by Smith, Gene;
Columbus, Ohio, 60–61
Coolidge, Calvin, 181, 223, 231n., 236, 241, 242, 244–245, 248, 250, 252, 255
Coolidge, Grace, 241, 242, 250, 252
Cox, James, 156, 159–163, 164–165, 188, 202–203, 207
Craufurd-Stuart, Charles Kennedy, 113–114, 121, 136
Creel, George, 147, 148, 166, 172, 216, 217–218
Cummings, Homer, 155, 159
Curtis, Mrs. Genevieve, 236
Daniels, Jonathan, 72
Daniels, Josephus, 44, 71–73, 95, 107, 108, 119–120, 126, 141, 150, 158, 159, 162, 174, 181, 184, 208–209, 213, 235, 252
Daniels, Mrs. Josephus, 71, 72, 213, 235
Dare, Virginia, 193
Davis, E. P., 249, 252
Davis, Jefferson, 14
Davis, John W., ix, x
Debs, Eugene V., 44, 151–152
Declaration of Independence, 53, 173
Dennison, Ohio, 60, 176
Denver, Colorado, 79
Denville, Virginia, 176
Dercum, Francis X., 94, 106, 141n.
Des Moines, Iowa, 64–65
Document, The, 207–208
Dodge, Cleveland, 190, 252
Doheny, E., 204, 246
Drinkwater, John, 171
Drophy, Mrs. E. R., 243
Dunne, Finley Peter, 192
Durant, Oklahoma, 176
Edison, Thomas A., 172
Edward, Prince, 112, 114
Edward VII, King, 112
Elliott, Margaret Axson (Madge), 75, 76
Ellis, William T., 42
Essary, J. Fred, 101–102
Fairbanks, Douglas, 134, 206
Fall, Albert, ix, 109–110, 157, 173, 233
Farnum, William, 135
Federal Reserve System, 30
Federal Trade Commission, 30, 227
Fitzgerald, John, 181
Fitzgerald, Scott, 148
Foch, Ferdinand, 38, 155, 198
Ford, Cicely, 222, 229
Ford, Gertrude, 222, 229
Fosdick, Raymond, 230–231
Fowler, H. A., 233
Freeman, James, 251, 254–256
Galt, Edith Bolling, see Wilson, Edith
Garfield, James, 97, 243
Garrison, Lindley M., 18
George Washington (ship), 34, 42, 48
Glass, Carter, 145, 156–158, 184, 207, 225–226, 235, 252
Gompers, Samuel, 243
Gordon, Alice Gertrude, see Grayson, Gertrude
Grayson, Cary Travers, ix, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12–17, 19–22, 24, 32, 34, 45–48, 56, 58–59, 63–65, 67, 75, 76, 79, 81–84, 87–91, 93–99, 103–106, 108–109, 111, 114, 118, 119, 121, 125, 127, 130–132, 134, 135, 139, 142, 146, 148, 149, 150–153, 155, 156–158, 163, 164, 166, 174, 177, 179, 183, 184, 189, 206, 207, 213, 215, 220–222, 228, 231–240, 243, 244, 249–250, 255–257
Grayson, Gertrude (Altrude), 12, 15–16, 24, 148, 152, 241, 249
Grayson, Gordon, 148, 152
Gregory, Thomas W., 252
Grew, Joseph C., 153n.
Grey, Sir Edward, 12, 112–114, 123, 124, 136, 139, 141, 207
Halpern, Nan, 228
Hamlin, Anna, 221, 234
Hamlin, Charles Sumner, 141, 221
Hamlin, Mrs. Charles Sumner, 221
Hand, Learned, 105
Hanson, Ole, 71
Harding, Florence, 169, 177–179, 198, 220, 234
Harding, Warren G., ix, 162, 164–165, 167, 171, 175, 177–183, 195–198, 219–220, 231n.
