Question about this film
Why did Joseph Tumulty always address Woodrow Wilson as "Governor" even after
Wilson became President? Why not "Mr. President"?
I'm not crying, you fool, I'm laughing!
Hewwo.
I think it was simply a usage born of mutual affection. Tumulty had gone to work for Wilson when he was elected Governor and the form of address just stuck. It was a symbol of the closeness of the two men, kind of a private tie between them.
I recall seeing Tumulty's memoirs many years ago, wherein he constantly referred to Wilson, then long dead, as "my master".