Woodrow wilson life timeline template

1856Woodrow Wilson is born on December 28 in Staunton, Virginia, to Joseph Ruggles Wilson and Jessie Janet Woodrow.  1875Wilson enrolls at the College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University).  1885Wilson earns his Ph.D.

in political science from Johns Hopkins University.  1902Wilson becomes the president of Princeton University, serving until 1910.  1910Woodrow Wilson is elected Governor of New Jersey, serving until 1913.  1912Wilson is elected as the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent President William Howard Taft and former President Theodore Roosevelt.  1914

July 28. World War I begins in Europe.

October 15. Wilson signs the Clayton Antitrust Act, strengthening the federal government’s ability to regulate monopolies and protect consumers.

  1916Woodrow Wilson is reelected as Preside