Harriman, Mrs. J. Borden (Daisy), 113, 221, 234
Hart, William S., 135
Hayes, Roland, 242
Hayes, Rutherford B., 14
Henry, Patrick, 191
Hitchcock, Gilbert, 100, 111, 115, 116–117, 124, 130
Hitler, Adolf, ix
Holt, Hamilton, 199, 213
Hoover, Herbert, ix, 117, 120, 170, 172, 234
Hoover, Ike, ix, 24, 35, 45–46, 48, 91, 93–95, 118, 133, 134, 150, 171
House, Edward Mandell, 18–22, 48, 55, 103, 114–116, 125, 253
Houston, David F., 95–96, 123, 124, 137, 139n., 141, 150, 173, 174–175, 208, 252
Houston, Mrs. David F., 141
Howe, Annie, 5, 7, 15, 16, 24, 247
Hoyt, Florence, 4, 5, 147
Hughes, Charles Evans, 30, 238
Hughes, Mrs. Charles Evans, 238
Hulbert, Mary Allen Peck, see Peck, Mary Allen
Hulett, Lulu, 231–232, 238
Hull, Cordell, 184, 229, 234
Independence, Missouri, 63
Indianapolis, Indiana, 62, 68
Jackson, “Little” (“Major”), 59
Jaffray, Elizabeth 91, 169
Jenkins, William, 129
Jervis, Richard, 177
Johns Hopkins University, 26, 27n.
Johnson, Evangeline, 223
Johnson, Hiram, 53n., 68, 74
Johnson, Warren F., 254
Jones, Bobby, 148
Jones, Jesse, 252
Jusserand, Jules, 35
Kansas City, Missouri, 63–64
Kerney, James, 221–222
Kipps, Jack, 73
Knox, Philander C., 54n., 179, 181
Kohlsaat, H. H., 58
Ladies’ Home Journal, 191
Lansing, Robert, 49, 74, 96–97, 113–114, 118, 120–122, 125, 129, 139–142, 144, 149
Laul, Jacob S., 243
Lawrence, David, 76, 89
League of Nations, ix, 33, 49–58, 60, 65, 67–70, 72, 74, 77–80, 100, 103, 108, 111, 113, 114–117, 123, 129, 133, 136, 137–139, 140, 144–146, 148, 149, 151, 156–157, 161, 163, 165, 171, 176, 177, 187–188, 191, 199, 204, 208, 211, 215–216, 217, 219, 222–223, 225–226, 228, 230, 233, 244, 253
Lee, Robert E., 17
Lenin, Nikolai, 106
Leopold III, King, 101, 110
Lincoln Abraham, 94, 112, 135, 144, 147, 163, 171
Linthicum, R., 229
Lloyd George, David, 39, 46, 49, 223, 244
Lodge, Henry Cabot, ix, 31, 54–57, 68, 74, 84, 108, 111, 114–118, 123, 125, 129–130, 145, 146, 149, 162, 164, 165, 181–182, 195, 220, 221, 246, 248
London, England, 39–40
Long, Breckinridge, 110, 125, 153–154
Long, Robert E., 134–135
Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 53, 147
Los Angeles, California, 75–76
Lynch, J. A., 234
Marshall, Thomas Riley, x, 96, 99–102, 110, 126–128, 136, 140
Mayflower (Presidential yacht), 16
Mayflower (President’s private train car), 59–84, 87–91, 246
McAdoo, Eleanor Randolph (Nellie; Little Nell), 3, 6, 8, 11, 15, 17–19, 24, 87, 133, 165, 206, 217, 232, 239, 241, 244, 246–247, 252
McAdoo, William Gibbs, 19–22, 56, 88, 99, 107, 123, 144, 156, 159, 160, 172, 206, 232, 241, 246, 249, 252, 256–257
McCormick (Joseph), Medill, 69
McGlynn, Frank, 171
McKellar, Kenneth, 144
McLean, Mrs. Evalyn Walsh, 169
Meredith, Edward, 139n., 252
Merry Men, Washington Order of the, 194
Milford, Morton, 82
Miller, David H., 196
Miller, Louis, 196
Mix, Tom, 135
Monroe, James, 164
Moses, George, 98–99, 109, 126, 131, 144n.
