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OVERVIEW
Name: William J. Clinton
President: # 42 Term Number(s): 52, 53 Term Length: 8 Took Office: January 20, 1993 Left Office: January 20, 2001 Age when Elected: 46 Party: Democratic Also Known As: "Bill, Bubba, Slick Willie" BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
Education: Georgetown University (B.S.), University College, Oxford, Yale Law School (J.D.)
Occupation: Lawyer Other Governmental Position: 50th Arkansas Attorney General, 40th and 42nd Governor of Arkansas. Military Service: None Religion: Baptist Spouse(s): Hillary Rodham Clinton (October 11, 1975) Children: Chelsea Victoria Clinton
Birthdate: August 19, 1946
Birthplace: Hope, Arkansas Deathdate: Alive Deathplace: N/A Age at Death: Still living Cause of Death: Still living Place of Internment: N/A  Signature FIRST ELECTION
Election Year: 1992
Main Opponent: George H.W. Bush Voter Participation: 55.20%
SECOND ELECTION
Election Year: 1996
Main Opponent: Bob Dole Voter Participation: 49.00%
CABINET AND COURT APPOINTMENTS
Vice President: Albert Gore
Secretary of State: Warren Christopher (1993–1997), Madeleine Albright (1997–2001) Secretary of the Treasury: Lloyd Bentsen (1993–1994), Robert Rubin (1995–1999), Lawrence Summers (1999–2001) Secretary of Defense: Les Aspin (1993–1994), William Perry (1994–1997), William Cohen (1997–2001) Secretary of the Interior: Bruce Babbitt (1993–2001) Secretary of Agriculture: Mike Espy (1993–1994), Dan Glickman (1994–2001) Secretary of Commerce: Ron Brown (1993–1996), Mickey Kantor (1996–1997), William Daley (1997–2000), Norman Mineta (2000–2001) Secretary of Labor: Robert Reich (1993–1997), Alexis Herman (1997–2001) Secretary of Health & Human Services: Donna Shalala (1993–2001) Secretary of Housing & Urban Development: Henry Cisneros (1993–1997), Andrew Cuomo (1997–2001) Secretary of Transportation: Federico Peña (1993–1997), Rodney Slater (1997–2001) Attorney General: Janet Reno (1993–2001) Supreme Court Assignments: Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1993), Stephen Breyer (1994) PRESIDENT'S BIOGRAPHY After the failure in his second year of a huge program of health care reform, Clinton shifted emphasis, declaring "the era of big government is over." He sought legislation to upgrade education, to protect jobs of parents who must care for sick children, to restrict handgun sales, and to strengthen environmental rules. President Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas, three months after his father died in a traffic accident. When he was four years old, his mother wed Roger Clinton, of Hot Springs, Arkansas. In high school, he took the family name. He excelled as a student and as a saxophone player and once considered becoming a professional musician. As a delegate to Boys Nation while in high school, he met President John Kennedy in the White House Rose Garden. The encounter led him to enter a life of public service. Clinton was graduated from Georgetown University and in 1968 won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. He received a law degree from Yale University in 1973, and entered politics in Arkansas. He was defeated in his campaign for Congress in Arkansas's Third District in 1974. The next year he married Hillary Rodham, a graduate of Wellesley College and Yale Law School. In 1980, Chelsea, their only child, was born. Clinton was elected Arkansas Attorney General in 1976, and won the governorship in 1978. After losing a bid for a second term, he regained the office four years later, and served until he defeated incumbent George Bush and third party candidate Ross Perot in the 1992 presidential race. Clinton and his running mate, Tennessee's Senator Albert Gore, Jr., then 44, represented a new generation in American political leadership. For the first time in 12 years, both the White House and Congress were held by the same party. But that political edge was brief; the Republicans won both houses of Congress in 1994. In 1998, as a result of issues surrounding personal indiscretions with a young woman White House intern, Clinton was the second U.S. president to be impeached by the House of Representatives. He was tried in the Senate and found not guilty of the charges brought against him. He apologized to the nation for his actions and continued to have unprecedented popular approval ratings for his job as president. Clinton successfully dispatched peace-keeping forces to war-torn Bosnia and bombed Iraq when Saddam Hussein stopped United Nations inspections for evidence of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. He became a global proponent for an expanded NATO, more open international trade, and a worldwide campaign against drug trafficking. He drew huge crowds when he traveled through South America, Europe, Russia, Africa, and China, advocating U.S.