President Clinton was born in Hope, Arkansas as William Jefferson Blythe IV. Three months before he was born his biological father died in a tragic car accident. When he turned 4 years old, his mother remarried a man by the name of Roger Clinton. While in high school he took the family name Clinton. He was a very good student academically and as a saxophone player. One year as a delegate to Boys Nation, he made …showed first 75 words of 285 total…

…showed last 75 words of 285 total…the governorship in 1978. He went for a second term, but lost. Four years later he regained office in Arkansas until 1992. In that year, Clinton defeated Bush and Perot for the Presidency. As seen in the picture Clinton was inaugurated as the President of the United States in 1992. For the first time in 12 years both the White House and Congress was held by the same party. William J. Clinton served as president from 1993 to 2001. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**