<P> Thomas Woodrow Wilson ( December 28 , 1856 -- February 3 , 1924 ) was an American statesman and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921 . A member of the Democratic Party , Wilson served as the President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910 , and as Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913 , before winning the 1912 presidential election . As president , he oversaw the passage of progressive legislative policies unparalleled until the New Deal in 1933 . He also led the United States during World War I , establishing an activist foreign policy known as `` Wilsonianism . '' He was one of the three key leaders at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference , where he championed a new League of Nations , but he was unable to win Senate approval for U.S. participation in the League . </P>
<P> Thomas Woodrow Wilson ( December 28 , 1856 -- February 3 , 1924 ) was an American statesman and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921 . A member of the Democratic Party , Wilson served as the President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910 , and as Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913 , before winning the 1912 presidential election . As president , he oversaw the passage of progressive legislative policies unparalleled until the New Deal in 1933 . He also led the United States during World War I , establishing an activist foreign policy known as `` Wilsonianism . '' He was one of the three key leaders at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference , where he championed a new League of Nations , but he was unable to win Senate approval for U.S. participation in the League . </P>
who was president of the united states immediately following world war i
who was president of the united states immediately following world war i
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson