Bill Clinton

Extracted Attributes

• Born

  1946-08-19

• Award

  Presidential Medal of Freedom

• Education

  Georgetown University, University College Oxford, Yale Law School

• Full Name

  William Jefferson Clinton

• Birth Name

  William Jefferson Blythe III

• Place of Birth

  Hope, Arkansas, United States

• Economic Impact

  Presided over longest peacetime economic expansion, achieved budget surplus (1999-2001)

• Political Party

  Democratic Party

• Previous Offices

  Attorney General of Arkansas (1977-1979), Governor of Arkansas (1979-1981, 1983-1992)

• Presidential Term

  42nd President of the United States (1993-2001)

• Political Philosophy

  Centrist 'Third Way', New Democrat

• Key Legislation/Policies

  North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Financial Deregulation Measures, Iraq Liberation Act

• Post-Presidency Activities

  Public speaking, humanitarian work, established Clinton Foundation, United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti

Timeline

• Born William Jefferson Blythe III in Hope, Arkansas. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Wikidata, DBPedia, Web Search)

  1946-08-19

• Graduated from Georgetown University. (Source: Wikipedia, DBPedia, Web Search)

  1968

• Graduated from Yale Law School. (Source: Wikipedia, DBPedia, Web Search)

  1973

• Married Hillary Rodham. (Source: DBPedia, Web Search)

  1975

• Began serving as Attorney General of Arkansas. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia, Web Search)

  1977

• Began his first term as Governor of Arkansas. (Source: Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  1979-01-09

• Daughter Chelsea Clinton was born. (Source: DBPedia)

  1980

• Began his second tenure as Governor of Arkansas. (Source: Wikipedia, DBPedia, Web Search)

  1983-01-11

• Elected President of the United States, defeating incumbent George H. W. Bush and independent Ross Perot. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia, Web Search)

  1992

• Inaugurated as the 42nd President of the United States. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Web Search)

  1993-01-20

• Signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia, Web Search)

  1993

• Signed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia, Web Search)

  1994

• Re-elected President, defeating Republican nominee Bob Dole and Reform Party nominee Ross Perot. (Source: Wikipedia, DBPedia, Web Search)

  1996

• Impeached by the House of Representatives due to the Monica Lewinsky scandal. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia, Web Search)

  1998-12-19

• Acquitted by the Senate on both impeachment charges. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia, Web Search)

  1999-03

• Left office as President of the United States. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Web Search)

  2001-01-20

• Named the United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia, Web Search)

  2009

• Co-founded the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund with George W. Bush after the Haiti earthquake. (Source: Wikipedia, DBPedia, Web Search)

  2010

Bill Clinton

William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician and lawyer who was the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979 and as the governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992. Clinton, whose policies reflected a centrist "Third Way" political philosophy, became known as a New Democrat. Born and raised in Arkansas, Clinton graduated from Georgetown University in 1968, and later from Yale Law School, where he met his future wife, Hillary Rodham. After graduating from law school, Clinton returned to Arkansas and won election as state attorney general, followed by two non-consecutive tenures as Arkansas governor. As governor, he overhauled the state's education system and served as chairman of the National Governors Association. Clinton was elected president in the 1992 election, defeating the incumbent Republican president George H. W. Bush, and the independent businessman Ross Perot. He became the first president to be born in the Baby Boomer generation and the youngest to serve two full terms. Clinton presided over the second longest period of peacetime economic expansion in American history. He signed into law the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act but failed to pass his plan for national health care reform. Starting in the mid-1990s, he began an ideological evolution as he became much more conservative in his domestic policy, advocating for and signing the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, the State Children's Health Insurance Program and financial deregulation measures. He appointed Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer to the U.S. Supreme Court. In foreign policy, Clinton ordered U.S. military intervention in the Bosnian and Kosovo wars, eventually signing the Dayton Peace agreement. He also called for the expansion of NATO in Eastern Europe and many former Warsaw Pact members joined NATO during his presidency. Clinton's foreign policy in the Middle East saw him sign the Iraq Liberation Act which gave aid to groups against Saddam Hussein. He also participated in the Oslo I Accord and Camp David Summit to advance the Israeli–Palestinian peace process, and assisted the Northern Ireland peace process. Clinton won re-election in the 1996 election, defeating Republican nominee Bob Dole and returning Reform Party nominee Ross Perot. In his second term, Clinton made use of permanent normal trade. Many of his second term accomplishments were overshadowed by the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal, when it was revealed in early 1998 that he had been engaging in an eighteen-month-long sexual relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. This scandal escalated throughout the year, culminating in December when Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives, becoming the first U.S. president to be impeached since Andrew Johnson. The two impeachment articles that the House passed were centered around perjury and Clinton using the powers of the presidency to commit obstruction of justice. In January 1999, Clinton's impeachment trial began in the Senate, where he was acquitted two months later on both charges. During the last three years of Clinton's presidency, the Congressional Budget Office reported a budget surplus—the first and only such surplus since 1969. Clinton left office in 2001 with the joint-highest approval rating of any U.S. president. His presidency ranks among the middle to upper tier in historical rankings of U.S. presidents. His personal conduct and misconduct allegations have made him the subject of substantial scrutiny. Since leaving office, Clinton has been involved in public speaking and humanitarian work. He created the Clinton Foundation to address international causes such as the prevention of HIV/AIDS and global warming. In 2009, he was named the United Nations special envoy to Haiti. After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Clinton founded the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund with George W. Bush and Barack Obama. He has remained active in Democratic Party politics, campaigning for his wife's 2008 and 2016 presidential campaigns. Following Jimmy Carter's death in December 2024, he is the earliest-serving living former U.S. president and the only living president to have served in the 20th century.

