William Jefferson Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from January 20,1993 through January 20, 2001. Clinton, a Democrat, defeated incumbent Republican George H. W. Bush with 370 electoral votes to Bush’s 168. The weakening economy damaged the incumbents high approval ratings along with his broken promise of no new taxes which Clinton used adroitly to propel himself into the White House at the age of 46, which at that time made him the third youngest president and first Baby Boomer to be elected.
Clinton served two terms as President, winning his second term in 1996, defeating Republican Senator Bob Dole (KS) with 49.2%of the popular vote. Clinton became the first Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win more than one term.
The 42nd President of the United States was Bill Clinton. Clinton ran as a member of the Democratic Party and was first elected in 1992, beating out the Republican Party incumbent George H. W. Bush convincingly. He was reelected in 1996, receiving about 50% of the popular vote while running against Republican candidate Bob Dole.
Clinton was an effective leader, guiding the United States through most of the 1990s, a period of prosperity and economic growth. He sought to spearhead a major health care reform in the United States during his time in office, but he did not succeed in implementing his program while President.
Clinton was quite bright and talented when young. After earning an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University, he ended up a Rhodes scholar and studied at Oxford. Thereafter, he studied law at Yale University and then went into politics in his home state of Arkansas. He was elected governor there in 1978.
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