Bill Clinton - wikipedia Bill Clinton `` William Clinton '' redirects here. For other uses, see William Clinton ( disambiguation ). 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton 42nd President of the United States In office January 20, 1993 -- January 20, 2001 Vice President Al Gore Preceded by George H.W. Bush Succeeded by George W. Bush 40th and 42nd Governor of Arkansas In office January 11, 1983 -- December 12, 1992 Lieutenant Winston Bryant Jim Guy Tucker Preceded by Frank D. White Succeeded by Jim Guy Tucker In office January 9, 1979 -- January 19, 1981 Lieutenant Joe Purcell Preceded by David Pryor Succeeded by Frank D. White Chair of the National Governors Association In office August 26, 1986 -- July 28, 1987 Deputy John H. Sununu Preceded by Lamar Alexander Succeeded by John H. Sununu 50th Attorney General of Arkansas In office January 3, 1977 -- January 9, 1979 Governor David Pryor Joe Purcell ( Acting ) Preceded by Jim Guy Tucker Succeeded by Steve Clark Personal details William Jefferson Blythe III ( 1946 - 08 - 19 ) August 19, 1946 ( age 71 ) Hope, Arkansas, U.S. Political party Democratic Spouse ( s ) Hillary Rodham ( m. 1975 ) Children Chelsea Parents William Jefferson Blythe Jr. Virginia Cassidy Education Georgetown University ( BS ) Yale University ( JD ) Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom Signature This article is part of a series about Bill Clinton Political positions Electoral history Early life Family Public image Sexual misconduct allegations Governor of Arkansas 1978 election 1980 campaign 1982 reelection 1984 reelection 1986 reelection 1990 reelection 42nd President of the United States Presidency Timeline Policies Economic Gun Control Environmental Foreign Clinton Doctrine International trips Appointments Cabinet Judicial Appointments First term Campaign for the presidency Primaries 1992 election 1st inauguration NAFTA Health Security Act 1994 midterm elections Economic policy Travelgate Whitewater AmeriCorps Dayton Agreement Second term Reelection campaign Primaries 1996 reelection 2nd inauguration Operation Infinite Reach Bombing of Yugoslavia Balanced Budget Clinton -- Lewinsky scandal Impeachment One America Initiative Pardon controversy Post-presidency Presidential Library My Life Activities Clinton Foundation Clinton Bush Haiti Fund One America Appeal Part of a series on New Democrats Ideology Centrism Clintonism Cultural liberalism Economic liberalism Radical centrism Social liberalism Third Way People Bruce Babbitt Evan Bayh John Carney Tom Carper Lawton Chiles Bill Clinton Hillary Clinton Gerry Connolly Jim Davis Susan Davis Cal Dooley John Edwards Harold Ford Jr. Al From Dick Gephardt Al Gore Bob Graham Jim Himes John Kerry Ron Kind Mary Landrieu Rick Larsen Joe Lieberman Blanche Lincoln Will Marshall Jim Moran Sam Nunn Barack Obama Jared Polis Chuck Robb Timothy J. Roemer Paul Tsongas Allyson Schwartz Adam Smith Organizations Coalition for a Democratic Majority Democratic Leadership Council Moderate Dems Working Group New Democrat Coalition New Democrat Network Progressive Policy Institute Senate Centrist Coalition Third Way Politics portal William Jefferson Clinton ( né Blythe III ; born August 19, 1946 ) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Prior to the presidency, he was the Governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992. A member of the Democratic Party, Clinton was ideologically a New Democrat and many of his policies reflected a centrist `` Third Way '' political philosophy. Clinton was born and raised in Arkansas and attended Georgetown University, the University of Oxford, and Yale Law School. He met Hillary Rodham at Yale and married her in 1975. After graduating from Yale, Clinton returned to Arkansas and won election as the Attorney General of Arkansas, serving from 1977 to 1979. As Governor of Arkansas, Clinton overhauled the state 's education system and served as chairman of the National Governors Association. Clinton was elected president in 1992, defeating incumbent Republican opponent George H.W. Bush. At age 46, he became the third - youngest president and the first from the Baby Boomer generation. Clinton presided over the longest period of peacetime economic expansion in American history and signed into law the North American Free Trade Agreement, but failed to pass his plan for national health care reform. In the 1994 elections, the Republican Party won unified control of the Congress for the first time in 40 years. In 1996, Clinton became the first Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt to be elected to a second full term. Clinton passed welfare reform and the State Children 's Health Insurance Program, as well as financial deregulation measures, including the Gramm - Leach - Bliley Act and the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000. In 1998, Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives for perjury