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Woodrow Wilson

American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921.

Prospect House, Wilson's home on Princeton's campus

Results of the 1910 gubernatorial election in New Jersey. Wilson won the counties in blue.

Wilson giving his first State of the Union address, the first such address since 1801

Map of Federal Reserve Districts–black circles, Federal Reserve Banks–black squares, District branches–red circles and Washington HQ–star/black circle

In a 1913 cartoon, Wilson primes the economic pump with tariff, currency and antitrust laws

Official presidential portrait of Woodrow Wilson (1913)

Uncle Sam entering Mexico in 1916 to punish Pancho Villa. Uncle Sam says "I've had about enough of this."

Wilson and "Jingo", the American War Dog. The editorial cartoon ridicules jingoes baying for war.

Wilson accepts the Democratic Party nomination, 1916

Map of the great powers and their empires in 1914

Liberty Loan drive in front of City Hall, New Orleans. On City Hall is a banner reading "Food will win the war—don't waste it".

Women workers in ordnance shops, Pennsylvania, 1918

The "Big Four" at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, following the end of World War I. Wilson is standing next to Georges Clemenceau at right.

Several new European states were established at the Paris Peace Conference

Wilson returning from the Versailles Peace Conference, 1919.

June 3, 1919, Newspapers of the 1919 bombings

Republican nominee Warren G. Harding defeated Democratic nominee James Cox in the 1920 election

The final resting place of Woodrow Wilson at the Washington National Cathedral

Quotation from Woodrow Wilson's History of the American People as reproduced in the film The Birth of a Nation.

World War I draft card, the lower left corner to be removed by men of African background to help keep the military segregated

Political cartoon published in New York Evening Mail about the East St. Louis riots of 1917. Original caption reads "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?"

1934 $100,000 gold certificate depicting Wilson.

Wilson defeated incumbent Republican William Howard Taft and third-party nominee Theodore Roosevelt to easily win the 1912 United States presidential election, becoming the first Southerner to do so since 1848.

The United States Reports is the official reporter of the Supreme Court of the United States.

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:

William Howard Taft, the only person ever to serve as both President and Chief Justice of the United States, once served on the Sixth Circuit.

Solicitor General of the United States

Fourth-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice.

Organization of the office of the Solicitor General

Six solicitors general have later served on the Supreme Court: William Howard Taft (who served as the 27th president of the United States before becoming Chief Justice of the United States), Stanley Forman Reed, Robert H. Jackson, Thurgood Marshall, and Elena Kagan.

Cincinnati

City in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County.

Cincinnati in 1812 with a population of 2,000

Cincinnati in 1841 with the Miami and Erie Canal in the foreground

Tall Stacks, held every three or four years between 1988 and 2006, celebrated the city's riverboat heritage.

The Genius of Water, a symbol of Cincinnati, was dedicated in 1871.

Procter & Gamble headquarters in Cincinnati

Approximately 1 million attend Taste of Cincinnati yearly, making it one of the largest street festivals in the United States.

Cheese coneys containing Cincinnati chili, developed in the 1920s by Macedonian immigrants in Cincinnati

View of downtown Cincinnati in 2010, showing city arenas

A Cyclones home game at Heritage Bank Center

Crime in Cincinnati increased after the 2001 riots, but has been decreasing since.

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center has exhibits on the Underground Railroad.

Findlay Market, Ohio's oldest operating market

The University of Cincinnati's College of Arts & Sciences

Xavier University, a private Jesuit university in Cincinnati and Norwood, Ohio

The Aronoff Center, one of Cincinnati's largest performing arts venues

The Contemporary Arts Center building, designed by Zaha Hadid

Local folk band Shiny and the Spoon perform at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden.

Cincinnati Union Terminal serves Amtrak's Cardinal line and houses several museums.

The Cincinnati Bell Connector streetcar line

Fort Washington Way, one of Cincinnati's major freeways

Cincinnati is the birthplace of William Howard Taft, the 27th President and former Chief Justice of the United States.

Theodore Roosevelt

American politician, statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.

The Roosevelt coat of arms as displayed on Theodore Roosevelt's bookplate, featuring three roses in a meadow (in reference to the family name, which means "rose field" in Dutch).

6-year-old Theodore and 5-year-old Elliott watch Lincoln's funeral procession from the second-floor window of their grandfather's mansion (at top left, facing the camera), Manhattan, April 25, 1865

Roosevelt's birthplace at 28 East 20th Street in Manhattan, New York City

Roosevelt as New York State Assemblyman, 1883

Theodore Roosevelt as Badlands hunter in 1885. New York studio photo.

NYC Police Commissioner Roosevelt walks the beat with journalist Jacob Riis in 1894—Illustration from Riis's autobiography.

