Woodrow Wilson

President Woodrow Wilson died from a stroke and heart complications at his home in Washington, D.C. on February 3, 1924. After his passing, the bishop at the National Cathedral approached Mrs. Wilson and requested that he be interred in the National Cathedral. The bishop hoped to make the National Cathedral the American version of Westminster Abbey, where numerous British monarchs are entoumbed. Although Mrs. Wilson approved, subsequent presidents did not follow suit. Wilson became the first and only president laid to rest in Washington, D.C.