Woodrow Wilson: Timeline

1856   Born

1912   U.S. presidential election, 1912: Democratic challenger Woodrow Wilson wins a landslide victory over Republican incumbent William Howard Taft William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft was an American politician [i]; the 27th President of the United States [i] ... 

. Taft's base was undercut by Progressive Party candidate (and former Republican) Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt

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, who finished second, ahead of Taft.

1913   US President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike thus ending construction on the Panama Canal Panama Canal

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1913   The Federal Reserve is created by Woodrow Wilson

1914   Woodrow Wilson signs Mother's Day proclamation.

1914   Woodrow Wilson's envoy Edward Mandell House meets with Kaiser Wilhelm II.

1916   President President of the United States

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 Woodrow Wilson sends 12,000 United States United States

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 troops over the U.S.-Mexico border border to pursue Pancho Villa Pancho Villa

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; 13th Cavalry regiment enters Mexican Mexico

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 territory.

1916   U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America Boy Scouts of America

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1916   Woodrow Wilson defeats Charles E. Hughes in the U.S. presidential election.

1917   World War I World War I

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: President President of the United States

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 Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.

1917   United States United States

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 president Woodrow Wilson uses the Federal Possession and Control Act to take control of nearly all American railroads under the United States Railroad Administration so they can be more efficiently used to transport troops and materials for the war effort.

1918   December 4 — US President Woodrow Wilson sails for the Paris Peace Conference, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe Europe

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 while in offi

1919   October 2 — US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.

1919   October 28 — Prohibition Prohibition

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 begins: The United States Congress United States Congress

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 passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.

1921   Change of US presidency President of the United States

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 from Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) to Warren G. Harding Warren G. Harding

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 (1921-1923)

1924   Died