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Thepresidency of Woodrow Wilson began on March 4, 1913, whenWoodrow Wilson wasinaugurated as the 28thpresident of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1921.

• March 4 –First inauguration of Woodrow Wilson
• March 5 -William Jennings Bryan is sworn in as the 41stUnited States Secretary of State,Josephus Daniels is sworn in as the 41stUnited States Secretary of the Navy, andWilliam C. Redfield is sworn in as the 1stUnited States Secretary of Commerce.^[1]
• April 8 - Wilson addresses a joint session of Congress regarding adjusting tariff duties. It is the first time a President addressed Congress personally since John Adams in 1800.^[2]
• May 31 - TheSeventeenth Amendment is ratified
• October 3 - Wilson signs theUnderwood Tariff and theRevenue Act of 1913
• December 23 - Wilson signs theFederal Reserve Act

• July 28 -Austria-Hungary declares war on theKingdom of Serbia, beginningWorld War I
• October 15 - Wilson signs theClayton Antitrust Act
• November 3 - The1914 elections take place

• May 7 - A German submarine sinks theRMS Lusitania

• January 1 - President Wilson and First LadyEdith Wilson hold their first public reception since the couple wed at the Homestend Hotel inHot Springs, Virginia.^[3]
• January 2 -Associate Justice of the United StatesJoseph Rucker Lamar dies from gradual liver failure in Washington, D.C. during the evening.^[4]
• January 12 - Secretary of State Lansing reports that President Wilson warning Americans to leave Mexico continues as the administration's viewpoint on the country.^[5]
• January 13 - President Wilson announces his intent to continue his "watchful waiting" policy in regards to Mexico and that the eighteen Americans recently executed there "were specifically warned not to go to Mexico."^[6]
• January 16 - A memorandum is made public in which Secretary of State Lansing requests the American Institute of International Law to compose a study on neutral duties and rights during times of war.^[7]
• January 18 - President Wilson's wishes to appoint Dixon C. Williams to solve theChicago postmaster problem become public.^[8]
• January 27 - President Wilson gives a speech to the Seventh Annual Dinner of the Railway Business Association during a New York appearance, speaking about America and its army.^[9]
• January 29 - President Wilson delivers an address inCleveland, Ohio on the bravery of the US and how it affects foreign policy.^[10]
• January 31 - President Wilson delivers a military address inMilwaukee.^[11]
• February 1 - President Wilson delivers a speech inDes Moines, Iowa on guarding the honor of the US when it is questioned.^[12]
• February 2 - President Wilson gives an address to 10,000 people inKansas City, Missouri, calling for Americans to support his attempts to protect lives and internationally preserve commerce.^[13]
• February 3 -United States Secretary of StateRobert Lansing delivers dispatches on foreign affairs to President Wilson.^[14]
• February 4 - The Senate votes 52 to 21 in favor of the Philippine Independence bill during the night hours.^[15]
• November 1 - President Wilson delivers a speech inBuffalo, New York on his intention for the US to battle for its representations.^[16]
• November 2 - President Wilson spends the day campaigning inNew York, delivering a speech in the afternoon and three in the night.^[17]
• November 7 – Wilson defeats RepublicanCharles Evans Hughes in the1916 presidential election.
• November 9 - Secretary of State Lansing admits the grave state of the financial situation inMexico as well as its military, the first instance of someone from the Wilson administration confirming a poor status in Mexico since the beginning of the Mexico-America conference.^[18]
• November 10 - Wilson delivers his first public speech since the election inWilmington, Massachusetts.^[19]
• December 2 - Two men are arrested on charges of trying to murder President Wilson.^[20] President Wilson delivers a speech at the banquet celebrating the illumination of theStatue of Liberty inNew York City.^[21]
• December 30 - President Wilson meets with SenatorFrancis G. Newlands for discussions on the passage of anti-strike legislation in Washington.^[22]

• March 3 -Arthur Zimmermann admits the authenticity of theZimmermann Telegram
• March 4 -Second inauguration of Woodrow Wilson
• April 6 - Wilson signs the1917 United States declaration of war on Germany, beginning the U.S. involvement inWorld War I

• November 5 - The1918 elections take place
• November 11 - Germany signs theArmistice of 11 November 1918, ending World War I

• January 16 - TheEighteenth Amendment is ratified
• January 19 - TheParis Peace Conference begins to meet
• June 2 - Anarchists detonate eight bombs in eight U.S. cities, marking the height of the1919 United States anarchist bombings
• June 28 - Signing of theTreaty of Versailles
• October 2 - Wilson suffers a debilitating stroke which largely incapacitates him for the rest of his presidency

• January - the economicDepression of 1920–21, in some ways worse than theGreat Depression.^[23]
• January 17 - The Eighteenth Amendment comes into force, beginning the era ofProhibition
• August 18 - TheNineteenth Amendment is ratified
• November 2 -RepublicanWarren G. Harding wins the1920 presidential election

• March 4 – Warren G. Harding isinaugurated as the 29th president of the United States, at noon EST.

• Timeline of the William Howard Taft presidency, for his predecessor
• Timeline of the Warren G. Harding presidency, for his successor

• Miller Center Wilson Presidential Timeline

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