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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