Presidential transition of Woodrow Wilson
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The presidential transition of Woodrow Wilson began when he won the United States 1912 United States presidential election, becoming the president-elect, and ended when Wilson was inaugurated at noon EST on March 4, 1913.
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Date of election | November 12, 1912 |
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Inauguration date | March 4, 1913 |
President-elect | Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) |
Vice president-elect | Thomas R. Marshall (Democrat) |
Outgoing president | William Howard Taft (Republican) |
Outgoing vice president | None (office vacant since the death of James S. Sherman) |
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At the time that Wilson's occurred, the term "presidential transition" had yet to be widely applied to the period between an individual's election as president of the United States and their assumption of the office.[1]