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William Jefferson Clinton President's Day

Born: Aug. 19, 1946
Birthplace: Hope, Arkansas
Party: Democratic
Age at Inauguration: 46
Served: 1993-2001
Died: Still Alive
Age at Death: Still Alive
College: Graduated from Georgetown University (1968); Attended Oxford University (1968-70); Graduated from Yale University Law School (1973)
Religion: Baptist
Occupation: Lawyer
Runner-Up: George H. W. Bush (1992); Robert J. Dole (1996).
Vice President: Al Gore (1993- 2001)

Some Trivia

During his tenure, there was a federal budget surplus. For fiscal year 2000 the surplus amounted to $230 billion, making it the largest in U.S. history and topping 1999's record surplus of $122.7 billion.
In 1968 he won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University in England, the first and only President to have been a Rhodes Scholar.
Clinton was the second U.S. president to be impeached by the House of Representatives. He was tried in the Senate and found not guilty of the charges brought against him.
He was born William Jefferson Blythe IV on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas, three months after his father died in a traffic accident. When he was four years old, his mother wed Roger Clinton, of Hot Springs, Arkansas. In high school, he took the family name.
His wife Hillary was the first "First Lady" elected to office. She was elected a U.S. senator in the State of New York.

(Source: The White House, Past Presidents.)

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