Bill Clinton | |
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42nd President of the United States | |
In office January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 |
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Vice President | Al Gore |
Preceded by | George H. W. Bush |
Succeeded by | George W. Bush |
40th and 42nd Governor of Arkansas | |
In office January 11, 1983 – December 12, 1992 |
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Lieutenant | |
Preceded by | Frank D. White |
Succeeded by | Jim Guy Tucker |
In office January 9, 1979 – January 19, 1981 |
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Lieutenant | Joe Purcell |
Preceded by | Joe Purcell (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Frank D. White |
50th Attorney General of Arkansas | |
In office January 3, 1977 – January 9, 1979 |
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Governor |
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Preceded by | Jim Guy Tucker |
Succeeded by | Steve Clark |
Personal details | |
Born |
William Jefferson Blythe III August 19, 1946 Hope, Arkansas, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Hillary Rodham (m. 1975) |
Children | Chelsea Clinton |
Parents | |
Residence | Chappaqua, New York |
Education |
Georgetown University Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS) University College, Oxford Yale University (JD) |
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William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III; August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Clinton was the 40th Governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 42nd Governor from 1983 to 1992, and Arkansas Attorney General from 1977 to 1979. A member of the Democratic Party, ideologically Clinton was a New Democrat, and many of his policies reflected a centrist "Third Way" political philosophy.
Clinton was born and raised in Arkansas and is an alumnus of Georgetown University, where he was a member of Kappa Kappa Psi and the Phi Beta Kappa Society and earned a Rhodes Scholarship to attend the University of Oxford. Clinton is married to Hillary Clinton, who served as United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, who was a Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, and who was the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 2016. Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham both earned degrees from Yale Law School, where they met and began dating. As Governor of Arkansas, Clinton overhauled the state's education system, and served as chairman of the National Governors Association.