«Before he became the 28th President of the United States (1913–21), the 34th Governor of New Jersey (1911–13), or even the 13th President of Princeton University (1902–10), Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) was a scholar and professor.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American politician, lawyer, 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 and as the 34th governor of New Jersey before winning the 1912 presidential election.