Bill_Clinton

Bill Clinton Bill Clinton Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe IV on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas. His father, an automobile-parts salesman, died in a car accident three months before Bill was born. His mother, Virginia Cassidy, married Roger Clinton, an automobile dealer, when Bill was seven years old. The family moved to Hot Springs, Arkansas, where Bill and his younger half brother, Roger, Jr., attended public schools. His mother often engaged Bill in political discussions and encouraged his ambitions. Growing up had its difficulties, however, because his stepfather was an alcoholic who sometimes beat his mother. Virginia and Roger eventually divorced but soon remarried, when Bill was 15. As a gesture Bill had his last name legally changed to Clinton. Bill participated in many activities, including student government, at Hot Springs High School. In the summer of 1963 he was chosen to attend the American Legion Boys State, a government and leadership conference, in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was elected a senator and given the opportunity to go to Washington, D.C. where he shook hands with President John F. Kennedy. When Bill returned to Arkansas, politics became a pursuit from which he never wavered. After high school, Clinton went to clinton, arkansas, bill, war, school, president, elected, office, however, draft, convention, charges, before, against, year, worked, william, weapons, vietnam, university, soon, senator, roger, presidency, political, percent, mother, law, iraq, house, high, entered, during, democratic, company, campaign, because, in, years, yale, won, while, washington, vote, virginia, united, unethical, un, trips, summer, strikes