Person

Woodrow Wilson

28th president of the United States during World War I and the debate over the postwar international order.

Status: draft
Entity Type: person
Start Date: 28 Dec 1856
End Date: 3 Feb 1924

Summary

Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States.

Historical role

He matters here because his presidency linked American domestic reform with wartime mobilization and the attempt to shape a new international system after World War I.

Connections

Useful for linking World War I, the League of Nations debate, and the modern internationalist tradition in U.S. politics.