Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856–February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States. Narrowly re-elected in 1916, Wilson had a second term centered on World War I. He promised to maintain U.S. neutrality, but when the German Empire began unrestricted submarine warfare, he wrote several admonishing notes to Germany, and in April 1917 asked Congress to declare war on the Central Powers.

Resistance series
When Germany begins a series of unrestricted submarine warfare on supply ships delivering to the Allies during the Great War, including those delivered by America, Wilson urged Congress to declare war on Germany. However, isolationist dissidents in Congress, especially lead by Henry Cabot Lodge, turned down Wilson's declaration of war without an overt threat to the United States, which never did happen.

The legacy of Wilson's failed effort on convincing America to enter the war further stagnates the public's favoritism for isolationism till the early 1950's.