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Bill Clinton
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William Jefferson Clinton
42nd President of the United States
In office
January 20, 1993 January 20, 2001
Vice President
Albert A. Gore, Jr.
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
Lieutenant
Winston Bryant (1983-1991)
Jim Guy Tucker (1991-1992)
Preceded by
Frank D. White
Succeeded by
Jim Guy Tucker
In office
January 9, 1979 January 19, 1981
Lieutenant
Joe Purcell
Preceded by
Joe Purcell (acting)
Succeeded by
Frank D. White
Arkansas Attorney General
In office
1977 1979
Preceded by
Jim Guy Tucker
Succeeded by
Steve Clark
Born
August 19, 1946 (1946-08-19) (age 62)
Hope, Arkansas
Nationality
American
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Children
Chelsea Clinton
Alma mater
Georgetown University
University College, Oxford
Yale Law School
Occupation
Lawyer
Religion
Christianity (Southern Baptist)
Signature
Website
William J. Clinton Presidential Library
William Jefferson Blythe III (born on August 19, 1946), later William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton,[1] served as the forty-second President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-youngest president, older only than Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy. He became president at the end of the Cold War, and as he was born in the period after World War II, is known as the first Baby Boomer president.[2] He is the husband of New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. He is one of only two U.S. Presidents to have been impeached. He was subsequently acquitted by the U.S. Senate on the perjury and obstruction of justice charges.[3][4]
Clinton was described as a New Democrat and was largely known for the Third Way philosophy of governance that came to epitomize his two terms as president.[5] His policies, on issues such as the North American Free Trade Agreement and welfare reform, have been described as "centrist."[6][7] Clinton presided over the longest period of peace-time economic expansion in American history, which included a balanced budget and a reported federal surplus.[8][9] Based on Congressional accounting rules, at the end of his presidency Clinton reported a surplus of $559 billion. On the heels of a failed attempt at health care reform with a Democratic Congress, Republicans won control of the House of Representatives for the first time in forty years.[10] Two years later, he was re-elected and became the first member of the Democratic Party since Franklin Roosevelt to win a second term as President.[11]
Clinton left office with a high approval rating of 65%.[12] Since then, Clinton has been involved in public speaking, humanitarian work, and political campaigning, including the campaign for his wife in the 2008 presidential campaign and for Barack Obama in that same campaign.
To promote and address international causes, such as treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS and global warming, he created the William J. Clinton Foundation. In 2004, he released his autobiography, My Life.
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