Born: December 28, 1856

Died: February 3, 1924

Two First Ladies: Ellen Louise Axson Wilson and Edith Bolling Galt Wilson

Political Party: Democratic

Presidential Term: March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1921

Famous Quote: “The Constitution was not made to fit us like a straitjacket. In its elasticity lies its chief greatness.”

Timeline

1879 Graduated from College of New Jersey (Princeton)

1885 Married Ellen Louise Axson

1886 Received Ph.D. in political science from Johns Hopkins University

1902-1910 President of Princeton

1911-1913 Governor of New Jersey

1913-1921 Twenty-eighth president of the United States

1914-1918 World War I

1915 Married Edith Bolling Galt