Woodrow Wilson
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Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. He was the only Democrat to serve as president during the Progressive Era, when Republicans dominated the
Wilson in 1914
Wilson, c. 1875
In September 1883, Wilson proposed to his future wife, Ellen Axson Wilson, the daughter of a Presbyterian minister in Savannah, Georgia.
Wilson in 1902
Ellen Axson Wilson
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Ellen Louise Axson Wilson was First Lady of the United States from 1913 until her death in 1914, as the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson. Like her husband, she was a Southerner, as well as the d
Woodrow Wilson
…the best critical writing on the American constitution which has appeared since the 'Federalist' papers." In 1883, Wilson met and fell in love with Ellen Louise Axson. He proposed marriage in September 1883; she accepted, but they agreed to postpone marriage while Wilson attended graduate school. Axson graduated from…
Ellen Axson Wilson, photographed in 1910
Ellen Axson Wilson by her friend Frederic Yates - 1906
Ellen Axson Wilson 1913-1914
President Wilson official White House portrait 1913