One of them... there may have been several... was "He kept us out of war."
He didn't manage the same feat during his second term, though.
Such was Woodrow Wilson's winning slogan in 1916.
"He kept us out of war" was the slogan that got him elected in 1916. Woodrow Wilson campaigned for reelection on a pledge of continued neutrality in the Great War in Europe.
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson was the US President in 1916.
The American public reelected Woodrow Wilson in 1916 because he kept America out of World War I. In fact, his campaign slogan was 'He Kept Us Out of War.'
Woodrow Wilson was the US President in 1916.
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson. The Lusitania was sunk in 1915, toward the end of his first term of office. In 1916 he won his second term with the slogan, "He kept us out of war." In 1917, during Wilson's second term, the US entered the war.
President Woodrow Wilson
The slogan "He kept us out of the war" was used by Woodrow Wilson in 1916 in his successful campaign for re-election. As the slogan shows, Wilson emphasized how he had avoided getting American involved in WWII. While this is not technically a lie, it is slightly deceptive, as Wilson entered World War I a year later.
By 1916 Hawaii was a US Territory headed by Governor Lucius Pinkham who had been appointed to the office by President Woodrow Wilson.