Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) 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. As president, he oversaw the passage of progressive legislative policies unparalleled until the New Deal in 1933. Wilson's father was one of the founders of the Southern Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS) after it split from the Northern Presbyterians in 1861. He became minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Augusta, and the family lived there until 1870. After the end of the Civil War, Wilson began attending a nearby school, where classmates included future Supreme Court Justice Joseph Rucker Lamar and future ambassador Pleasant A. Stovall.
Wilson's father was one of the founders of the Southern Presbyterian Church founders of the Southern Presbyterian Church in the United States|minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Augusta, minister
Wilson's father was one of the founders of the Southern Presbyterian Church founders of the Southern Presbyterian Church in the United States|minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Augusta, minister