Immediately on taking office (March 4, 1913) Wilson called Congress into special session (the regular session did not begin until December). The first business was the revival of the income tax, as authorized by the 16th Amendment. Congress remained in session for nearly a year and a half (the special session was practically continuous with the regular session), producing, in addition to the income tax, the Federal Reserve Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, and the Clayton Antitrust Act. Of course this was peacetime, contrary to the libertarian myth that growth in government is caused by war.
Thank you for the info. Concerning prohibition, I do know that Wilson’s Secretary of the Navy was a non-drinker and during his tenure, he banned all alcohol from ships. And I wonder if his signing onboard women sufferage had anything to do with his ill health and his wife basically running the office. Just a thought.