Wilson, (Thomas) Woodrow, 28th president of the United States, enacted significant reform legislation and led the United States during World War I. Wilson's belief in international cooperation through an association of nations led to the creation of the League of Nations and ultimately to the United Nations. More than any president before him, Wilson was responsible for increasing United States participation in world affairs. A political novice who had held only one public office before …showed first 75 words of 1837 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1837 total…less than a year, however, Wilson would lose all direct influence on world events. Wilson desperately tried to create fair principles to settle issues from the war, but he found himself caught in a web of trickery and compromise. At Columbus, Ohio, on September 4, 1919, Wilson began the first of his detailed explanations of the league's operation. Wilson's stroke left him physically incapacitated but his condition was not made public. The league remained Wilson's constant preoccupation.