Who was Woodrow Wilson? People know him as one of our many presidents. Many people don't know much about him. President Woodrow Wilson did some important things before becoming the 28th president of the United States of America. He was liked by many and hated by others. In 1910 Thomas Woodrow Wilson ran for governor of New Jersey. He won in a landslide. Wilson was a member of the Democratic Party and thus received much support ("Woodrow Wilson"). He became the forty-third governor. Wilson pushed through the New Jersey legislature reforms such as the employer's liability law, direct primaries, a corrupt practices law, and the revitalization of the state public service commission ("Woodrow Wilson"). Democratic Convention ("Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom"). One of the platforms he ran on was the “New Freedom” program. This was a program focused on revitalizing the American economy. Wilson hoped to regulate big business. Wilson also believed greatly in Thomas Jefferson and the idea that a Utopia co...