On November 10, 1923, President Woodrow Wilson stood in his dressing gown in his dark-paneled library, swallowed his anxiety and prepared to execute “an exceedingly difficult stunt” — the ...

President Roosevelt delivers his ‘Day of Infamy’ speech to Congress on December 8, 1941. Via Wikimedia Commons. Mr. Beito notes Roosevelt’s “unquestioning support for Woodrow Wilson’s crackdown on ...

Woodrow Wilson spoke those famous words to a friend shortly before his inauguration. That irony of fate of course came true. ... In a speech delivered in 1896, Wilson declared: ...

And acceptance speeches by nominees were not done until 1932. ... historians generally rank Woodrow Wilson in the top 10 of all of our presidents,” Haynes said.

On Oct. 2, 1919, President Woodrow Wilson was felled by a stroke that permanently paralyzed his left side, damaged his brain, destroyed most of his vision, and garbled his speech.

On November 10, 1923, President Woodrow Wilson stood in his dressing gown in his dark-paneled library, swallowed his anxiety and prepared to execute “an exceedingly difficult stunt” — the ...