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=**Woodrow Wilson**=

Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born on December 28, 1856. He was the 28th president of the United States. He was elected president as a democrat. In his first term as president he persuaded a Democratic Congress to pass the Federal Reserve Act. His Re-election campaign on the slogan "He kept us out of war". When he was re-elected in 1916, he pledged too keep America out of WWI. He asked Congress for a declaration of war against Germany. Also, he failed to gain Congress's ratification of the Treaty of Versailles. On January 8, 1918, Wilson gave a speech on the 14 points. The 14 points opened covenants of peace, absolute freedom of navigating upon seas, removal of economic barriers, etc.