maternal grandparents, thomas woodrow, for whom he was named his grandfather, his grandfather marion woodrow. woodrow was a great reformer interested in, even from childhood, translating into his career as president and governor, and then president of the united states come he was always examining the rules, the bylaws, the constitution. and trying to improve it. as president, some of the first things he did were to have economic impact, he established the federal reserve act, setting up a system of national banking. the clayton antitrust act, which took the antitrust laws farther than they had gone in previous acts. he enacted, under his watch, there were enacted labor laws, child labor laws, and also railroad worker laws, the our day was established. the child labor laws had to do with age limits on children working in factories. which previously had almost no effect. there was no checks and balances on that. initially have been coming along before but the amendment that made senators elected directly by the people rather than other state legislatures was ratified by wilson in 1913. one th