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Born
Given name William Jefferson Blythe -
Staff of Senator
served on staff of senator J. William Fulbright -
Date of Graduation
He graduated from Georgetown University -
Rhodes scholar
Rhodes scholar at Oxford University in England -
Graduated from law school
Graduated from Yale Law School; taught at University of Arkansas Law School -
Defeated in race for House of Representatives
Defeated in race for House of Representatives ,Third District Arkansas, by John Paul Hammerschmidt -
Directed Jinny Carter's presidential campaign
Directed Jinny Carter's presidential campaign in Arkansas; elected Arkansas attorney general. -
elected governor of Arkansas 1st
elected governor of Arkansas for two year term. -
defeated by Frank White for govern ship
defeated by Frank White for govern ship; practiced law in Little Rock. -
elected governor of Arkansas 2nd
elected governor of Arkansas for two year term. -
won passage of controversial education
won passage of controversial education reform act involving teacher testing and increasing sales taxes. -
re-elected governor of Arkansas 3rd
re-elected governor of Arkansas for newly established four-year term -
1986-1987 chair national Governors Association
Chair national Governors Association -
re-elected governor of Arkansas 4th
re-elected governor of Arkansas; made speech nomination Michael Dukakis for president at Democratic National convention in July 1988 in Atlanta -
democratic national convention
nominated president at democratic national convention in New York -
elected president of the United States
elected president of the United States -
Term of office
he was in term of office -
Explosion at the World Trade Center
Six people are killed and more than a thousand suffer injuries after a bomb planted under the World Trade Center in New York City explodes. -
Janet Reno becomes Attorney General
The Senate confirms Janet Reno as US Attorney General, the first woman to serve in the position -
Vince Foster death
Vince Foster, deputy counsel to the President, is found dead in a Northern Virginia park -
Clinton expands law enforcement
President Clinton signs into law the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act that includes provisions providing for the hiring of 100,000 more policemen. -
Republicans gain seats
In mid-term congressional elections, the Republican Party wins control of both houses of Congress for the first time in more than 40 years. -
U.S. recognizes Vietnam
The United States extended full diplomatic recognition of Vietnam, twenty-two years after the United States withdrew military forces from that country. -
Clinton urges peace in Ireland
During a tour of Europe, President Clinton urges the continuation of peace efforts in Northern Ireland. -
Battle of the budget
President Clinton and the Republican-controlled Congress, led by Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-GA), engage in a political death struggle over how to balance the budget by 2002. -
Safe, legal and rare
President Clinton vetoes a bill that would have outlawed certain types of late-term abortions -
Expanding health care coverage
President Clinton signs a health care reform bill that he expects to expand coverage for many Americans. -
Clinton reelected
President Clinton, with 49 percent of the vote, defeats Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with 41 percent of the vote, for the presidency. Clinton becomes the first Democratic President since Franklin Roosevelt to win reelection to a second term. -
Clinton leaves for Ghana
President Clinton leaves on a six-country, 12-day tour of Africa -
Bill Clinton's presidency ended
Bill Clinton's presidency ended on January 20, 2001.
