President Woodrow Wilson

He was born on the 28th of December 1856 in Staunton, Virginia and raised in a very religious and academic household. His father was a Presbyterian minister, his mother the daughter of a Presbyterian minister. Little Woodrow was a smart kid, but a late bloomer. His learning problems may have been due to undiagnosed dyslexia. Although Woodrow didn’t learn to read until he was ten years old, fortunately for him, the prize goes to those that finish the race and not to those quickest out of the blocks. Woodrow would develop into an intellectual young man with a passion for literature and politics.

He would also become the 28th president of these United States of America, perhaps best known for leading his country into World War I, presiding over the creation of the Internal Revenue Service, and supporting the 16th amendment, giving Congress the power to levy taxes based on individual income.

Woodrow Wilson was married twice. He and his first wife, Ellen Louise Axon, were married for 29 years and raised three daughters. Ellen died during Woodrow’s first term and he remarried Edith Bolling Galt. When President Wilson suffered a paralyzing stroke during his second term, Edith acted as a go between, requiring everything and everyone to go through her before reaching the President, controversial actions that that led to charges that Edith was usurping his responsibilities.

In today’s Southern Quote we hear a little wit from the 28th President of the United States. Unfortunately, there’s no record of who President Woodrow Wilson had in mind when he spoke the following words; history didn’t document the personality or personalities that inspired them, but they’ve been quoted often over the years. It was President Thomas Woodrow Wilson who first said…

“Wisdom doesn’t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up by itself.” — President Woodrow Wilson