Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born on December 29, 1856 to Joseph Ruggles Wilson and Janet Woodrow in Stauton Virginia. He was the third of four children and his was of Scottish and Presbyterian descent. The church played a hard and commanding role in the up bringing of Thomas. They moved several times; they had moved to places like Augusta, Ga; and Wilmington, N.C. During his childhood he suffered dyslexia and did not learn to read until he was ten and yet, he still had a passionate interest in politics and literature. As a teenager his dad taught at the Columbia Theological Semina

ry in South Carolina, and he became more and more into Politics. He soon dropped his first name to emphasize the family connection and because he thought "Woodrow Wilson" sounded more dignified. His father served during the Civil War as a chaplain with the confederate army, and his church in Augusta was turned into a hospital. That is when he was deeply affected by the horrors of the war.

Wilson entered the campaign with a three-way race for President. He had won the election with 42 percent of the popular vote, but with an electoral vote of 435 compared to Roosevelt's 88. Wilson was the first Southern-born President elected since the Civil War.

Years later, he attended Davidson College near Charlotte, North Caroline for a year before transferring to Princeton University in 1875. While at Princeton, he became more intellectual, reading widely, became engaged in de

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