He went by Woodrow but that was actually his middle name. His parents named him Thomas and he was called Tommy as a boy. He started going by Woodrow when he became an adult.
The most famous president with the first name of Thomas was Thomas Jefferson. It is relatively little known that the real first name of Woodrow Wilson was Thomas.
Ronald Reagan Calvin Coolidge Woodrow Wilson Herbert Hoover
Ronald Wilson Reagan and William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton
Washington Wilson Eisenhower Nixon Clinton
Woodrow Wilson is one
Only Jefferson went by Thomas. Woodrow was given the first name Thomas but started going by his middle name when he was a young man.
Five Presidents have done this (Hiram Ulysses) Grant (Stephen Grover) Cleveland (Thomas Woodrow) Wilson (John Calvin) Coolidge (David Dwight) Eisenhower
His first name is Thomas; however he went by his middle name of Woodrow.
George Washington
Adams, Harrison, Johnson, Roosevelt, Bush.
Woodrow Wilson was one
* President Theodore Roosevelt * President Woodrow Wilson * President William Taft Were all Presidents during the Progressive Era.