#26: Woodrow Wilson
Holding the presidency throughout World War I, the 28th president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, left a wonderful legacy behind. Not only did he win a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in contributing to the creation of the League of Nations, but he also gave women the right to vote, attempted the eradication of child labor, and gave railroad workers an 8-hour work day.
Even though he left the White House behind in a better way than when he found it, he wasn’t able to successfully veto the National Prohibition Act, which came into effect in 1920 until 1933. A lover of Scotch, Wilson couldn’t have been too happy about the impending doom that would be living life during the prohibition…