and obstruction of justice, relating to a sex scandal involving White House employee Monica Lewinsky. Clinton was acquitted by the Senate in 1999 and proceeded to complete his term in office. Clinton is only the second U.S. president to ever be impeached, the first being Andrew Johnson. During the last three years of Clinton 's presidency, the Congressional Budget Office reported a budget surplus, the first such surplus since 1969. In foreign policy, Clinton ordered U.S. military intervention in the Bosnian and Kosovo wars, signed the Iraq Liberation Act in opposition to Saddam Hussein, participated in the 2000 Camp David Summit to advance the Israeli -- Palestinian peace process, and assisted the Northern Ireland peace process. Clinton left office with the highest end - of - office approval rating of any U.S. president since World War II, and he has continually scored high in the historical rankings of U.S. presidents, consistently placing in the top third. Since leaving office, Clinton has been involved in public speaking and humanitarian work. He created the William J. Clinton Foundation to address international causes, such as the prevention of AIDS and global warming. He has remained active in politics by campaigning for Democratic candidates, including his wife 's presidential campaigns and Barack Obama 's presidential campaigns. In 2004, Clinton published his autobiography, My Life. In 2009, Clinton was named the United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti and after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, he teamed with George W. Bush to form the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. In addition, he managed to successfully secure the release of two American journalists imprisoned by North Korea, visiting the capital Pyongyang and negotiating their release with Kim Jong - il. Listen to this article ( info / dl ) This audio file was created from a revision of the article `` Bill Clinton '' dated 2012 - 06 - 04, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ( Audio help ) More spoken articles Contents 1 Early life and career 2 College and law school years 2.1 Georgetown University 2.2 Oxford 2.3 Vietnam War opposition and draft controversy 2.4 Law school 3 Early political career 3.1 Governor of Arkansas ( 1979 -- 1981, 1983 -- 1992 ) 3.2 1988 Democratic presidential primaries 4 Presidency ( 1993 -- 2001 ) 4.1 1992 presidential campaign 4.2 First term ( 1993 -- 1997 ) 4.3 1996 presidential election 4.4 Second term ( 1997 -- 2001 ) 4.4. 1 Impeachment and acquittal 4.4. 2 Pardons and commutations 4.5 Military and foreign events 4.6 Judicial appointments 5 Public opinion 6 Public image 7 Sexual misconduct allegations 8 Post-presidency ( 2001 -- present ) 8.1 Activities until 2008 campaign 8.2 2008 presidential election 8.3 After the 2008 election 8.4 2016 presidential election 8.5 After the 2016 election 8.6 Post-presidential health concerns 8.7 Wealth 9 Honors and recognition 10 Electoral history 11 Authored books 12 Recordings 13 See also 14 References 15 Further reading 15.1 Primary sources 15.2 Popular books 15.3 Scholarly studies 16 External links Early life and career Further information : Early life and career of Bill Clinton Clinton 's childhood home in Hope, Arkansas Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946, at Julia Chester Hospital in Hope, Arkansas. He was the son of William Jefferson Blythe Jr., a traveling salesman who had died in an automobile accident three months before his birth, and Virginia Dell Cassidy ( later Virginia Kelley ). His parents had married on September 4, 1943, but this union later proved to be bigamous, as Blythe was still married to his third wife. Soon after Bill was born, Virginia traveled to New Orleans to study nursing. She left her son in Hope with her parents Eldridge and Edith Cassidy, who owned and ran a small grocery store. At a time when the southern United States was racially segregated, Clinton 's grandparents sold goods on credit to people of all races. In 1950, Bill 's mother returned from nursing school and married Roger Clinton Sr., who owned an automobile dealership in Hot Springs, Arkansas, with his brother and Earl T. Ricks. The family moved to Hot Springs in 1950. Boyhood Home of Bill Clinton, Hope, AR Although he immediately assumed use of his stepfather 's surname, it was not until Clinton turned 15 that he formally adopted the surname Clinton as a gesture toward his stepfather. Clinton said that he remembered his stepfather as a gambler and an alcoholic who regularly abused his mother and half - brother, Roger Clinton Jr., to the point where he intervened multiple times with the threat of violence to protect them. Clinton with his saxophone at the White House in 1996. He began playing the saxophone in elementary school. At one point, Clinton considered pursuing a career in music. In Hot Springs, Clinton attended St. John 's Catholic