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Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States
1993-2001
Fact Sheet
Wife: Hillary Rodham
Vice President: Al Gore
Sec. Of State: Warren M. Christopher / Madeline Albright
College: Oxford University
Party: Democratic
Before Presidency:
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Law Professor at the University of Arkansas 1973-1976
• Attorney General of Arkansas 1977-1979
• Governor of Arkansas 1979-1981, 1983-1992
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Lawyer 1981-1982
Presidency:
• Withdrawal of troops from Somalia
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) 1994
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Saddaam Hussein blocks UN Inspectors 1998
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The Bombing in Kosovo 1999
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Scandals
o Whitewater
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Paula Jones
o Monica Lewinsky
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Impeachment 12-19-1999
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Travelgate
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Filegate
o Chinagate
After Presidency:
• His wife is a senator from New York and has written a book entitled: Living History
States Added:
• None
Facts:
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1st President to appoint a woman to Secretary of State
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1st Rhodes Scholar to become president
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1st Democratic president since FDR to win a second term
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1st Left Handed president to serve two terms
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1st President born after World War II
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1st Baby Boomer President
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1st President to send an email message through the internet
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2nd President to be impeached by the House of Representatives
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2nd President to address the Japanese Parliament
• He was born William Jefferson Blythe IV. His real father was killed in a car accident 3 months before his birth
• His wife is the 1st First Lady to testify before a grand jury
• He was overweight from eating at McDonalds and looked like he was going to lose the ’96 election so he
installed a jogging track in DC
• He had an affair with Gennifer Flowers, Paula Jones, & Monica Lewinsky
• He was a boy scout
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Clinton's favorite sandwich is peanut butter and banana and his favorite ice cream flavor is mango
• He did not serve in the military
• He is one of the five presidents to attend Nixon’s funeral (37-42)
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