BILL CLINTON. EARLY LIFE Born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946 in Hope, Arkansas...

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BILL CLINTON

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BILL CLINTON

EARLY LIFE• Born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946 in

Hope, Arkansas• Parents William Jefferson Blythe, Jr & Virginia Dell• 3 Half Siblings • Older Sister Sharon Lee Blythe and Brother Henry Leon

Ritzenthaler• Younger Brother Roger Clinton, Jr.• Biological Father died 3 months before Bills birth• Took stepfathers Surname when he turned 15

SCHOOLING

• St John’s Catholic Elementary School

• Hot Springs High School • Active Student leader, Avid

reader and Muscician.• Member of the Chorus and

played the Tenor Saxophone• Considered dedicating his life to

music

What Could have been….

Cop his mixtapes!

COLLEGE & LAW SCHOOL

• Georgetown University

• Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service degree in 1968

• Member of Alpha Phi Omega fraternity

• Rhodes Scholar at university of Oxford

• Yale Law School

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree in 1973

Hillary Clinton• Met at Yale Law Library• Married October 11 ,1975• Only Child, Daughter Chelsea

Born February 27,1980• Hillary Clinton is currently a

presidential candidate and was also in 2008

• Senator from 2001 to 2009• Secretary of State 2009 to 2013

Political Beginnings• Student Leader in High School• Class President at Georgetown in 1964 and

1965• Intern & Clerk for Senator J. William Fulbright• Apposed & protested Vietnam War• Opponents claim he used Fulbrights influence

to dodge the draft• Led George McGovern’s Presidential

Campaign in 1972• Worked with future mayor of Dallas,

Govenor of Texas• And most importantly, filmmaker

Steven Spielberg

The Boy Governor

• 1976 Elected as Arkansas Attorney General

• 1978 at the age of 32 Bill was elected as Governor of Arkansas

• Worked on Education Reform and Arkansas Roads

• Unpopular Motor Vehicle tax and Citizen’s anger of Cuban Refugees escape

• Lost 1980 Arkansas Governor race.• Re-elected in 1982 and held office for 10

years• Transformed Arkansas Economy and

improved States Education system

Presidential Campaign

• Won the Democratic Party Nomination in 1992

• People thought George H.W. Bush was unbeatable but after working with democrats and raising taxes after saying he would not his approvale raiting plummeted

• Bill Clinton won with 43 percent of the vote

• Ended 12 previous and 20 of 24 year streak of republican party holding the president

First Term

• Family and Medical Leave Act

• Clinton-Gore Deficit Reduction Plan

• Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion

• Brady ACT• World Trade Center

Bombing• NAFTA• WhiteWater Scandal• Oklahoma City federal

building bombing• Boris Yeltsin meeting

Second Term

• Attacks on Sadam Hussein • Good Friday Peace Accords• Kenya and Tanzania attacks• Iraq liberation act• Impeachment and acquittal

Scandals

Scandals

• Gennifer Flowers

• Paula Jones• Whitewater• Monica

Lewinsky• Impeached and

acquitted

Post Presidency