Elementary School, Ramble Elementary School, and Hot Springs High School, where he was an active student leader, avid reader, and musician. Clinton was in the chorus and played the tenor saxophone, winning first chair in the state band 's saxophone section. He briefly considered dedicating his life to music, but as he noted in his autobiography My Life : Sometime in my sixteenth year, I decided I wanted to be in public life as an elected official. I loved music and thought I could be very good, but I knew I would never be John Coltrane or Stan Getz. I was interested in medicine and thought I could be a fine doctor, but I knew I would never be Michael DeBakey. But I knew I could be great in public service. Clinton began an interest in law at Hot Springs High, when he took up the challenge to argue the defense of the ancient Roman Senator Catiline in a mock trial in his Latin class. After a vigorous defense that made use of his `` budding rhetorical and political skills '', he told the Latin teacher Elizabeth Buck that it `` made him realize that someday he would study law ''. Clinton has identified two influential moments in his life, both occurring in 1963, that contributed to his decision to become a public figure. One was his visit as a Boys Nation senator to the White House to meet President John F. Kennedy. The other was watching Martin Luther King Jr. 's 1963 I Have a Dream speech on TV, which impressed him enough that he later memorized it. College and law School years Georgetown University Clinton ran for president of the Student Council while attending the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. With the aid of scholarships, Clinton attended the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., receiving a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service degree in 1968. In 1964 and 1965, Clinton won elections for class president. From 1964 to 1967, he was an intern and then a clerk in the office of Arkansas Senator J. William Fulbright. While in college, he became a brother of co-ed service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Clinton was also a member of the Order of DeMolay, a youth group affiliated with Freemasonry, but he never became a Freemason. He is a member of Kappa Kappa Psi honorary band fraternity. Oxford Upon graduating from Georgetown in 1968, Clinton won a Rhodes Scholarship to University College in Oxford, England, where he initially read for a B. Phil. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics but transferred to a B. Litt. in politics and, ultimately, a B. Phil. in politics. Clinton did not expect the second year because of the draft and he switched programs ; this type of activity was common among other Rhodes Scholars from his cohort. He had received an offer to study at Yale Law School, Yale University, but he left early to return to the United States and did not receive a degree from Oxford. During his time at Oxford, Clinton befriended fellow American Rhodes Scholar Frank Aller. In 1969, Aller received a draft letter that mandated deployment to the Vietnam War. Aller 's 1971 suicide had an influential impact on Clinton. British writer and feminist Sara Maitland said of Clinton, `` I remember Bill and Frank Aller taking me to a pub in Walton Street in the summer term of 1969 and talking to me about the Vietnam War. I knew nothing about it, and when Frank began to describe the napalming of civilians I began to cry. Bill said that feeling bad was n't good enough. That was the first time I encountered the idea that liberal sensitivities were n't enough and you had to do something about such things ''. He also developed an interest in rugby union, which he played at Oxford. While Clinton was president in 1994, he received an honorary degree and a fellowship from the University of Oxford, specifically for being `` a doughty and tireless champion of the cause of world peace '', having `` a powerful collaborator in his wife, '' and for winning `` general applause for his achievement of resolving the gridlock that prevented an agreed budget ''. Vietnam War opposition and draft controversy While at Oxford, Clinton also participated in Vietnam War protests and organized an October 1969 Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam event. During the Vietnam War, Clinton received educational draft deferments while he was in England in 1968 and 1969. He was planning to attend law school in the U.S. and was aware that he might lose his draft deferment. Clinton tried unsuccessfully to obtain positions in the National Guard or Air Force, and he then made arrangements to join the Reserve Officers ' Training Corps ( ROTC ) program at the University of Arkansas. He subsequently decided not to join the ROTC, saying in a letter to the officer in charge of the program that he opposed the war, but did not think it was honorable to use ROTC, National Guard, or Reserve service to avoid serving