美国总统Woodrow Wilson 伍德罗·威尔逊: 1913-1921

Woodrow Wilson, U.S. President
Born: 28 December 1856
Birthplace: Staunton, Virginia
Died: 3 February 1924 (natural causes)
Best Known As: The World War I president

Woodrow Wilson was the president who led the United States through World War I. After a respectable career as a scholar, Wilson became the president of Princeton College in 1902. He entered politics in 1910 when he was persuaded to run for governor of New Jersey. After only two years as governor, he beat out Teddy Roosevelt and William H. Taft in the presidential election of 1912. Although he first championed isolationism, he became a strong advocate for U.S. involvement in World War I. When the war ended in 1918, he pushed for the U.S. to join the League of Nations, precursor to the United Nations. His plans were confounded by Congress, but Wilson still won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919. The same year he suffered a stroke which left him party paralyzed; he was assisted in his duties by