Remembered best as Woodrow Wilson's unofficial, highly influential adviser during both the Democratic politician's 1912 presidential campaign and his subsequent World War I-era political and diplomatic negotiations, House played a key role in formulating the Covenant of the League of Nations; the Treaty of Versailles; and the Fourteen Points. After attending boarding schools in England, Virginia, and Connecticut, he enrolled at Cornell University in New York and subsequently worked as a businessman and investor.