The Asiatic Squadron destroying the Spanish fleet in the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898

Colonel Roosevelt and the Rough Riders after capturing Kettle Hill in Cuba in July 1898, along with members of the 3rd Volunteers and the regular Army black 10th Cavalry

Bureau of Engraving and Printing engraved portrait of Roosevelt as President

Official White House portrait by John Singer Sargent

Roosevelt driving through a sequoia tree tunnel

The U.S.'s intentions to influence the area (especially the Panama Canal construction and control) led to the separation of Panama from Colombia in 1903

1903 cartoon: "Go Away, Little Man, and Don't Bother Me". Roosevelt intimidating Colombia to acquire the Panama Canal Zone.

Roosevelt family at Oyster Bay, circa 1903

Roosevelt shortly after leaving office, October 1910

Roosevelt standing next to the elephant he shot on safari

Punch depicts no-holds-barred fight between Taft and Roosevelt

Roosevelt campaigning for president, 1912

Theodore Roosevelt's medical x-ray on October 14, 1912, after the assassination attempt, showing the bullet that would remain inside his body for life

The bullet-damaged speech and eyeglass case on display at the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace in Manhattan, New York City

From left to right (seated): Fr. John Augustine Zahm, Cândido Rondon, Kermit Roosevelt, Cherrie, Miller, four Brazilians, Roosevelt, Fiala. Only Roosevelt, Kermit, Cherrie, Rondon, and the Brazilians traveled down the River of Doubt.

Former President Theodore Roosevelt in Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1914

Theodore and Edith Roosevelt's Grave at Youngs Memorial Cemetery

Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt's Long Island estate

"The Man of the Hour" Roosevelt as Warrior in 1898 and Peacemaker in 1905 settling war between Russia and Japan

1910 cartoon showing Roosevelt's many roles from 1899 to 1910

Theodore Roosevelt and pilot Hoxsey at St. Louis, October 11, 1910.

He groomed his close friend William Howard Taft to succeed him in the 1908 presidential election.

Entrance to the College of Law from Clifton Avenue.

University of Cincinnati College of Law

Founded in 1833 as the Cincinnati Law School.

The College's trial courtroom, where Cincinnati-area state and federal judges conduct proceedings in real cases several times each year.

Statue of former Dean William Howard Taft outside the College of Law. Taft went on to serve as President of the United States and Chief Justice of the United States.

A lecture hall for larger classes at the College of Law.

A smaller classroom fitted with a variety of instructional technologies.

Then-dean and future 27th President of the United States, William Howard Taft (1880), merged it with the University of Cincinnati in 1896.

William Jennings Bryan

American lawyer, orator and politician.

Attorney Mary Baird Bryan, the wife of William Jennings Bryan

"UNITED SNAKES OF AMERICA" "IN BRYAN WE TRUST" political satire token of 1896, known as "Bryan Money"

Bryan campaigning for president, October 1896

The United States and its colonial possessions after the Spanish–American War

Conservatives in 1900 ridiculed Bryan's eclectic platform.

William J Bryan in 1906 as Moses with new 10 commandments; Puck 19 sept 1906 by Joseph Keppler. Tablet reads: l-Thou shalt have no other leaders before me. II—Thou shalt not make unto thyself any high Protective Tariff. Ill—Eight hours, and no more, shalt thou labor and do all thy work. IV—Thou shalt not graft. V—Thou shalt not elect thy Senators save by Popular Vote. VI—Thou shalt not grant rebates unto thy neighbor. VII—Thou shalt not make combinations in restraint of trade. VIII—Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's income, but shall make him pay a tax upon it. IX—There shall be no more government by injunction. X—Remember Election Day to vote it early. P.S.— When in doubt, ask Me.

Bryan speaking at the 1908 Democratic National Convention

Bryan attending the 1912 Democratic National Convention

Bryan served as Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson

Cartoon of Secretary of State Bryan reading war news in 1914

Villa Serena, Bryan's home built in 1913 at Miami, Florida

At the Scopes Trial, William Jennings Bryan (seated, left) being questioned by Clarence Darrow (standing, right).

Statue of Bryan on the lawn of the Rhea County courthouse in Dayton, Tennessee

Bryan won his party's nomination in the 1908 presidential election, but he was defeated by Roosevelt's chosen successor, William Howard Taft.

"The Bosses of the Senate", an 1889 political cartoon by Joseph Keppler depicting corporate interests—from steel, copper, oil, iron, sugar, tin, and coal to paper bags, envelopes, and salt—as giant money bags looming over the tiny senators at their desks in the Chamber of the United States Senate.

United States antitrust law

Collection of mostly federal laws that regulate the conduct and organization of businesses to promote competition and prevent unjustified monopolies.

Standard Oil (Refinery No. 1 in Cleveland, Ohio, pictured) was a major company broken up under United States antitrust laws.

The printing equipment company ATF explicitly states in its 1923 manual that its goal is to 'discourage unhealthy competition' in the printing industry.

Since 1922 the courts and Congress have left Major League Baseball, as played at Chicago's Wrigley Field, unrestrained by antitrust laws.

Along with the Federal Trade Commission the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. is the public enforcer of antitrust law.

Federal Trade Commission building, view from southeast

The Justice Department sued 45 companies under the Sherman Act during the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt (1901–09) and 90 companies during the presidency of William Howard Taft (1909–13).