Greetings all. My name is Jerry Landry and I'm the host of the Presidencies of the United States podcast.

Like this podcast on presidencies, I go in mostly chronological order examining each presidency in-depth,

starting with George Washington and proceeding on to the present day. You'd be surprised how many

stories there are wrapped up in each presidential term beyond just the person who takes the oath.

I hope that after listening to this episode, you'll search for presidencies and give it a listen.

Without further ado, let's join Mark as he takes us through Woodrow Wilson's re-election bid in 1916.

Something tells me it's not going to be as easy of a campaign as Wilson may have wished.

Music it's not going to be as easy of a campaign as Wilson may have wished. Without orphaning a single American child, without widowing a single American mother,

without firing a single gun, without the shedding of a single drop of blood,

he wrung from the most militant spirit that ever brooded above a battlefield, an acknowledgement of American rights, and in agreement to American demands. When the last great day

shall come, and before the court of God the nations of this earth shall march in judgment review,

the monarchs of the old world shall have to answer for

this awful carnage. When that day shall come, who is it that would have our president exchange places

with the blood-spattered monarchs of the old world? I can see him with the white light

streaming upon his head, and hear the master say,

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.

Democratic Senator Ollie James of Kentucky, speaking to the Democratic National Convention of 1916.

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The year 1916 had seen the second vacancy on the Supreme Court since Wilson had become president.

The first had come in August 1914, and to that vacant seat, Wilson had appointed his own Attorney General,

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