Mussolini, Benito, ix
New, Harry S., 74
New Freedom, 30
Newport News, Virginia, 234
Nichols, Hobart, 188
Niles, Alfred S., 166
Norris, George, 141
Ogden, Utah, 78
Olsen and Johnson, 228–229
Omaha, Nebraska, 65
O’Neill, Joseph Jefferson, 80
Palmer, A. Mitchell, 99, 107, 136, 143, 150, 156, 159, 160
Paris, France, 35–38, 42–43
Pasco, Washington, 70
Pasteur, Louis, 103
Payne, John Barton, 139n.,
252
Peck, Mary Allen, 20–23, 76–77, 113, 241
Penrose, Boies, 53n.
Pershing, John J., 32, 35, 172, 181, 198, 227
Phillips, William, 125
Pocahontas, 14, 137
Poincaré, Raymond, 35–38, 192
Pomerene, Atlee, 195
Portland, Oregon, 73–74
Powderly, Ruth, 238
Princeton University, 26–28, 151, 187, 241
Pueblo, Colorado, 79–81
Rankin, Mr. and Mrs. W. B., 87
Rathdrum, Idaho, 69
Reading, Lord, 113
Redfield, William, 121, 252
Reed, James A., 53n., 68, 146, 192
Reno, Nevada, 78
Resolute (British ship), 14
Rice, William, 209–210
Richmond, Indiana, 61
Robinson, Francis, 182
Robinson, Joseph T., 158
Rolfe, John, 14
Rome, Georgia, 3, 10
Rome, Italy, 40–41
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 10, 136, 141, 160–161, 207, 212–213, 235
Roosevelt, James, 136n.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 5, 28, 53–55, 94n., 123, 147
Root, Elihu, 123
Ruffin, Sterling, 94, 106, 233
Ryan, J. J., 177
St. Joseph, Missouri, 64
St. Louis, Missouri, 62–63, 89–90
St. Paul, Minnesota, 66, 243
Salt Lake City, Utah, 78–79
San Diego, California, 75
San Francisco, California, 75, 76, 158–159, 219–220
Sandier, Woodrow Wilson, 243
Sayre, Francis B., 17, 87, 206
Sayre, Jessica, 5, 6, 8, 11, 17, 24, 87, 133, 145, 172, 206, 212, 232, 239
Sayre, Woodrow Wilson, 212
Schwab, Charles, 172
Scott, Isaac, 188, 189, 197, 199, 214, 217, 221, 225, 237, 241, 242, 244
Seattle, Washington, 71–73
Seibold, Louis, 155–156, 171
Sheridan, Philip, 196
Sherman, Lawrence Y., 53n., 68
Sherman, William T., 31
Sims, William S., 35
Sinclair, Harry F., 204
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 65
Smith, John, 14
Smuts, Jan C., 244
Spokane, Washington, 70
Springfield, Illinois, 176
Starling, Edmund, ix, 25, 66, 68, 80–82, 90, 152, 165, 171, 180, 183
State, The (Wilson), 26
Stitt, E. R., 94
Stoddard, Henry L., 52
Sullivan, Mark, 195, 225
Swem, Charles, 46, 69, 105, 118, 128
Tacoma, Washington, 70–71
Taft, William Howard, 4, 5, 28, 145, 162, 178, 234, 248n.