-style freedom. FIRST LADY'S BIOGRAPHY Hillary Rodham Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham, Dorothy and Hugh Rodham's first child, was born on October 26, 1947. Two brothers, Hugh and Tony, soon followed. Hillary's childhood in Park Ridge, Illinois, was happy and disciplined. She loved sports and her church, and was a member of the National Honor Society, and a student leader. Her parents encouraged her to study hard and to pursue any career that interested her. As an undergraduate at Wellesley College, Hillary mixed academic excellence with school government. Speaking at graduation, she said, "The challenge now is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible." In 1969, Hillary entered Yale Law School, where she served on the Board of Editors of Yale Law Review and Social Action, interned with children's advocate Marian Wright Edelman, and met Bill Clinton. The president often recalls how they met in the library when she strode up to him and said, "If you're going to keep staring at me, I might as well introduce myself." The two were soon partners in moot court and political campaigns, and became inseparable. After graduation, Hillary advised the Children's Defense Fund in Cambridge and joined the impeachment inquiry staff advising the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives. After completing those responsibilities, she "followed her heart to Arkansas," where Bill had begun his political career. They married in 1975. Mrs. Clinton joined the faculty of the University of Arkansas Law School in 1975 and the Rose Law Firm in 1976. In 1978, President Jimmy Carter appointed her to the board of the Legal Services Corporation, and Bill Clinton became governor of Arkansas. Their daughter, Chelsea, was born in 1980. Mrs. Clinton served as Arkansas's first lady for 12 years, balancing family, law, and public service. She chaired the Arkansas Educational Standards Committee, co-founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, and served on the boards of the Arkansas Children's Hospital, Legal Services, and the Children's Defense Fund. As the nation's first lady, Mrs. Clinton continued to balance public service with private life. Her active role began in 1993 when the president asked her to chair the Task Force on National Health Care Reform. She continued to be a leading advocate for expanding health insurance coverage, ensuring children were properly immunized, and raising public awareness of health issues. She wrote a weekly newspaper column entitled "Talking It Over," which focused on her experiences as First Lady and her observations of women, children, and families she has met around the world. Her 1996 book It Takes a Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Us was a best seller, and she received a Grammy Award for her recording of it. As first lady, Mrs. Clinton's public involvement with many activities sometimes led to controversy. Undeterred by critics, she won many admirers for her staunch support for women around the world and her commitment to children's issues. Hillary Clinton was elected United States Senator from New York on November 7, 2000. She is the first, first lady elected to the United States Senate and the first woman elected statewide in New York. Hillary Clinton accepted President Obama's nomination to serve as U.S. Secretary of State beginning in 2009. MAJOR EVENTS
1993: NAFTA, trade bloc agreement between U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
1993: World Trade Center bombing. 6 people are killed in a failed attempt to knock down the twin towers.
1995: Oklahoma City bombing. Federal building is attacked by terrorist Timothy McVeigh, killing 168 people.
1999: War breaks out in former Yugoslavia. President Clinton authorizes air strikes by American troups against the Serbian government.
1998: House of Representatives approves articles of impeachment against President Clinton.
1999: Senate acquits President Clinton of articles of impeachment.
TRIVIA
1. As a delegate to Boys Nation while in high school, Bill Clinton met President Kennedy in the White House Rose Garden in 1962. The encounter led him to enter a life of public service.
2. Clinton was the first president to be a Rhodes Scholar.
3. Clinton was the first U.S. Democratic president to win reelection since Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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