Ep. 0210: DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson, Part 6

This sixth installment in the DHP coverage of Woodrow Wilson’s life & career centers around his entry into politics and time as governor of New Jersey

Join CJ as he discusses:

• Woodrow Wilson’s entry into politics
• His nomination & campaign for governor of NJ
• His mostly successful political battles & quick passage of series of progressive reforms in the state, including a eugenics sterilization bill, whose author later ended up collaborating with the Nazis at Buchenwald
• Wilson’s preparations to seek the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1912
• The beginning of Wilson’s friendship with “Colonel” Edward Mandel House

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