Everybody, today my mommy is going to talk about Bill Clinton.

Thank you, Noah, for introducing Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States.

Bill Clinton was born on August 19th in 1946 in Hope, Arkansas, and was given the name William Jefferson Blythe IV.

Three months before his birth, his father lost his life in a car accident.

When Bill was four years old, his mother married Roger Clinton, and as a teenager, Bill was adopted by his stepfather and changed his last name to

Clinton. His stepfather was abusive and drank in excess and at a young age, Bill was put in the

position to defend his mother. Bill was interested in politics early on. He was selected to take part in the Boys Nation program at the age of 16.

He traveled to Washington, D.C. as part of that program, where he had the distinct opportunity to meet the sitting president, John F. Kennedy, in 1963. He studied

international affairs at Georgetown University while simultaneously interning for Arkansas

Senator J. William Fulbright. He went on to earn a law degree at Yale University and used that knowledge to teach at the

University of Arkansas Law School. While he was a student at Yale University, he met his future

wife, Hillary Rodham, who was also a student there and shared his passion for politics. At the age of just

32, he was elected as the governor of Arkansas. He attempted to improve the education system

and roads in the state, but did so by raising driver's license fees to pay for those expenses. He also upset several

large industries, such as the energy and timber industries, by questioning their high prices.

Some of his aggressive practices led to his defeat in the 1980 election. He learned a lot from his loss and transitioned

into more a team player in an attempt to build more unanimous support. His transition was well

received as he was elected two years later in 1982 and re-elected four more times, serving an additional

ten years as governor. In that time, he successfully improved the state's problems with education

by raising teacher salaries and establishing testing criteria for teachers and for students.

In 1991, Clinton was voted as the country's most effective governor by his peers.

That year, he decided to run for president and challenge George H.W. Bush.

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