Bill Clinton - Biographical Information

Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946, in the small town of Hope, Arkansas. He was named after his father, William Jefferson Blythe II, who had been killed in a car accident just three months before his son was born [It All Began in a Place Called Hope at whitehouse.gov] Bill Clinton Meets The Shrinks - A psychobiography by Paul Lowinger

Clinton earned a bachelor's degree in international affairs from Georgetown University in 1968, and he subsquently attended Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship(?). After earning a law degree from Yale University in 1973, he returned to his home state and taught law at the University of Arkansas. In 1972, Clinton directed the Texas campaign of Democratic presidential nominee George S. McGovern. He managed Georgia Democratic Governor Jimmy Carter's successful presidential run in Arkansas in 1976.

Clinton married Hillary Rodham, a fellow law student from Yale, on Oct. 11,1975. The couple had a daughter, Chelsea, in 1980.

• Clinton ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House in 1974.
• Ran unopposed for state attorney general in 1976.
• In 1978, Clinton was elected governor of Arkansas at the age of 32
• Clinton lost his bid for reelection in 1980 to Frank D. White
• He won back the governorship in 1982, and won again in 1984 and 1986
• In 1992 Clinton and his running mate, Senator Al Gore (D, Tennessee), were elected President and Vice President with 43% of the popular vote, to 38% for President George Bush and 19% for independent candidate Ross Perot.

[source: Facts On Bill Clinton]

Links:

• official biography at whitehouse.gov
• The First Couple
• Biography - at Grolier Interactive
• WJC - at IPL
• Arkansas Connections: - A Time-line of the Clinton Years, 1050 - present

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