PRESIDENT WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON
42nd President of the United States
(January 20, 1993 to January 20, 2001)Nicknames: "Bill"
Born: August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas
Father: William Jefferson Blythe III
Stepfather: Roger Clinton
Mother: Virginia Divine Cassidy Blythe Clinton Kelley
Married: Hillary Rodham (1947- ), on October 11, 1975
Children: Chelsea Victoria Clinton (1980- )Religion: Baptist
Education: Graduated from Georgetown University (1968); Attended Oxford University (1968-70); Graduated from Yale University Law School (1973)
Occupation: Lawyer, public official
Political Party: Democrat
Other Government Positions:
- Arkansas Attorney General, 1976-78
- Governor of Arkansas, 1978-80, 1982-92
Presidential Salary: $200,000/year + $50,000 expense account
- The first version of the official U.S. government White House website went online on Oct. 21, 1994.
- On November 16, 2000, President Clinton was the first president to visit Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War.
- Clinton was the only President born in Arkansas.
- His nickname as a child growing up in Arkansas was Bubba.
- As a delegate to Boys Nation, William Clinton met JFK when he was 17.
- President Clinton was the first President to be a Rhodes Scholar.
- Bill Clinton was the first president to win reelection since Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- President Clinton was the second President to be impeached.
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