Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist.  |  Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) — also known asThomas Woodrow Wilson;"Schoolmaster inPolitics" —of New Jersey. Born inStaunton,Va.,December28, 1856.Democrat.Universityprofessor;presidentof Princeton University, 1902-10;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1911-13;Presidentof the United States, 1913-21.Presbyterian.Member,PhiKappa Psi;PhiAlpha Delta.Recipient ofNobelPeace Prize in 1919; elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1950.Died inWashington,D.C.,February3, 1924 (age67 years, 37days).Entombed atWashingtonNational Cathedral, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 2011 atMain Railway Station, Prague, Czechia.| |  Relatives: Sonof Rev. Joseph Ruggles Wilson and Janet 'Jessie' (Woodrow) Wilson;married,June 24,1885, toEllenLouise Axson; married,December18, 1915, toEdithBolling Galt; father of Eleanor Randolph Wilson (who marriedWilliamGibbs McAdoo); grandfather ofWoodrowWilson Sayre. | | | | Political family:Wilson#1 family of California and Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:WilliamC. Bullitt —BainbridgeColby —JosephE. Davies —JosephP. Tumulty —ThomasH. Birch —ByronR. Newton | | | | MountWoodrow Wilson, inFremontCounty andSubletteCounty, Wyoming, isnamed forhim. — Woodrow WilsonPlaza,in the Federal Triangle,Washington,D.C., is isnamed forhim. — WilsonDam(built 1924), on the Tennessee River inColbertandLauderdalecounties, Alabama, as well as the WilsonLakereservoir, which extends intoLawrencecounty, arenamed forhim. —RamblaPresidente Wilson, inMontevideo,Uruguay, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WoodrowW. Bean—WoodrowW. Jones—WoodrowW. Scott—TomWoodrow Payne—W.W. Dumas—WoodrowWilson Mann—WoodrowW. Lavender—WoodrowWilson Sayre—WoodrowW. Baird—WoodrowW. Mathna—WoodrowW. Hulme—WoodrowW. Kline—WoodrowW. McDonald—WoodrowW. Hollan—WoodrowW. Carter—WoodrowW. Ferguson—W.Wilson Goode—WoodrowWilson Storey—WoodrowW. Bean III | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $100,000 gold certificate, which was issuedin 1934-45 for cash transactions between banks. | | | | Campaign slogan (1916): "He kept us outof war." | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —NobelLaureates | | | | Books about Woodrow Wilson: LouisAuchincloss,WoodrowWilson — Herbert Hoover,TheOrdeal of Woodrow Wilson — James Chace,1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed theCountry — John Milton Cooper,ReconsideringWoodrow Wilson: Progressivism, Internationalism, War, andPeace — A. Scott Berg,Wilson —Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Anne Schraff,WoodrowWilson (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Woodrow Wilson:Jim Powell,Wilson'sWar : How Woodrow Wilson's Great Blunder Led to Hitler, Lenin,Stalin, and World War II | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, July 1902 |
| | Ellen Wilson (1860-1914) — also known asEllen Louise Axson — Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,May 15,1860.First Lady of New Jersey, 1911-13;First Ladyof the United States, 1913-14; died in office 1914.Female.Died, fromBright'sdisease, in theWhiteHouse,Washington,D.C.,August6, 1914 (age54 years, 83days).Interment atMyrtleHill Cemetery, Rome, Ga.  | William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941) — also known asWilliam G. McAdoo — of Chattanooga,HamiltonCounty, Tenn.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Santa Barbara,SantaBarbara County, Calif.Born near Marietta,CobbCounty, Ga.,October31, 1863.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner withWilliamMcAdoo (no relation); attorney forrailroads;president, Hudson & ManhattanRailroadCo.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1904,1912;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 17th District, 1908; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from New York, 1912;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-18; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1920,1924;delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,1932,1936;U.S.Senator from California, 1933-38; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from California, 1937-39.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,February1, 1941 (age77 years, 93days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof William Gibbs McAdoo (1820-1849) and Mary Faith (Floyd) McAdoo;married,November18, 1885, to Sarah Houston Fleming; married,May 7,1914, to Eleanor Randolph Wilson (daughter ofWoodrowWilson andEllenWilson); married,September14, 1935, to Doris Isabel Cross; great-grandson ofJohnFloyd. | | | | Political family:Wilson#1 family of California and Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:ByronR. Newton —NatRogan | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —FederalReserve History | | | | Image source: Munsey's Magazine, May1919 |
| | Edith Wilson (1872-1961) — also known asEdith Bolling;Edith BollingGalt —Born in Wytheville,WytheCounty, Va.,October15, 1872.FirstLady of the United States, 1915-21.Female.Died inWashington,D.C.,December28, 1961 (age89 years, 74days).Entombed atWashingtonNational Cathedral, Washington, D.C.; cenotaph atEastEnd Cemetery, Wytheville, Va.| | Relatives:Daughter of William Holcombe Bolling and Sarah Spears 'Sallie'(White) Bolling; married,December18, 1915, toWoodrowWilson; married,April30, 1896, to Norman Galt; second great-grandniece ofThomasJefferson; fourth great-grandniece ofRichardRandolph; first cousin thrice removed ofMarthaJefferson Randolph andDabneyCarr; first cousin five times removed ofRichardBland,PeytonRandolph (1721-1775) andMarthaWashington; second cousin twice removed ofJohnRobertson,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph andGeorgeWythe Randolph; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnRandolph of Roanoke; second cousin four times removed ofTheodorickBland,EdmundJenings Randolph,JohnParke Custis,BeverleyRandolph andBurwellBassett; third cousin once removed ofWilliamLewis Cabell,ThomasJefferson Coolidge,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andFrederickMadison Roberts; third cousin twice removed ofThomasMann Randolph Jr.,JohnJordan Crittenden,ThomasTurpin Crittenden,RobertCrittenden,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnMarshall,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,JamesMarkham Marshall,AlexanderKeith Marshall,EdmundJennings Lee,JohnWayles Eppes,PeytonRandolph (1779-1828) andHenrySt. George Tucker; fourth cousin ofJoelWalker Flood,BenjaminEarl Cabell andJohnGardner Coolidge; fourth cousin once removed ofAlexanderParker Crittenden,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,ThomasTheodore Crittenden,ArchelausMarius Woodson,CarterHenry Harrison II,HenryDe La Warr Flood,JoelWest Flood andEarleCabell. | | | | Political family:Wilson#1 family of California and Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | Woodrow Wilson Sayre (1919-2002) — BornFebruary22, 1919.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Representative from California 25th District, 1952.DiedSeptember16, 2002 (age83 years, 206days).Burial location unknown.
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