In 1948, and again in 1962, surveys of American historians rated Wilson fourth among American presidents, lagging behind only Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Woodrow Wilson’s Jacob Reeves (17) tries to make a diving tackle against Hunter Giacomo of George Washington during their game Friday at Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley. The host Flying ...

In residence: Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president, lived here from 1921, when he left office, until his death in 1924.

Last season Woodrow Wilson had to fight to the very end of the line to qualify for the playoffs, earning the trip with a 41-21 victory against South Charleston in the regular-season finale. This ...

In “Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn,” Cox, former congressman and former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, demonstrates that the 28th president was the nation’s nastiest.

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 ...

"Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn," which will be released on Nov. 5, recounts the history of Woodrow Wilson’s racism and his opposition to women’s suffrage.

In 1948 Arthur Schlesinger senior, a historian at Harvard, asked 55 other historians to rank the presidents in order of greatness: Wilson came fourth, behind Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and ...

Woodrow Wilson and FDR shattered the norm of limited direct communication between president and public, using new technologies to bypass Congress and speak directly to the masses. The ...

When President Wilson surrendered the role of prophet and accepted the lesser role of opportunist politician—he became as one of the others, a little less than the others.

But this year marks the 100th anniversary of Coolidge’s accession to the presidency — and it is time to look beyond the caricature to the real man.