during world war I who was the president?
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World War 1 fought 1914 to 1918.\nDem.President Thomas Woodrow Wilson in office 1913 to 1921.
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On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg were killed in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Serbian nationalist group the Black Hand. The event, known as the Assassination in Sarajevo, was one of the causes of World War I
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Which office?  If you mean President of the U.S., that would be Franklin D. Roosevelt.  Yeah, ya might say he was pretty successful, winning a war and all.
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Georges Clemenceau was the most reknowned leader of France during WW1 after Paul Painlevé.  The leader was referred to as a "premier", not "presidente".  I don't believe France had a president until the new republic formed by Charles de Gaulle in 1958.\n\nThe idiot "unluckyone" above me doesn't seem to know the difference between ww1 and ww2; the French fought practically alone against the Germans for many bloody years of brutal trench warfare.  There is no shortage of courage among Frenchmen ... which doesn't mean that they're great fighters, just that they do have a lot of courage.\n\nSee the link below for a biography.
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I’m getting too old, I can’t believe anyone would need to ask such a question.\nWorld War I, 1914–18, also known as the Great War, conflict, chiefly in Europe, among most of the great Western powers. It was the largest war the world had yet seen.Causes \nWorld War I was immediately precipitated by the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by a Serbian nationalist in 1914. There were, however, many factors that had led toward war. Prominent causes were the imperialistic, territorial, and economic rivalries that had been intensifying from the late 19th cent., particularly among Germany, France, Great Britain, Russia, and Austria-Hungary.\nOf equal importance was the rampant spirit of nationalism, especially unsettling in the empire of Austria-Hungary and perhaps also in France. Nationalism had brought the unification of Germany by blood and iron, and France, deprived of Alsace and Lorraine by the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, had been left with its own nationalistic cult seeking revenge against Germany. While French nationalists were hostile to Germany, which sought to maintain its gains by militarism and alliances, nationalism was creating violent tensions in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy; there the large Slavic national groups had grown increasingly restive, and Serbia as well as Russia fanned Slavic hopes for freedom and Pan-Slavism.\nImperialist rivalry had grown more intense with the new imperialism of the late 19th and early 20th cent. The great powers had come into conflict over spheres of influence in China and over territories in Africa, and the Eastern Question, created by the decline of the Ottoman Empire, had produced several disturbing controversies. Particularly unsettling was the policy of Germany. It embarked late but aggressively on colonial expansion under Emperor William II, came into conflict with France over Morocco, and seemed to threaten Great Britain by its rapid naval expansion.\nThese issues, imperialist and nationalist, resulted in a hardening of alliance systems in the Triple Alliance and Triple Entente and in a general armaments race. Nonetheless, a false optimism regarding peace prevailed almost until the onset of the war, an optimism stimulated by the long period during which major wars had been avoided, by the close dynastic ties and cultural intercourse in Europe, and by the advance of industrialization and economic prosperity. Many Europeans counted on the deterrent of war's destructiveness to preserve the peace.\nWar's Outbreak \nThe Austrian annexation (1908) of Bosnia and Hercegovina created an international crisis, but war was avoided. The Balkan Wars (1912–13) remained localized but increased Austria's concern for its territorial integrity, while the solidification of the Triple Alliance made Germany more yielding to the demands of Austria, now its one close ally. The assassination (June 28, 1914) of Archduke Francis Ferdinand at Sarajevo set in motion the diplomatic maneuvers that ended in war.\nThe Austrian military party, headed by Count Berchtold, won over the government to a punitive policy toward Serbia. On July 23, Serbia was given a nearly unacceptable ultimatum. With Russian support assured by Sergei Sazonov, Serbia accepted some of the terms but hedged on others and rejected those infringing upon its sovereignty. Austria-Hungary, supported by Germany, rejected the British proposal of Sir Edward Grey (later Lord Grey of Fallodon) and declared war (July 28) on Serbia.\nRussian mobilization precipitated a German ultimatum (July 31) that, when unanswered, was followed by a German declaration of war on Russia (Aug. 1). Convinced that France was about to attack its western frontier, Germany declared war (Aug. 3) on France and sent troops against France through Belgium and Luxembourg. Germany had hoped for British neutrality, but German violation of Belgian neutrality gave the British government the pretext and popular support necessary fo
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Here are some:\nUS Presidents: Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy\nEurope:  Archduke Franz Ferdinand (that assassination triggered WWII)\nRussia: Ivan VI, Peter III, Paul I, Alexander II and Nicholas II (all within a 200 year span)
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Rutherford B. Hayes\n\n19th President: 1877-1881
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You can post this question as many times as you want, you're still wrong.  Wrong on so many levels;\n\nWilson did not "force" the US into WW1.  War was declared as set out in the Constitution.  Wilson was elected President and given authority to take exactly those decisions.  Given the behaviour of German submarines while the US was still neutral the general view is that he behaved with remarkable restraint. Certainly the idea that he wanted a war is BS.\n\nIf the US had not declared war the most likely outcome would have been for the Germans to over run northern France and then the Allies would have sued for peace.  If you remember the Russians had recently signed their own peace treaty with Germany following the revolution.  Several million German troops were heading for the western front at the point the US entered the war.\n\nSuggesting that the Nazi Party just wanted "Redemption of Germany" is a particularly revolting smear on the memory of all the people murdered by Hitler's regime.  What the Nazi Party wanted is set out in black and white in Mein Kampf, published before Hitler came to power.  It's all there if you bother to read it.  How you can possibly equate the murder of 6 million plus innocents and the invasion of a dozen European countries with payback for the WW1 peace treaty is beyond me.\n\nThe Serbian state did not assassinate anyone.  It was the work of an extremist political group.  And the idea that the assassination "forced" Germany to invade Belgium is truly pathetic.
