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Who Is Bill Clinton?

Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States, serving from to In Clinton became the youngest governor in the country when he was elected governor of Arkansas.

Bill Clinton - Presidency, Age & Facts - Biography

Elected U.S. president in and reelected in , Clinton enacted legislation including the Family and Medical Leave Act and oversaw two terms of economic prosperity. Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives in following the revelation of his affair with Monica Lewinsky but was acquitted by the Senate in Since leaving office, Clinton has worked with the Clinton Foundation and campaigned for his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, in the and presidential elections.

Early Life

Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, , in Hope, Arkansas.

Clinton’s father, William Jefferson Blythe, died in a car crash three months before Clinton was born, leaving him in the care of his mother, Virginia Cassidy Blythe.

To provide for her son, Virginia moved to New Orle