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(Sunday, February 3, 1924, 11:15 a.m. EST) — Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States (1913-1921), died this morning in his S Street home in Washington, D.C., at age 67 of a stroke and other heart-related problems.
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A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of Princeton University and as the governor of New Jersey before winning the 1912 presidential election.
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As president for two full terms, Wilson changed the nation’s economic policies and led the United States into World War I in 1917.
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He was the leading architect of the League of Nations, and his progressive stance on foreign policy came to be known as Wilsonianism.
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Wilson would be interred in Washington National Cathedral, being the only president whose final resting place lies within the nation’s capital.
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