Web Search Results

• Bill Clinton - Wikipedia

  William Jefferson Clinton (néBlythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician and lawyer who was the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party "Democratic Party (United States)"), he previously served as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979 and as the governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992. Clinton, whose policies reflected a centrist "Third Way" political philosophy, became known as a New [...] | Bill Clinton | | --- | | Image 6: Clinton's official presidential portrait, 1993 Official portrait, 1993 | | | | 42nd President of the United States | | In office January 20, 1993– January 20, 2001 | | Vice President | Al Gore | | Preceded by | George H. W. Bush | | Succeeded by | George W. Bush | | 40th & 42nd Governor of Arkansas | | In office January 11, 1983– December 12, 1992 | | Lieutenant | Winston Bryant Jim Guy Tucker | | Preceded by | Frank D. White | [...] 2009, he was named the United Nations special envoy to Haiti. After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Clinton founded the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund with George W. Bush and Barack Obama. He has remained active in Democratic Party politics, campaigning for his wife's 2008 and 2016 presidential campaigns. Following Jimmy Carter's death in December 2024, he is the earliest-serving living former U.S. president and the only living president to have served in the 20th century.(

• Bill Clinton | Biography, Presidency, Impeachment, & Facts | Britannica

  Bill Clinton (born August 19, 1946, Hope, Arkansas, U.S.) is the 42nd president of the United States (1993–2001), who oversaw the country’s longest peacetime economic expansion. In 1998 he became the second U.S. president to be impeached; he was acquitted by the Senate in 1999. _(Read President Clinton’s Britannica essay on the Dayton Accords.)_ Early life ---------- Image 35: Bill Clinton Bill ClintonBill Clinton as a young boy.(more) [...] Image 48: Bill Clinton Bill ClintonU.S. Pres. Bill Clinton.(more) [...] Show More Top Questions ### Why is Bill Clinton important? Bill Clinton was the 42ndpresident of the United States(1993–2001). He oversaw the country’s longest peacetime economic expansion. In 1998 Clinton became the second U.S. president to beimpeached; he was acquitted by the Senate in 1999. ### What was Bill Clinton’s childhood like?

• Bill Clinton | American Experience | Official Site - PBS

  Despite the scandals and breach of public trust that marked his time in the White House, Bill Clinton is credited with significant achievements as president. Internationally, he helped end the Bosnian War and worked to promote peace settlements in the Middle East and Northern Ireland. At home, he eliminated the federal deficit, expanded international trade, and presided over the longest peacetime economic expansion in U.S. history. He left office with the highest approval ratings of any postwar [...] Bill Clinton — America's 42nd president — grew up in an extended family of modest means, but one rich with storytellers. "All my life I've been interested in other people's stories," he wrote in his 2004 memoir, My Life. "I've wanted to know them, understand them, feel them. When I grew up and got into politics, I always felt the main point of my work was to give people a chance to have better stories." Clinton's uncanny ability to connect with people, coupled with an extraordinary grasp of [...] At age 46, Bill Clinton became the youngest U.S. President since John F. Kennedy. And for the first time in 12 years, the same party held Congress and the White House. In his inaugural address, Bill promised change: "Not change for change's sake, but change to preserve America's ideals -- life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. Bill passed landmark legislation in keeping with his campaign promises, including the Family and Medical Leave Act, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and the

• Bill Clinton - Key Events | Miller Center

  Clinton inaugurated William Jefferson “Bill” Clinton is inaugurated as the forty-second President of the United States. January 25, 1993 HRC to head Health Care Reform

• Clinton Biographies | William J. Clinton Presidential Library and ...

