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Ellen Axson Wilson

1860 - 1914

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Ellen Louise Axson Wilson (née Axson; May 15, 1860 – August 6, 1914) was First Lady of the United States from 1913 until her death in 1914, as the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson. Like her husband, she was a Southerner, as well as the daughter of a clergyman. She was born in Savannah, Georgia, but raised in Rome, Georgia. Having an artistic bent, she studied at the Art Students League of New York before her marriage, and continued to produce art in later life. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ellen Axson Wilson is the 671st most popular companion (up from 687th in 2019), the 4,531st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,220th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Companion.

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Among companions, Ellen Axson Wilson ranks 671 out of 784. Before her are Catherine of Austria, Duchess of Calabria, Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Eleanor of Castile, Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece, Adelaide of Meissen, and Sunanda Kumariratana. After her are Euphemia of Pomerania, Gunnhild, Mother of Kings, Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Joan of England, Queen of Scotland, Euphemia of Kiev, and Archduchess Charlotte of Austria.

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Among people born in 1860, Ellen Axson Wilson ranks 86. Before her are Kaarlo Castrén, Albert Kahn, Henrietta Szold, Eugen Goldstein, Charles de Broqueville, and Sunanda Kumariratana. After her are Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Ottó Bláthy, Joan Maragall, Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin, James Neill, and Franz Nissl. Among people deceased in 1914, Ellen Axson Wilson ranks 70. Before her are Carl Chun, Pierre Souvestre, David Gill, Adlai Stevenson I, Constantine V of Constantinople, and Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg. After her are Prince Maurice of Battenberg, Charles Martin Hall, Domenico Ferrata, Nils Christoffer Dunér, Mehmed Said Pasha, and Adolf Martens.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ellen Axson Wilson ranks 4,531 out of 20,380. Before her are Doug Russell (1946), Paul Romer (1955), Lenny Bruce (1925), Rensis Likert (1903), Andrea Dworkin (1946), and Jason Alexander (1959). After her are Seymour Cassel (1935), Broncho Billy Anderson (1880), Tom Atkins (1935), Barbara Hutton (1912), Peter Senge (1947), and Brian Herbert (1947).

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Among COMPANIONS In United States

Among companions born in United States, Ellen Axson Wilson ranks 12. Before her are Martha Washington (1731), Linda McCartney (1941), Mamie Eisenhower (1896), Pat Nixon (1912), Abigail Adams (1744), and Mary Todd Lincoln (1818). After her are Rachel Jackson (1767), Sarah Yorke Jackson (1803), Martha Jefferson (1748), Karen Pence (1957), Happy Rockefeller (1926), and Ann Romney (1949).

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