Woodrow Wilson Appointment

Document signed by President Woodrow Wilson, dated May 23, 1913, appointing Moses Victor Safford as Assistant Surgeon in the U.S. Public Health Service. just months into Wilson’s first term in office. The document is countersigned by Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo and features a bold Wilson signature at the lower right. The document measures 14" x 18" and is handsomely presented in a red matte with a frame, measuring 19.75" x 23.5".

Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of Princeton University and as the governor of New Jersey before winning the 1912 presidential election. As President, Wilson changed the nation's economic policies and led the United States into World War I in 1917. He was the leading architect of the League of Nations, and his progressive stance on foreign policy came to be known as Wilsonianism.

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