Woodrow Wilson lived a simple yet blessed childhood. He was born on December 28, 1856, in Staunton, Virginia. His biological father, Joseph Wilson, was the descendant of Scottish immigrants and his mother Janet Woodrow immigrated from England at a young age (Cooper, 2017). Having immigrants as parents assisted Woodrow Wilson with accumulating votes in his later presidency. Wilson was the only president since Andrew Jackson to be the descendant of Immigrants. Wilson was gifted enough to have parents with a stable job in such a hardship of time during the Civil War.
Wilson was contrived into the Presbyterian religion, as a result of his father being a Presbyterian pastor. The Wilson family was highly religious, with Woodrow Wilson's father being a priest and his mother being foreseen as a preachers daughter. Wilson learned
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At a young age Wilson commenced in politics and studied the nature of it, along with literature(Cooper, 2017). Wilsons knowledge was expanded greatly when he was accepted into Princeton, where he evoked his debating career and wrote papers. His debating would benefit him majorly in the future. After graduation Wilson studied law for two years, with the hope that his new education would lead him into politics(Cooper, 2017). Wilson soon discarded his career in law and found a new interest in government and history.
Wilson was granted the privilege to have healthy children and marry the woman he loved. In 1885 Wilson married a preacher's daughter, whose name was Ellon Axson. Ellen and Woodrow had three daughters Margaret, Jessie, and Eleanor Wilson. The three daughters were blessed with a life of rich and fame that came along from their parents. Ellen Wilson died in 1914, which sunk Woodrow Wilson into a deep depression, which was lifted when he remarried in 1915(Cooper, 2017). Wilson remained to live a famous and rich lifestyle until his