage and family

    In 1883, Wilson met and fell in love with Ellen Louise Axson. He proposed marriage in September 1883; she accepted, but they agreed to postpone marriage while Wilson attended graduate school. Axson graduated from … See more

    Academic career

    From 1885 to 1888, Wilson taught at Bryn Mawr College, a newly established women's college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia. Wilson taught ancient Greek and Roman history, American history, political sci… See more

    Governor of New Jersey (1911–1913)

    By January 1910, Wilson had drawn the attention of James Smith Jr. and George Brinton McClellan Harvey, two leaders of New Jersey's Democratic Party, as a potential candidate in the upcoming gubernatori… See more

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