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Wilson #1 family of California and Virginia

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Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) — also known as Thomas Woodrow Wilson; "Schoolmaster in Politics" — of New Jersey. Born in Staunton, Va., December 28, 1856. Democrat. University professor; president of Princeton University, 1902-10; Governor of New Jersey, 1911-13; President of the United States, 1913-21. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Kappa Psi; Phi Alpha Delta. Recipient of Nobel Peace Prize in 1919; elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1950. Died in Washington, D.C., February 3, 1924 (age 67 years, 37 days). Entombed at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 2011 at Main Railway Station, Prague, Czechia.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Joseph Ruggles Wilson and Janet 'Jessie' (Woodrow) Wilson; married, June 24, 1885, to Ellen Louise Axson; married, December 18, 1915, to Edith Bolling Galt; father of Eleanor Randolph Wilson (who married William Gibbs McAdoo); grandfather of Woodrow Wilson Sayre.
  Political family: Wilson #1 family of California and Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: William C. Bullitt — Bainbridge Colby — Joseph E. Davies — Joseph P. Tumulty — Thomas H. Birch — Byron R. Newton
  Mount Woodrow Wilson, in Fremont County and Sublette County, Wyoming, is named for him.  — Woodrow Wilson Plaza, in the Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C., is is named for him.  — Wilson Dam (built 1924), on the Tennessee River in Colbert and Lauderdale counties, Alabama, as well as the Wilson Lake reservoir, which extends into Lawrence county, are named for him.  — Rambla Presidente Wilson, in Montevideo, Uruguay, is named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: Woodrow W. BeanWoodrow W. JonesWoodrow W. ScottTom Woodrow PayneW. W. DumasWoodrow Wilson MannWoodrow W. LavenderWoodrow Wilson SayreWoodrow W. BairdWoodrow W. MathnaWoodrow W. HulmeWoodrow W. KlineWoodrow W. McDonaldWoodrow W. HollanWoodrow W. CarterWoodrow W. FergusonW. Wilson GoodeWoodrow Wilson StoreyWoodrow W. Bean III
  Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on the U.S. $100,000 gold certificate, which was issued in 1934-45 for cash transactions between banks.
  Campaign slogan (1916): "He kept us out of war."
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail — Nobel Laureates
  Books about Woodrow Wilson: Louis Auchincloss, Woodrow Wilson — Herbert Hoover, The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson — James Chace, 1912 : Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the Country — John Milton Cooper, Reconsidering Woodrow Wilson: Progressivism, Internationalism, War, and Peace — A. Scott Berg, Wilson — Mike Resnick, ed., Alternate Presidents [anthology] — Anne Schraff, Woodrow Wilson (for young readers)
  Critical books about Woodrow Wilson: Jim Powell, Wilson's War : How Woodrow Wilson's Great Blunder Led to Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, and World War II
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, July 1902
  Ellen Wilson (1860-1914) — also known as Ellen Louise Axson — Born in Savannah, Chatham County, Ga., May 15, 1860. First Lady of New Jersey, 1911-13; First Lady of the United States, 1913-14; died in office 1914. Female. Died, from Bright's disease, in the White House, Washington, D.C., August 6, 1914 (age 54 years, 83 days). Interment at Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Ga.
  Relatives: Daughter of Samuel Edward Axson and Margaret Jane (Hoyt) Axson; married, June 24, 1885, to Woodrow Wilson; mother of Eleanor Randolph Wilson (who married William Gibbs McAdoo); grandmother of Woodrow Wilson Sayre.
  Political family: Wilson #1 family of California and Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
William G. McAdoo William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941) — also known as William G. McAdoo — of Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tenn.; New York, New York County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif. Born near Marietta, Cobb County, Ga., October 31, 1863. Democrat. Lawyer; law partner with William McAdoo (no relation); attorney for railroads; president, Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904, 1912; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1908; member of Democratic National Committee from New York, 1912; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-18; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1920, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1932, 1936; U.S. Senator from California, 1933-38; member of Democratic National Committee from California, 1937-39. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., February 1, 1941 (age 77 years, 93 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of William Gibbs McAdoo (1820-1849) and Mary Faith (Floyd) McAdoo; married, November 18, 1885, to Sarah Houston Fleming; married, May 7, 1914, to Eleanor Randolph Wilson (daughter of Woodrow Wilson and Ellen Wilson); married, September 14, 1935, to Doris Isabel Cross; great-grandson of John Floyd.
  Political family: Wilson #1 family of California and Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Byron R. Newton — Nat Rogan
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — Federal Reserve History
  Image source: Munsey's Magazine, May 1919
  Edith Wilson (1872-1961) — also known as Edith Bolling; Edith Bolling Galt — Born in Wytheville, Wythe County, Va., October 15, 1872. First Lady of the United States, 1915-21. Female. Died in Washington, D.C., December 28, 1961 (age 89 years, 74 days). Entombed at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.; cenotaph at East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Va.
  Relatives: Daughter of William Holcombe Bolling and Sarah Spears 'Sallie' (White) Bolling; married, December 18, 1915, to Woodrow Wilson; married, April 30, 1896, to Norman Galt; second great-grandniece of Thomas Jefferson; fourth great-grandniece of Richard Randolph; first cousin thrice removed of Martha Jefferson Randolph and Dabney Carr; first cousin five times removed of Richard Bland, Peyton Randolph (1721-1775) and Martha Washington; second cousin twice removed of John Robertson, Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, Francis Wayles Eppes, Dabney Smith Carr, Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph; second cousin thrice removed of John Randolph of Roanoke; second cousin four times removed of Theodorick Bland, Edmund Jenings Randolph, John Parke Custis, Beverley Randolph and Burwell Bassett; third cousin once removed of William Lewis Cabell, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, George Craighead Cabell and Frederick Madison Roberts; third cousin twice removed of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr., John Jordan Crittenden, Thomas Turpin Crittenden, Robert Crittenden, Carter Henry Harrison and John Breckinridge Castleman; third cousin thrice removed of John Marshall, Henry Lee, Charles Lee, Richard Bland Lee, James Markham Marshall, Alexander Keith Marshall, Edmund Jennings Lee, John Wayles Eppes, Peyton Randolph (1779-1828) and Henry St. George Tucker; fourth cousin of Joel Walker Flood, Benjamin Earl Cabell and John Gardner Coolidge; fourth cousin once removed of Alexander Parker Crittenden, Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Thomas Theodore Crittenden, Archelaus Marius Woodson, Carter Henry Harrison II, Henry De La Warr Flood, Joel West Flood and Earle Cabell.
  Political family: Wilson #1 family of California and Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Woodrow Wilson Sayre (1919-2002) — Born February 22, 1919. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from California 25th District, 1952. Died September 16, 2002 (age 83 years, 206 days). Burial location unknown.
  Presumably named for: Woodrow Wilson
  Relatives: Son of Francis Bowes Sayre and Jessie Woodrow (Wilson) Sayre; grandson of Woodrow Wilson and Ellen Wilson.
  Political family: Wilson #1 family of California and Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).

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