in Vietnam. He further stated that because he opposed the war, he would not volunteer to serve in uniform, but would subject himself to the draft, and would serve if selected only as a way `` to maintain my political viability within the system ''. Clinton registered for the draft and received a high number ( 311 ), meaning that those whose birthdays had been drawn as numbers 1 to 310 would have to be drafted before him, making it unlikely that he would be drafted. ( In fact, the highest number drafted was 195. ) Colonel Eugene Holmes, the Army officer who had been involved with Clinton 's ROTC application, suspected that Clinton attempted to manipulate the situation to avoid the draft and avoid serving in uniform. He issued a notarized statement during the 1992 presidential campaign : I was informed by the draft board that it was of interest to Senator Fulbright 's office that Bill Clinton, a Rhodes Scholar, should be admitted to the ROTC program... I believe that he purposely deceived me, using the possibility of joining the ROTC as a ploy to work with the draft board to delay his induction and get a new draft classification. During the 1992 campaign, it was revealed that Clinton 's uncle had attempted to secure him a position in the Navy Reserve, which would have prevented him from being deployed to Vietnam. This effort was unsuccessful and Clinton said in 1992 that he had been unaware of it until then. Although legal, Clinton 's actions with respect to the draft and deciding whether to serve in the military were criticized during his first presidential campaign by conservatives and some Vietnam veterans, some of whom charged that he had used Fulbright 's influence to avoid military service. Clinton 's 1992 campaign manager, James Carville, successfully argued that Clinton 's letter in which he declined to join the ROTC should be made public, insisting that voters, many of whom had also opposed the Vietnam War, would understand and appreciate his position. Law School After Oxford, Clinton attended Yale Law School and earned a Juris Doctor ( J.D. ) degree in 1973. In 1971, he met fellow law student Hillary Rodham in the Yale Law Library ; she was a class year ahead of him. They began dating and were soon inseparable. After only about a month, Clinton postponed his plans to be a coordinator for the George McGovern campaign for the 1972 United States presidential election in order to move in with her in California. Clinton eventually moved to Texas with Rodham in 1972 to take a job leading McGovern 's effort there. He spent considerable time in Dallas, at the campaign 's local headquarters on Lemmon Avenue, where he had an office. Clinton worked with future two - term mayor of Dallas Ron Kirk, future governor of Texas Ann Richards, and then unknown television director ( and future filmmaker ) Steven Spielberg. Bill married Hillary on October 11, 1975, and their only child, Chelsea, was born on February 27, 1980. Early political career Further information : Electoral history of Bill Clinton Governor of Arkansas ( 1979 -- 1981, 1983 -- 1992 ) Further information : Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1978 ; Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1980 ; Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1982 ; Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1986 ; and Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1990 After graduating from Yale Law School, Clinton returned to Arkansas and became a law professor at the University of Arkansas. In 1974, he ran for the House of Representatives. Running in a conservative district against incumbent Republican John Paul Hammerschmidt, Clinton 's campaign was bolstered by the anti-Republican and anti-incumbent mood resulting from the Watergate scandal. Hammerschmidt, who had received 77 percent of the vote in 1972, defeated Clinton by only a 52 percent to 48 percent margin. In 1976, Clinton ran for Arkansas Attorney General. With only minor opposition in the primary and no opposition at all in the general election, Clinton was elected. Newly elected Governor of Arkansas Bill Clinton meets with President Jimmy Carter in 1978, fifteen years before assuming the nation 's highest office. Clinton was elected Governor of Arkansas in 1978, having defeated the Republican candidate Lynn Lowe, a farmer from Texarkana. At age 32, he became the youngest governor in the country. Due to his youthful appearance, Clinton was often called the `` Boy Governor ''. He worked on educational reform and directed the maintenance of Arkansas 's roads, with wife Hillary leading a successful committee on urban health care reform. However, his term included an unpopular motor vehicle tax and citizens ' anger over the escape of Cuban refugees ( from the Mariel boatlift ) detained in Fort Chaffee in 1980. Monroe Schwarzlose of Kingsland in Cleveland County, polled 31 percent of the vote against Clinton in the