William Clinton
42nd President
Born: 1946 Died: Served: 1993 -

Vice-President Al Gore
Political Party Democrat
College Yale
Occupation Lawyer
Birthplace Hope, Arkansas
Place of Burial

Pop Quiz Facts

* 1994: Paula Jones files lawsuit against Clinton.
* 1994: House & Senate Banking Committees begins hearings on Whitewater Investigation.
* 1995: Orders U.S. troops to Bosnia as part of peace accord between warring countries in the region.
* 1996: Defeats Republican challenger Bob Dole in presidential election.
* January 17, 1998: President Clinton, testifying under oath to lawyers in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case, denies having had an affair with Lewinsky.
* January 27, 1998: Starr opens a grand jury probe into Monica Lewinsky's allegations.
* August 17, 1998: President Clinton testifies to the Lewinsky grand jury via closed circuit television.
* October 8, 1998: The House approves an open-ended impeachment inquiry of the President.
* November 26, 1998: Members of the House Judiciary Committee draw up articles of impeachment against the President.
* January 7, 1999: Impeachment trial begins in the Senate.
* February 12, 1999: The Senate acquits the President on impeachment charges.

Interesting Facts

* Clinton is the first president born after World War II. He was also the first Arkansan to win a major party nomination for the office.
* In high school, Clinton played saxophone in a jazz trio. The three musicians wore dark glasses on stage, and they called themselves Three Blind Mice.
* As a delegate to Boys Nation while in high school, he met President Kennedy in the White House Rose Garden. The encounter inspired him to enter a life of public service.
* An attorney of national reputation, Hillary Clinton has sat on the boards of directors of several major corporations and charities.

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