Journey To The Presidency
Due to Wilson being highly educated, he was able to have a successful career as an author and professor at Bryn Mawr, Wesleyan, and Princeton. Because of his academic greatness, Wilson was elected president of Princeton in 1902. Wilson made efforts to modernize the college and was considered a progressive reformer, this arose much attention to New Jersey democrats, who then asked him about running for governor. Wilson accepted this request and became the governor of New Jersey in 1911. He became very involved in fighting machine politics and party bosses, which led him even more in the right direction for his progressive movement. Wilson, using his well-known progressive ideas, decided to run for the presidency as a democrat in 1912. After winning the democratic nomination, he then had to go onto face a split republican party. The two republican candidates, William Taft and Theodore Roosevelt, had much conflict regarding the cause of reform. They ended up splitting the republican vote, and Wilson won the election with a little less than 42 percent of the vote. Wilson was then sworn into office as the new President of the United States in 1913, and began his ambitious and progressive New Freedom Platform.
Due to Wilson being highly educated, he was able to have a successful career as an author and professor at Bryn Mawr, Wesleyan, and Princeton. Because of his academic greatness, Wilson was elected president of Princeton in 1902. Wilson made efforts to modernize the college and was considered a progressive reformer, this arose much attention to New Jersey democrats, who then asked him about running for governor. Wilson accepted this request and became the governor of New Jersey in 1911. He became very involved in fighting machine politics and party bosses, which led him even more in the right direction for his progressive movement. Wilson, using his well-known progressive ideas, decided to run for the presidency as a democrat in 1912. After winning the democratic nomination, he then had to go onto face a split republican party. The two republican candidates, William Taft and Theodore Roosevelt, had much conflict regarding the cause of reform. They ended up splitting the republican vote, and Wilson won the election with a little less than 42 percent of the vote. Wilson was then sworn into office as the new President of the United States in 1913, and began his ambitious and progressive New Freedom Platform.