| Show WILSON NOT LONG IN PUBLIC LIFE began as governor of new jersey in 1910 chosen president in 1912 vv oo 00 li ii ow NN ilson vv as I 1 orn at ton I 1 a december Dec emler er 28 1 86 ills fa ther was w as tl arev john it wilson and his mother ni was is jessie woodrow a ni wi the th e of C arlisle england tl TI ey reared their son direfully cire fully he ile was given every educational advant advantage ae that ample mea men s could afford I 1 in the foundations for his career were laid in private sell schools at augusta ga and columbia S 0 broin there he went to princeton on college where f e tools took the full aca demic course graduating with high holois in 18 he lie then entered the liw law school of the university of vir ginia and on graduation was admitted to the bar of georgia lie ile practiced law in 83 the net result of that experiment 1 was the conviction that for him at least the way to a knowl edge of the sconce of government and the opportunity to write about it did not lie ile through the routine of law when allien he abandoned law practice in 1884 1883 he went to johns hopkins ity city in 1888 1886 he received the degree of ph D from johns hopi ins siev for a thesis on congressional gov which was afterward en barged into a bool that met with much success on both sides of the ocean ocein lie ile was married in 1885 ills his wife w M as miss ellen axson of savannah ga daughter of tl ti e rev edward axson she diel die in the white house august 6 1914 december 18 1915 the dent married mrs boiling bolling gait galt of washington mr air wilson has three daughters margaret marg iret woodrow wilson mrs frances bowes sayre and mrs wll wit liam gibbs icador professorship at princeton in 1888 mr allson was ivas made a member of the faculty of wesleyan university middletown conn he ile remained there only two years hia his reau o 0 tation as a writer riter and educator hav ing attracted the attention of his alma mater and he was invited to the chair of jurisprudence and political economy at princeton he ile again joined his fortunes with princeton when nhen in the fall of 1890 he took the chair of jurisprudence and politics at that institution he ile held this chair at princeton tor for twelve years writing during this period his famous work A history ot of the amer lean people when president francis landey patton in 1900 announced his intention of retiring doctor wilson was at once looked upon as his logical successor the tact fact that he was not an ordained minister at first threatened to stand in the way as some of the faculty and board of trustees were not in favor ot of breaking the oad precedent but the qualifications of doctor wll wit son were so strong that this objection was quickly overridden and he was formally installed as president in 1902 mr air wilson remained as the head of princeton for ten bears ears he ile had al reada attracted great attention and even eien at that time he was pointed out as possible presidential timber he had tallen a part in politics and in 1910 when the democratic tion disco discovered ered that it must put up a strong candidate to win the state wll son was selected as the man mr wilson was mas elected governor by a plurality of about within six months after assuming the governorship he had induced the legiel legislature to pass a series of laws of the most ad advanced alced type e such as the primary election law the corrupt practices act the employers liability act a public utilities act a municipal commission government law and sterilization or anti procreation act mentioned for pres dency in the second dear of his governor ship his boom for president was start ed under the management of william I 1 mccombs one of his former stu dents at princeton during the pre convention conNen tion months no less that halt half a dozen other entrants for presidential pre lenthal honors made their appearance at the subsequent democratic na lional convention at baltimore june 27 july 2 mr wilson beat out all en tries with a vote that increased at each roll call till fill his victory was recorded on the forty sixth ballot in the election that followed be he was mas an easy victor over oner the taft and koose velt tickets though his entire popular ote did not reach that accorded wll wit ham jennings bryan in 1908 the in america date about a century back when jamea james wilson grandfather of the president came over from scotland and settled in philadelphia from there he went to steubenville Steu benville 0 which was nas then on the frontier he ile published a per and practiced tied a little common the law and was cnown as judge presidents pre lent s father joseph R wilson aas as born in steubenville Steu benville and ind grew up amid the harda and manhood maung making surroundings of the pioneer country |
