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Ellen Axson Wilson

1860 - 1914

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Elly Ellen Louise Axson Wilson (May 15, 1860 – August 6, 1914) was the 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ellen Axson Wilson has received more than 941,461 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Ellen Axson Wilson is the 687th most popular companion (down from 664th in 2019), the 4,220th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,499th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Companion.

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Ellen Axson Wilson ranks 687 out of 784Before her are Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine, Adelaide of Rheinfelden, Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway, Jagat Gosain, Ælfgifu of Northampton, and Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. After her are Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen, Irene of Brunswick, Ermesinda of Bigorre, Rosa Vercellana, Saovabha Phongsri, and Matilda of Holstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Ellen Axson Wilson ranks 87Before her are Florence Harding, Henrietta Szold, Joan Maragall, Charles Lwanga, John Scott Haldane, and Edward MacDowell. After her are Emil von Reznicek, Alberto Franchetti, Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas, Nikolai Ottovich von Essen, Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin, and Susanna M. Salter. Among people deceased in 1914, Ellen Axson Wilson ranks 69Before her are Camillo Boito, Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Roque Sáenz Peña, Shibli Nomani, Mehmed Said Pasha, and Tor Aulin. After her are Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg, Albéric Magnard, Prince Maurice of Battenberg, Domenico Ferrata, Yu Kil-chun, and Jane Morris.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ellen Axson Wilson ranks 4,220 out of 20,380Before her are Anthony McAuliffe (1898), Dakota Johnson (1989), Patrick Wayne (1939), John Kitzmiller (1913), Samuel Jones (1880), and Paul Wesley (1982). After her are Michael Brecker (1949), Robert Cornelius (1809), William Calley (1943), Stanley Kamel (1943), Robert McKee (1941), and Helen Wills (1905).

Among COMPANIONS In United States

Among companions born in United States, Ellen Axson Wilson ranks 12Before her are Martha Washington (1731), Mary Todd Lincoln (1818), Mamie Eisenhower (1896), Pat Nixon (1912), Abigail Adams (1744), and Neilia Hunter Biden (1942). After her are Martha Jefferson (1748), Rachel Jackson (1767), Sarah Yorke Jackson (1803), Karen Pence (1957), Happy Rockefeller (1926), and Ann Romney (1949).