Democratic gubernatorial primary of 1980. Some suggested Schwarzlose 's unexpected voter turnout foreshadowed Clinton 's defeat by Republican challenger Frank D. White in the general election that year. As Clinton once joked, he was the youngest ex-governor in the nation 's history. Clinton joined friend Bruce Lindsey 's Little Rock law firm of Wright, Lindsey and Jennings. In 1982, he was elected governor a second time and kept the office for ten years. Effective with the 1986 election, Arkansas had changed its gubernatorial term of office from two to four years. During his term, he helped transform Arkansas 's economy and improved the state 's educational system. For senior citizens, he removed the sales tax from medications and increased the home property - tax exemption. He became a leading figure among the New Democrats, a group of Democrats who advocated welfare reform, smaller government, and other policies not supported by liberals. Formally organized as the Democratic Leadership Council ( DLC ), the New Democrats argued that in light of President Ronald Reagan 's landslide victory in 1984, the Democratic Party needed to adopt a more centrist political stance in order to succeed at the national level. Clinton delivered the Democratic response to Reagan 's 1985 State of the Union Address and served as chair of the National Governors Association from 1986 to 1987, bringing him to an audience beyond Arkansas. In the early 1980s, Clinton made reform of the Arkansas education system a top priority of his gubernatorial administration. The Arkansas Education Standards Committee was chaired by Clinton 's wife Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was also an attorney as well as the chair of the Legal Services Corporation. The committee transformed Arkansas 's education system. Proposed reforms included more spending for schools ( supported by a sales - tax increase ), better opportunities for gifted children, vocational education, higher teachers ' salaries, more course variety, and compulsory teacher competency exams. The reforms passed in September 1983 after Clinton called a special legislative session -- the longest in Arkansas history. Many have considered this the greatest achievement of the Clinton governorship. He defeated four Republican candidates for governor : Lowe ( 1978 ), White ( 1982 and 1986 ), Jonesboro businessmen Woody Freeman ( 1984 ), and Sheffield Nelson of Little Rock ( 1990 ). Governor and Mrs. Clinton attend the Dinner Honoring the Nation 's Governors in the White House with President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan, 1987. Also in the 1980s, The Clintons ' personal and business affairs included transactions that became the basis of the Whitewater controversy investigation, which later dogged his presidential administration. After extensive investigation over several years, no indictments were made against the Clintons related to the years in Arkansas. According to some sources, Clinton was a death penalty opponent in his early years, but he eventually switched positions. During Clinton 's term, Arkansas performed its first executions since 1964 ( the death penalty had been re-enacted on March 23, 1973 ). As Governor, he oversaw four executions : one by electric chair and three by lethal injection. Later, as president, Clinton was the first president to pardon a death - row inmate since the federal death penalty was reinstated in 1988. 1988 Democratic presidential primaries In 1987, the media speculated that Clinton would enter the Presidential race after incumbent New York Governor Mario Cuomo declined to run and Democratic front - runner Gary Hart withdrew owing to revelations of marital infidelity. Clinton decided to remain as Arkansas governor ( following consideration for the potential candidacy of Hillary Rodham Clinton for governor, initially favored -- but ultimately vetoed -- by the First Lady ). For the nomination, Clinton endorsed Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. He gave the nationally televised opening night address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention, but his speech, which was 33 minutes long and twice as long as it was expected to be, was criticized for being too long and poorly delivered. Clinton presented himself as both a moderate and a member of the New Democrat wing of the Democratic Party, and he headed the moderate Democratic Leadership Council in 1990 and 1991. Presidency ( 1993 -- 2001 ) Main article : Presidency of Bill Clinton Countries visited by President Bill Clinton during his terms in office During his presidency, Clinton advocated for a wide variety of legislation and programs, most of which were enacted into law or implemented by the executive branch. His policies, particularly the North American Free Trade Agreement and welfare reform, have been attributed to a centrist Third Way philosophy of governance. His policy of fiscal