Taft, Mrs. William Howard, 4, 234
Tarbell, Ida, 200, 214
Taylor, James, 251, 254–255
Teapot Dome oil scandals, 129, 178, 204, 219, 233, 245, 246
Thistlethwaite, Mark, 126–127
Thomas, Henry P., 210–212
Thomas, Norman, 151–152
Thompson, Charles Willis, 194
Thompson, Frank M., 213
Thompson, Huston, 227
Thompson, J. R., 243
Tinkham, George Holden, 141
Trotsky, Leon, 106
Tumulty, Joseph Patrick, ix, 8, 9, 16, 22, 32, 47, 58–59, 69, 74, 78, 80, 81, 83–84, 87–88, 92, 95–98, 101, 104–105, 107, 109, 116–117, 119–121, 123–126, 128–130, 133, 137, 139, 141–142, 143–146, 151–152, 155–156, 157–163, 165, 175–178, 181–183, 201–204, 207, 225, 236, 242, 249, 252
Tumulty, Mrs. Joseph, 249, 252
Underwood, Iowa, 65
Underwood, Oscar W., 234
Urbana, Ohio, 61
Vancouver, British Columbia, 234
Versailles Treaty, 51–53, 56, 117–118, 137
Victoria, Queen, 14
Volstead Act, 109
Warren, Mrs. Schuyler, N., 163–164
Washington, George, 26, 175
Washington Cathedral, 247–248
Watson, James E., 57–58, 115
Wells, Harriet Woodrow, 79
Wescott, John W., 237
Wesleyan College, 26
White, Henry, 54–55, 121
White, Sammy, 239–241, 242
White, William Allen, 225
Wichita, Kansas, 84, 87, 88
Wilde, Oscar, 223
Williams, John Sharp, 200, 243
Wilson, Edith Galt (wife), 13–25, 32, 34–36, 37, 40, 41, 45–47, 51, 52, 56, 69–84, 87–95, 103ff.
Wilson, Eleanor Randolph (daughter), see McAdoo, Eleanor Randolph
Wilson, Ellen Axson (wife), 3–11, 12, 19–20, 22–23, 76, 112, 146, 148, 162, 168, 174, 217, 218, 249
Wilson, Jessica (daughter), see Sayre, Jessica
Wilson, Joseph, 98, 235
Wilson, Margaret (daughter), 5, 6, 11, 15–18, 21, 24, 35, 36, 41, 87, 91, 92, 120–121, 133, 137, 174, 183, 187, 206, 214, 216, 228, 229, 232, 236–239, 240, 241, 247, 252
Wilson, William, 150
Wilson & Colby, 204–206, 235
Wise, Stephen S., 253
Withey, Frank, 256
Woodland, Georgia, 176
Woodrow, Thomas, 40
Woodrow Wilson Club, 210–211
Woodrow Wilson Foundation, 212–214
Woods, Hiram, 252
Woods, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence C., 234
Woolley, Robert, 130, 157
World War I, 31–33
Young, Hugh, 105, 106, 109
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I am indebted to, and want to thank, those who offered me recollections and insights concerning Woodrow Wilson and the people close to him. Those who knew the President include Mrs. Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, Francis B. Sayre, David Lawrence, Mrs. J. Borden Harriman and Henry P. Thomas.
Others giving generous aid include Cary T. Grayson, Jr., Joseph P. Tumulty, Jr., Alden Hatch, and Miss Katherine Brand, who before her retirement was in charge of the Woodrow Wilson Collection of the Library of Congress.
I was extremely fortunate to have steady access to two scholars active in the Wilson field for many years: Drs. John Wells Davidson and David W. Hirst of The Papers of Woodrow Wilson sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and Princeton University.
The staff of the Manuscripts Division of the Library of Congress was courtesy itself. I must particularly single out two gentlemen whose interest and assistance made my months in the Library more fruitful than they otherwise might have been. They are Roger Preston and Joseph Sullivan.
I must also express my thanks that there exist the New York Public Library, the Butler Library of Columbia University, and the Ferguson Library of Stamford, Connecticut.
About the Author
Gene Smith (1929–2012) was an acclaimed historian and biographer and the author of When the Cheering Stopped: The Last Years of Woodrow Wilson (1964), a poignant portrait of the president’s final months in the White House that spent fifteen weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Born in Manhattan and educated at the University of Wisconsin, Smith was drafted into the army and served in Germany in the early 1950s. He began his career at Newsweek and reported for the Newark Star-Ledger and the New York Post before leaving journalism to write full-time. His popular biographies include The Shattered Dream: Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression (1970), Lee and Grant: A Dual Biography (1984), and American Gothic: The Story of America’s Legendary Theatrical Family—Junius, Edwin, and John Wilkes Booth (1992). For many years, Smith and his wife and daughter lived in a house built by a Revolutionary War veteran in Pine Plains, New York, and raised thoroughbred horses.
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