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March-December 1999
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• He was elected Governor of Arkansas for five terms.
• He is known for appointing minorities and women to high-level positions.
• Warren Christopher and later Madeleine Albright served as his Secretaries of State.
• He was the second president to be impeached, and was acquitted by vote counts of: Article 1 - Yea 45; Nay 55 Article 2 - Yea 50; Nay 50

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Bill Clinton
(August 19, 1946 - )
Life Facts

Personal:
First Lady: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Wife
Number of Children: 1
Education Level: Graduate
School Attended: Georgetown University, Oxford, Yale University
Religion: Baptist
Profession: Professor, Lawyer

Public Service:
Dates of Presidency: 1/20/1993 - 1/20/2001
Presidency Number: 42
Number of Terms: 2
Why Presidency Ended: End of 2nd term
Party: Democratic
His Vice President(s): Albert Gore
Governor of a State: Arkansas (1979-1981), Arkansas (1983-1992)
Other Offices: Attorney General of Arkansas

Footnotes  

Methodology and Resources

Presidential Places

Birthplace: Julia Chester Hospital
Home: Hope "Clinton Loop"
Other Sites: Hot Springs "Clinton Loop"

Reference Material

Bibliography
Inaugural Address
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LIVE from Clinton Center and Birthplace, Hope, Arkansas. Watch Guests Include: David Maraniss, author, First in His Class: The Biography of Bill Clinton;  Dr. Georgia Sorenson, co-author, Dead Center: Clinton-Gore Leadership and the Perils of Moderation and founding director, James McGregor Burns Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland; Beckie Moore, Director, Clinton Center; and Gary Johnson, Hope Visitor Center and Museum Director    
• Interview with President Clinton Watch      
• Programming on Bill Clinton includes:
• Interview with Skip Rutherford on Plans For the Clinton Presidential Library Watch
 • Read My Lips 1992 Campaign Ad Watch
• Clinton Acceptance Speech - 1992 Democratic Convention Watch
 • Paul Greenberg - Booknotes: No Suprises: Two Decades of Clinton Watching Watch
 • Governor Bill Clinton Campaign Ad From 1984 Watch
• Interview with Governor Bill Clinton from 8/7/88 Watch
 • Series of Clinton Campaign Ads Watch
 • David Maraniss on Bill Clinton at Dartmouth College
Democrats Following Watch
• Clinton Address to Nation Re: Monica Watch
• Clinton With Impeachment Watch
• Oval Office Tour Watch
• Clinton Bio Vignette Watch

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