  After a tough primary campaign, Bill Clinton won his party’s nomination and went on to defeat Republican President George H. W. Bush and independent candidate Ross Perot in the 1992 presidential race. When President Clinton won reelection in 1996, he became the first Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second term. [...] In 1975, Bill Clinton married Hillary Rodham, whom he had met while a law student at Yale. Chelsea, their only child, was born in 1980. Bill Clinton was elected governor of Arkansas in 1978, but lost a bid for reelection in 1980. He regained the governorship two years later and served until 1993. During his 12 years in office, Governor Clinton earned national recognition for his progressive programs, especially his efforts to improve the quality of public education. [...] Image Image 5: WJC Portrait Bill Clinton graduated from Georgetown University in 1968 and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford. He received a law degree from Yale in 1973. After graduation, he returned to Arkansas and taught law at the University of Arkansas before entering politics. His 1974 campaign for Congress ended in defeat, but two years later he was elected Arkansas Attorney General.

• Award

  Presidential Medal of Freedom

• Image

  

• Gender

  male

• Educated At

  University College, Oxford

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  writer

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  8/19/1946

• Place Of Birth

  Hope

William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 to 1992, and as attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979. A member of the Democratic Party, Clinton became known as a New Democrat, as many of his policies reflected a centrist "Third Way" political philosophy. He is the husband of Hillary Clinton, who was a senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, secretary of state from 2009 to 2013 and the Democratic nominee for president in the 2016 presidential election. Clinton was born and raised in Arkansas and attended Georgetown University. He received a Rhodes Scholarship to study at University College, Oxford and later graduated from Yale Law School. He met Hillary Rodham at Yale; they married in 1975. After graduating from law school, Clinton returned to Arkansas and won election as state attorney general, followed by two non-consecutive tenures as Arkansas governor. As governor, he overhauled the state's education system and served as chairman of the National Governors Association. Clinton was elected president in the 1992 presidential election, defeating incumbent Republican president George H. W. Bush and independent businessman Ross Perot. At 46 years old, he became the third-youngest president of the United States and the first president to be born in the Baby Boomer generation. Clinton presided over the longest period of peacetime economic expansion in American history. He signed into law the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, but failed to pass his plan for national health care reform. The Republican Party won unified control of Congress for the first time in 40 years in the 1994 elections, but Clinton was still comfortably re-elected in 1996, becoming the first Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second full term. Starting in the mid-1990s, he began an ideological evolution as he became much more conservative in his domestic policy, advocating for and signing the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, the State Children's Health Insurance Program and financial deregulation measures. He appointed Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer to the U.S. Supreme Court. During the last three years of Clinton's presidency, the Congressional Budget Office reported a budget surplus—the first such surplus since 1969. In foreign policy, Clinton ordered U.S. military intervention in the Bosnian and Kosovo wars, eventually signing the Dayton Peace agreement. He also called for the expansion of NATO in Eastern Europe and many former Warsaw Pact members joined NATO during his presidency. Clinton's foreign policy in the Middle East saw him sign the Iraq Liberation Act which gave aid to groups against Saddam Hussein. He also participated in the Oslo I Accord and Camp David Summit to advance the Israeli–Palestinian peace process, and assisted the Northern Ireland peace process. Clinton's second term was dominated by the Monica Lewinsky scandal which began in 1996, when he allegedly had a sexual relationship with 22-year-old Monica Lewinsky, an intern at the White House. In January 1998, news of the affair made tabloid headlines. The scandal escalated throughout the year, culminating on December 19 when Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives, becoming the second U.S. president to be impeached after Andrew Johnson. The two impeachment articles that the House passed were centered around Clinton using the powers of the presidency to obstruct the investigation and that he lied under oath. In 1999, Clinton's impeachment trial began in the Senate. Clinton was acquitted on both charges as the Senate failed to cast 67 votes against him, the conviction threshold. Clinton left office in 2001 with the joint-highest approval rating of any U.S. president in the modern era, alongside Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan. His presidency has been ranked among the upper tier in historical rankings of U.S. presidents. However, his personal conduct and allegations of sexual assault have made him the subject of substantial scrutiny. Since leaving office, Clinton has been involved in public speaking and humanitarian work. He created the Clinton Foundation to address international causes such as the prevention of HIV/AIDS and global warming. In 2009, he was named the United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti. After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Clinton and George W. Bush formed the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. He has remained active in Democratic Party politics, campaigning for his wife's 2008 and 2016 presidential campaigns.