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Our 42 nd President By: Leilani Moore
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Born on August 19,1946 His hometown was Hope, Arkansas Stayed with grandparents for two years Mother remarried to Roger Clinton
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Was elected senator by classmates Went to Boys Nation for high school Decided to be a politic after meeting President Kennedy Decided to go to Georgetown University through 1964-1968 Won Rhodes Scholarship in 1968 Attended Oxford University Then went to Yale Law School and graduated with law degree
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He took a job as a law professor at the University of Arkansas He entered the election for the U.S House of Representatives and lost to John P. Hammershmidt Then Clinton married Hillary Rodham Then he ran for attorney general After that, he ran for governor and won In 1980,he lost for reelection, but decided to run again and he won from 1982-1990
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In July,1992 the Democratic Party nominated as their presidential candidate He ran against George Bush and H. Ross Perot He then won in November He created a health care plan for Congress to pass it He was then denied by Congress because they thought it cost to much money In 1996 for reelection with Bob Dole and Ross Perot When he was running he was in the Whitewater Scandal and this lady, Paula Jones, was suing him Even though, he was elected by many people
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In 1998 a man named Kenneth Star said he heard that Clinton had an affair with a lady named Monica Lewinsky When he took a truth oath Star said Bill was lying under oath In 1998 the House of Representatives voted to impeach him Many believed Clinton should be removed from office It was continued until 1999,when less than half of the Senate voted to remove him
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Since he couldn’t serve more than two terms he couldn’t run again in 2000 George W. Bush ran with Vice President Al Gore and it was close in that election Finally George W. Bush won the election for president On Clinton’s last day he admitted he lied in court so his law license was taken away
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He wrote a book titled “My Life” His political party was a democrat He only had one daughter named Chelsea He loved Elvis Presley He wasintrested
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