Woodrow Wilson
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| Woodrow Wilson | |
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| 28th President of the United States | |
| Term of office March 4, 1913 - March 4, 1921[1] | |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Vice President | Thomas R. Marshall |
| Preceded by | William Howard Taft |
| Succeeded by | Warren G. Harding |
| Born | December 28, 1856 Staunton, Virginia |
| Died | February 3, 1924 Washington, D.C. |
| Spouse | Ellen Axson Wilson Edith Galt Wilson |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Thomas Woodrow Wilson [2] (1856 - 1924) was the 28th President of the United States of America, serving from 1913 to 1921. In 1917 he led the United States' entrance in to World War I. He was also the only president to have a PhD.
Woodrow Wilson was the son of a preacher who grew up in the south after the Civil War; his mother was a British woman, Janet Woodrow or Carlisle. Because of this he knew a great deal about the humiliation, economic ruin and shame that the loser of a war experiences and the hatred that grows from this. This insight helped him make a forgiving plan for peace called the Fourteen Points to end World War I. It was never adopted the way he had hoped.
"Wilson, a liberal's liberal, was a Presbyterian elder who read the Bible daily; he felt 'sorry for the men who do not read the Bible every day.' The Bible, he argued, was 'the one supreme source of revelation of the meaning of life.' Wilson was prone to make explicitly Christian claims about his nation, even excluding the word Judeo from his characterization of the nation's religious heritage. 'America was born a Christian nation,' claimed the great liberal in 1913. 'America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which derived from the revelations of Holy Scripture.' "[3]
Wilson also had this to say about the Bible:"The Bible... is the one supreme source of revelation of meaning of life, of the nature of God and the spiritual nature and need of men. It is the only guide of life which really leads the spirit in the way of peace and salvation.[4]
Woodrow Wilson has come under scrutiny in recent years for his position on segregation, most notably within for federal jobs.
Woodrow Wilson's most lasting political philosophy was his view that democracy should be installed around the world. As a major player in setting the terms to end World War I, he helped to break up the Austrian-Hungarian Empire to advance his goal of installing democracy for each ethnic subpopulation. Similar independence was granted with the breakup of the Ottoman Empire. Many of these new nations were receiving self determination for the first time in centuries. Wilson's view of installing democracy worldwide has since been copied by the neoconservatives. Wilson was awarded the 1919 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to start the League of Nations.
Wilson's image appeared on the now-withdrawn $100,000 bill.
References
- ↑ http://home.comcast.net/~sharonday7/Presidents/AP060301.htm
- ↑ http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1919/wilson-bio.html
- ↑ God and George W. Bush (New York: Regan Books, 2004), p. 175
- ↑ The Rebirth of America (1986), Arthur S. DeMoss, Pg. 37
Further Reading
- Woodrow Wilson and the roots of modern liberalism / Ronald J. Pestritto. ISBN: 0742515176
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