Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 - February 3, 1924) was a Democrat who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921, the first Southerner to win the presidency since the Civil War and the only president to hold a doctoral degree. He made significant economic reforms and led the United States through the First World War, during which he issued the Fourteen Points as a basis for post-war peace negotiations and successfully advocated at the Paris Peace Conference for the creation of the League of Nations, a multinational organization; his foreign-policy approach became known as Wilsonian idealism. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1920 for his role as founder of the League of Nations.
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Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 - February 3, 1924) was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921.
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He was the leading architect of the League of Nations, and his stance on foreign policy came to be known as Wilsonian idealism.
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United States President Woodrow Wilson formed the 'Big Four'
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