Hugh Ellsworth Rodham

Hugh Rodham
Born	Hugh Ellsworth Rodham April 2, 1911 Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	April 7, 1993 (aged 82) Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Cause of death	Stroke
Occupation	Businessman (textile wholesaler)
Known for	Father of Hillary Rodham Clinton
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Dorothy Howell Rodham (m. 1942–1993; his death)
Children	Hillary, Hugh, Tony

Hugh Ellsworth Rodham (April 2, 1911 – April 7, 1993) was an American businessman. He was the father of former First Lady of the United States, United States Senator from New York, United States Secretary of State, and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Rodham was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the son of Hugh Rodham (1879–1965) and Hannah Jones (1882–1952). His parents were either from or parentally from the United Kingdom – his father emigrated from Oxhill, County Durham, England, the son of a coal miner, while his mother was born in Pennsylvania, to immigrant parents from Wales, one of whom was from Merthyr Tydfil; she was also descended from coal miner parents.

Rodham attended Pennsylvania State College and was a third-string tight end for the Penn State Nittany Lions football team. He joined the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education from the College of Education in 1935, at the height of the Great Depression.

He briefly worked for his father's employer, Scranton Lace Company, then freighthopped to Chicago without telling his parents. Rodham found work there selling drapery fabrics around the Midwest, sending the money he made back home.

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