| WOODROW WILSON 
Chronology of His Life and Career
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December 28, 1856 |
Born at Staunton,
Virginia. |
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1858 |
Moved with his family to Augusta, Georgia. |
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1870 |
Moved with his family to Columbia, South
Carolina. |
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1873 |
Entered Davidson College at Davidson, North
Carolina; left after his freshman year to attend
Princeton College. |
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1879 |
Graduated from Princeton College (now
Princeton University). |
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1879 |
Entered the University of Virginia Law School
at Charlottesville; withdrew in 1880 because of
ill health. |
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1882 |
Established a law office in Atlanta, Georgia. |
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1885 |
Published Congressional Government, A
Study in American Politics. |
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June 24, 1885 |
Married Ellen Louise Axson. |
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1885 |
Became an associate professor of history at
Bryn Mawr College. |
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1886 |
Awarded a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins
University. |
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Became professor of history and political
economy at Wesleyan University (Middletown,
Connecticut). |
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1889 |
Published The State. |
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1890 |
Became professor of jurisprudence and
political economy at Princeton University. |
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June 9, 1902 |
Named president of Princeton
University. |
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November 8, 1910 |
Elected Governor of New
Jersey. |
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November 5, 1912 |
Elected President
of the United States. |
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August 6, 1914 |
Mrs. Ellen Wilson died. |
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December 18, 1915 |
Married Mrs. Edith Bolling Galt. |
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November 7, 1916 |
Re-elected President. |
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September 26-October 2, 1919 |
Suffered physical collapse and stroke. |
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December 19, 1920 |
Awarded Nobel
Prize for Peace. |
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1921 |
Moved into a Washington,
D.C., residence. |
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February 3, 1924 |
Died in Washington, D.C. |
Notes and Trivia
Wilson's full name at birth was Thomas Woodrow Wilson,
but he dropped "Thomas" from his name soon
after graduating from college.
The Wilson Family Bible shows that Thomas Woodrow
Wilson was born at "12¾ o'clock" at night on
December 28. His mother said he was born "about
midnight on the 28th." Wilson himself used December
28 as his birthdate.
Site of Interest
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace and Museum www.woodrowwilson.org
See Also
Virginia
Georgia
South
Carolina
New
Jersey
Nobel
Prize for Peace
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