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All 5 during war time-not one was popular. World war I &2--Viet Nam--Korea--Iran\n\nEach President during these times got tons of hate and nasty mail. Each one had their  opponents used it against them.\n\nWe could go further Lincoln had 1/4 of the nation against him. (1/2 - the west didn't care-they had other problems)\n\nSome were able to put off war and lucked out.
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Germany was doing poorly after WWI. They were faced with the entire debt of that war. The economy was falling apart and they needed a strong leader to pull it together. Hitler spoke of socialism, which is a great idea! But, it is impossible because of people's nature. He sold it on that, and got power.
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The royal guy was Archduke Franz Ferdinard of Austria and that started World War ONE.\n\nWW2 started in September 1939 when Britain's ultimatum to Hitler to guarantee that he would not invade Poland was ignored by Hitler and Britain therefore declared war on Germany. \n\nHitler had been trying to extend German influence in Europe for 6 years at that point. His slogan was One People, One State, One Leader. (Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer). His ostensible reason was to unite all German-speaking people in Europe.\n\nHe annexed Austria in 1938, and marched into the Sudetenland area of  Czechoslovakia, which caused Chamberlain to protest feebly but do nothing much about it (he came back from Munich waving a piece of paper and saying "Peace In our Time")\n\nBut Britain finally realised you cannot appease fascists and make concessions to them, or they just demand more and more concessions, and stood up to Hitler over Poland being invaded.\n\nAmerica entered the war in 1941 after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour. But the war started in 1939 and it is a very self-centered view of history that some Americans have if they describe the war as only starting when they decided to join in.
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An American General who became the first president of the United States of America.\n\nOften called the father of our country.
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–10 November 1938), until 1934 Mustafa Kemal, Turkish army officer and revolutionist statesman, was the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey. Mustafa Kemal promptly established himself as a brilliant military commander while serving as a division commander in the Battle of Gallipoli. Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire at the hands of the Allies, and the subsequent plans for its partition, Mustafa Kemal led the Turkish national movement in what would become the Turkish War of Independence. His successful campaigns led to the liberation of the country and the establishment of the Republic of Turkey. As the Republic's first president, Mustafa Kemal introduced a range of far reaching reforms which sought to create a modern and democratic state. According to the Law on Family Names, the Turkish Grand Assembly presented Mustafa Kemal with the name "Atatürk" (meaning "Ancestor Turk" or "Father Turk".) on 24 November 1934.\n\n\nYou can read a lot more at the following sites:\nhttp://www.ataturk.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=26\nhttp://www.columbia.edu/cu/tsa/ata/ata.html\nhttp://www.ataturk.com/
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Wasn't it Woodrow Wilson?  He was President of Princeton University before he was President of the United States.
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Here ya go:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Roosevelt
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The First World War, or (before 1939) the Great War, was a world conflict lasting from August 1914 to the final Armistice on November 11, 1918. The Allied Powers (led by the United Kingdom, France and until 1917 Russia, and, after 1917, the United States) defeated the Central Powers (led by the German Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire). The war caused the collapse of four empires and a radical change in the map of Europe and the Middle East.
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An extract from President Wilson’s speech to Congress requesting US entry into WW1:\n\n…Peace cannot be had without concession and sacrifice. There can be no sense of safety and equality among the nations if great preponderating armaments are henceforth to continue here and there to be built up and maintained…\n\nAnd in holding out the expectation that the people and government of the United States will join the other civilized nations of the world in guaranteeing the permanence of peace upon such terms as I have named I speak with the greater boldness and confidence because it is clear to every man who can think that there is in this promise no breach in either our traditions or our policy as a nation, but a fulfillment, rather, of all that we have professed or striven for.\n\nThe world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make. We are but one of the champions of the rights of mankind. We shall be satisfied when those rights have been made as secure as the faith and the freedom of nations can make them. \n\n\nThe entire text of the speech can be found at: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/ww18.htm