Woodrow Wilson was an outstanding president. He was an academic and the only president, so far, to have his Ph.D. It is said that students would sit outside of his classroom just to hear him speak every day. After teaching he then served as the president of Princeton University for ten years. And after resigning as president of Princeton University, he became the governor of New Jersey for just two years before he ran for presidency. The first presidential election he ran for was in 1912. He ran against William Taft, a republican, and Theodore Roosevelt, a progressive. Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft were both running for the republican spot, but when William Taft won, Theodore Roosevelt started his own party called the Progressive party. The election was a close one between Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson looking at the popular votes, but Wilson won by a landslide looking at the electoral votes. Woodrow Wilson got 435 out of 538 electoral votes, Theodore Roosevelt got 88, and William Taft got 8. Woodrow Wilson won the election of 1912 and would soon be starting his journey as President.
Woodrow Wilson was a great speaker. Speaking was his talent. Just as students filled the hallways at Princeton to hear him speak, many people filled the streets to listen to his as well when he was president. Wilson was the first president to deliver his State of the Union messages to Congress in person, since John Adams was president from 1797 to 1801. In Wilson's first term as president he mainly focused on his agreement called the New Freedom. Just like Theodore Roosevelt's agreement called New Nationalism, it called for tariff reforms, business reforms, and banking reforms. To come out of the New Freedom, the Federal Reserve (FED) were made with the Federal Reserve Act. The Federal Reserve was a success and is still used in America today. The FED was used to maximize jobs, moderate long term interests, and stabilize prices.