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Fast Facts

Birth Date

December 28, 1856

Death Date

February 3, 1924

Birth Place

Staunton, Virginia

Education

College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), graduated 1879

Career

Professor, College Administration, Public Official

Nickname

“Schoolmaster in Politics”

Marriage

June 24, 1885, to Ellen Louise Axson (1860–1914), December 18, 1915, to Edith Bolling Galt (1872–1961)

Children

Margaret Woodrow (1886–1944), Jessie Woodrow (1887–1933), Eleanor Randolph (1889–1967)

Burial Place

National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.