- Wilson was the first president to hold a press conference.
- Famous folk artist Woody Guthrie was named after Woodrow Wilson. His full name is Woodrow Wilson Guthrie.
- He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1920 for his efforts in seeking peace after World War I and supporting the League of Nations.
- Wilson detonated the final explosives to clear the Panama Canal. He sent the signal all the way from New York!
- A flock of sheep was raised on the White House lawn during Wilson's term. The wool was used to raise money for the Red Cross during World War I.
- Wilson was the first president to have earned a Ph.D.
- He was the first president to cross the Atlantic Ocean while in office.
- Woodrow Wilson had a sheep named "Old Ike" that chewed tobacco and grazed on the lawn of the White House.
- His wife, Edith Wilson, was his connection with the outside world after he suffered a stroke which paralyzed his left side. She is considered the most powerful first lady there ever was.
An avid golfer, Wilson used black golf balls when playing in the snow.
His second wife, Edith, was a great-grandaughter of Pocahontas, seven times removed
- Wilson couldn't read until he was 9 years old.
Wilson was the second president to personally address Congress. (the first being Washington)
- In 1895 he suffered a retinal hemorrhage which left him blind in his right eye.
Wilson is the only president buried in Washington D.C. (Taft and Kennedy are buried in Arlington, but it's in Virginia.)
- He was named after his grandfather, the Reverend Thomas Woodrow.
- Wilson made up this limerick to describe himself:
For beauty I am not a star
There are others more handsome by far
But my face I don't mind it
For I am behind it
It's the people in front that I jar.
