Bill Clinton
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Presidents, Prime Ministers
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
Article abstract: A five-term governor of Arkansas who was especially successful in improving education in his state, Clinton was elected the forty-second president of the United States in 1992; in 1996, he became the first Democratic president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt to win election to two full terms.
Early Life
William Jefferson Blythe IV was born in the rural town of Hope, Arkansas, on August 19, 1946, three months after the death of his father in an automobile accident. Later, as a teenager, he changed his surname to that of his stepfather,...
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