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Born on August 19th, 1946, William
Jefferson Clinton was the 42nd
President of the United States of
America. Bill Clinton served as
President from January 20th, 1993
to January 20th, 2001.
During the administration of
William Jefferson Clinton, the U.S.
enjoyed more peace and economic
well being than at any time in its
history. He was the first Democratic
president since Franklin D.
Roosevelt to win a second term. He
could point to the lowest
unemployment rate in modern
times, the lowest inflation in 30
Jefferson Clinton was the 42nd
President of the United States of
America. Bill Clinton served as
President from January 20th, 1993
to January 20th, 2001.
During the administration of
William Jefferson Clinton, the U.S.
enjoyed more peace and economic
well being than at any time in its
history. He was the first Democratic
president since Franklin D.
Roosevelt to win a second term. He
could point to the lowest
unemployment rate in modern
times, the lowest inflation in 30
years, the highest home ownership in the country's history, dropping crime rates in many
places, and reduced welfare rolls. He proposed the first balanced budget in decades and
achieved a budget surplus. As part of a plan to celebrate the millennium in 2000, Clinton
called for a great national initiative to end racial discrimination.
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 19th, 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.
In the world, he 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.
places, and reduced welfare rolls. He proposed the first balanced budget in decades and
achieved a budget surplus. As part of a plan to celebrate the millennium in 2000, Clinton
called for a great national initiative to end racial discrimination.
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 19th, 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.
In the world, he 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.