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Show WILSON NOT LONG IN PUBLIC LIFE Began as Governor of New Jersey in 1910 Chosen President Presi-dent in 1912. WooiIidw' Wilson was born ul Staunton, Staun-ton, I leeemlier 'JH, IM.MI. Ills father fa-ther iv a m ihe Rev. John It. Wilson mid bis lumber uiiK lossle Wooilrow, u until un-til f Carlisle, lliigland. They retired their son eiirefnlly. He "its given every educn I loiinl itdviintii;;.. that ample mennM could nITord blm. The fun mlu 1 1 in m for his career were laid In private hi IiooIh at Augusta, Gu., und ('iiliimblii, S. (1. From Ihern ho went to Princeton college, where be took the full lien-demle lien-demle (a.urse, grud nut lug with high honors In 1S70. He then entered Hit law heboid of the 1'nlversliy of Virginia, Vir-ginia, and on graduation was admitted to Ihe bar of Georgia. He pnieeed law In lssu Ml. The net r.-sulr of that evherllllent hum the eonvleiiun that for Mm at bust tin- nay to u knowledge knowl-edge of Ihe heleliee of government Mild the o,..,rt unit y to write about It did not He through the routine of line. When he iilutiiilotieil luw practice In IKMl he went to Johns Hopkins university. univer-sity. In INli he received tbo degree of I'll. P. from Johns Hopkins university univer-sity for a thesis on congressional government, gov-ernment, uhleh litis afterward en-liirged en-liirged Into a book that met with mueh hllecess on both sides of Ihe oeenn. Hi- whs married In l-s.-,. ills wife was Miss Illlen Axson, of Savannah, tin., daughter of the Rev. lldivnr.l Axson. She died In the White House August 11, It'll. Peoemhor IS. 1 : . 1 the president presi-dent married Mrs. Rolling Cult of Washington. Mr. Wilson bus three daughters. Miss Margaret Woodrow- Wilson, Mrs. Frtmees liuiiis Snyre, and Mrs. William Wil-liam Clbbs M.-Adoo. Professorship at Princeton. In l'sss Mr. Wilson was tiuide n member of the fioiilty of Wesleyilll university. .Mi-ldletow n. Conn. He remained re-mained there only two years, his reputation repu-tation as n writer and edueator having hav-ing nttrneted the attention of his alma mater, nnd he was Inilted to the chair of lurlsprudeiiee und I'olitleal economy ut Princeton. He again Joined his fortunes with Pritieetoii when In ihe fall of lstnl be took the chair of jurisprudence and polities ut that Institution. He held this chair at Princeton for twelve years, writing during this period his fatuous work. "A History of the American Amer-ican People." When President Francis Lamb-y Putton In T.hhi .announced his Intention of retiring, pooler Wilson was nt once looked Upon lis bis logical successor. The fact that la- was not an ordained minister at .11 rs t threatened to stand In the way. as some of the faculty and board of trustees were not In favor of breaking the old precedent. l'.tit the ijuulllicatlons of Doctor Wilson Wil-son n ere so strong that this objection was quickly overridden, und he was formally Installed as president In Rmvj. Mr. Wilson remained us the bond of Princeton for ten yours. Ho had nl-reudy nl-reudy nttraetcd great attention, and even nt that time ho was pointed out as possible presidential timber. lie had taken a part In politics, anil in llilO, when the Penioerutic organlza-llon organlza-llon discovered that It must put up a strong candidate to win the state, Wilson Wil-son was selected us the man. Mr. Wilson was elected governor by a plurality of about oO.ooa Within six months after assuming the governorshio, lie had induced the legislature to pass n series of laws of the most advanced type, such as the primary election law, tho corrupt practices net, tho employers liability act. a public utilities act, a municipal commission government law and sterilization or nnti-procrentlon act. Mentioned for Presidency. Ill the second year of his governorship governor-ship his boom for president was started start-ed under the inanagoinent of William F. McCoinhs, one of his former students stu-dents at Princeton. During the pre-conventlon pre-conventlon months no less that half a dozen other entrants for presidential honors made their appearance. At the subsequent Democratic national na-tional convention nt l'.altimore, June HT-July 2, Mr. Wilson beat out all entries en-tries with a vole that Increased at each roll call till his victory was recorded re-corded on tho forty-sixth ballot. In Ihe election that followed ho was nil easy victor over the Tuft and Roosevelt Roose-velt tickets, though his entire popular vote did not reach that accorded William Wil-liam Jennings Rryan in RkhS. The Wilsons in America (Into about a century back when James Wilson, grandfather of the president, came aver from Scotland and settled In Philadelphia. From there he went to Steubonvillo, O., which was then on the frontier. He published n newspaper newspa-per and practiced a lltllo common law and was known ns "judge." The president's father, Joseph li. Wilson, was born in Steubonvillo nnd grew up iimld the hardy nnd manhood-making surrovmdlngs of the pioneer country. |