Bill Clinton
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| William Jefferson Clinton | |
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42nd President of the United States
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| In office January 20 1993 – January 20 2001 |
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| Vice President(s) | Al Gore |
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| Preceded by | George H. W. Bush |
| Succeeded by | George W. Bush |
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| Born | August 19 1946 Hope, Arkansas |
| Died | Alive |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Spouse | Hillary Rodham Clinton |
William Jefferson Clinton (born August 19, 1946), better known as Bill Clinton, was the 42nd president of the United States. He served from 1993 to 2001. He was 46 years old when he was elected. His major opponents were George H. W. Bush and Bob Dole. Clinton was the first president from the Baby Boom generation and was the third youngest president in the U.S. He is a Democrat. Clinton's supporters say he helped bring the economic boom of the 1990s. His presidency was very controversial to Republicans.
Before he was president, Clinton was also governor of Arkansas (1979-1981 and 1983-1993).
In 1994, during Clinton's first term in office, the Congress switched to a Republican majority. However, Clinton still beat Republican Bob Dole in the 1996 election.
President Clinton was accused of wrongdoing by the U.S. House of Representatives in December 1998 during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. He was found to have done nothing wrong by the U.S. Senate in February 1999. The scandal had little effect on his popularity, and he left office with some of the highest approval ratings of any president.
He is married to Senator Hillary Clinton and now lives in New York.
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