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EARLY LIFE
- Aug. 19, 1946 -- Clinton is born William Jefferson Blythe IV (the fourth)
in Hope, Ark. his father died in a traffic accident. His mom married
Roger Clinton when he was 8 years old. they lived in small house with
no indoor plumbing. Bill's stepfather was an alcoholic, and family life
was frequently disrupted by domestic violence. When he was fifteen, Bill
warned his stepfather never to hit his mother or half-brother, again. He
later claimed it as a dramatic thing during an interview. Despite his
rocky relationship with his stepfather, Bill changed his last name to
Clinton as a teenager.
- On october 11th 1975 He married hillary. They met when they were
students at Yale.

POLITICS & SCHOOL:

- When Clinton was seventeen, he met then President John F. Kennedy
and that ultimately resulted in him wanting a career in politics.
- He started at georgetown university in 1964. He was very committed to
the movement against the vietnam war and the civil rights struggle. He
went to oxford university for two years after he graduated with a big
scholarship. In 1970 he went to law school at yale and then started
practicing and eventually started teaching law school as well.
- In 1974 he ran for congress and followed his true passion. But then he
lost the election
- In 1976 he was elected attorney general of arkansas. He was the
youngest ever governor in that state.

PRESIDENCY
- While running for president Clinton faced charges of infidelity and
questions about his avoidance of military service during the Vietnam
War. He remained in the presidential race and became the Democratic
nominee. Clinton focused his campaign on economic issues, especially
unemployment and health care. In November 1992 Clinton was elected
president, defeating both the president then in office, Republican
candidate George Bush and independent candidate Ross Perot.
- Once in office Clinton continued to work on economic issues, and
interest rates and unemployment began to drop
- He was elected for president for a second time and won by a landslide
- Clinton was charged with having an affair with monica lewinsky, a white
house intern. At first he denied the allegations but later admitted to
having an inappropriate relationship with her.
- On December 19, 1998, the House of Representatives ruled to impeach
Clinton, or try him in Congress for charges of lying under oath about his
relationship with Lewinsky. The Senate then conducted an
impeachment trial. Clinton was only the second president in U.S. history
to face a Senate impeachment hearing. On February 12, 1999, the
Senate found Clinton innocent. He apologized to the American people
and to Congress for what he had done.
- One of his major accomplishments was signing a bill that gave China
permanent, normal trade status. This was considered the most
important U.S. trade legislation since the passage of the North
American Free Trade Agreement in 1993.
- On January 19, 2001, Clinton's last day as president, he publicly
admitted that he gave misleading testimony in the Lewinsky
investigation. He faced no criminal charges, but his license to practice
law was suspended. Clinton was also ordered to pay a $25,000 fine
- Clinton continues to raise money for and speak on behalf of many
issues. The many causes to which he devotes time and money include
the economic development of small businesses, City Year (a national
service program for young people), and acquired immune deficiency
syndrome (AIDS) research and education.
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FUN FACTS

- He had a pet cat in the white house that he was allergic to. The
cats name was socks.
- President bill clinton pardoned his half brother on the last day he
was in office.
- He got 100% on a my little pony radio interview.
 - Him and george bush are the only left handed presidents in
history
- He wanted to be a saxaphone player before he met JFK

- Despite the scandals and difficulties that plagued the second half of his
presidency, Clinton continues to be an active public figure, supporting
many issues and causes that are important to the world

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