conservatism helped to reduce deficits on budgetary matters. Clinton presided over the longest period of peacetime economic expansion in American history. The Congressional Budget Office reported budget surpluses of $69 billion in 1998, $126 billion in 1999, and $236 billion in 2000, during the last three years of Clinton 's presidency. Over the years of the recorded surplus, the gross national debt rose each year. At the end of the fiscal year ( September 30 ) for each of the years a surplus was recorded, The U.S. treasury reported a gross debt of $5.413 trillion in 1997, $5.526 trillion in 1998, $5.656 trillion in 1999, and $5.674 trillion in 2000. Over the same period, the Office of Management and Budget reported an end of year ( December 31 ) gross debt of $5.369 trillion in 1997, $5.478 trillion in 1998, $5.606 in 1999, and $5.629 trillion in 2000. At the end of his presidency, the Clintons moved to Chappaqua, New York in order to satisy a residency requirement for his wife to win election as a U.S. Senator from New York. 1992 presidential campaign Further information : Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1992 ; United States presidential election, 1992 ; and Bill Clinton presidential campaign, 1992 In the first primary contest, the Iowa Caucus, Clinton finished a distant third to Iowa Senator Tom Harkin. During the campaign for the New Hampshire primary, reports surfaced that Clinton had engaged in an extramarital affair with Gennifer Flowers. Clinton fell far behind former Massachusetts Senator Paul Tsongas in the New Hampshire polls. Following Super Bowl XXVI, Clinton and his wife Hillary went on 60 Minutes to rebuff the charges. Their television appearance was a calculated risk, but Clinton regained several delegates. He finished second to Tsongas in the New Hampshire primary, but after trailing badly in the polls and coming within single digits of winning, the media viewed it as a victory. News outlets labeled him `` The Comeback Kid '' for earning a firm second - place finish. Winning the big prizes of Florida and Texas and many of the Southern primaries on Super Tuesday gave Clinton a sizable delegate lead. However, former California Governor Jerry Brown was scoring victories and Clinton had yet to win a significant contest outside his native South. With no major Southern state remaining, Clinton targeted New York, which had many delegates. He scored a resounding victory in New York City, shedding his image as a regional candidate. Having been transformed into the consensus candidate, he secured the Democratic Party nomination, finishing with a victory in Jerry Brown 's home state of California. The Clintons in a White House Christmas portrait, 1993 During the campaign, questions of conflict of interest regarding state business and the politically powerful Rose Law Firm, at which Hillary Rodham Clinton was a partner, arose. Clinton argued the questions were moot because all transactions with the state had been deducted before determining Hillary 's firm pay. Further concern arose when Bill Clinton announced that, with Hillary, voters would be getting two presidents `` for the price of one ''. Clinton was still the Governor of Arkansas while campaigning for U.S. president, and he returned to his home state to see that Ricky Ray Rector would be executed. After killing a police officer and a civilian, Rector shot himself in the head, leading to what his lawyers said was a state where he could still talk but did not understand the idea of death. According to both Arkansas state law and Federal law, a seriously mentally impaired inmate can not be executed. The courts disagreed with the allegation of grave mental impairment and allowed the execution. Clinton 's return to Arkansas for the execution was framed in a New York Times article as a possible political move to counter `` soft on crime '' accusations. Bush 's approval ratings were around 80 percent during the Gulf War, and he was described as unbeatable. When Bush compromised with Democrats to try to lower Federal deficits, he reneged on his promise not to raise taxes, which hurt his approval rating. Clinton repeatedly condemned Bush for making a promise he failed to keep. By election time, the economy was souring and Bush saw his approval rating plummet to just slightly over 40 percent. Finally, conservatives were previously united by anti-communism, but with the end of the Cold War, the party lacked a uniting issue. When Pat Buchanan and Pat Robertson addressed Christian themes at the Republican National Convention -- with Bush criticizing Democrats for omitting God from their platform -- many moderates were alienated. Clinton then pointed to his moderate, `` New Democrat '' record as governor of Arkansas, though some on the more liberal side of the party remained suspicious. Many Democrats who had supported Ronald Reagan and Bush in previous elections switched their support to Clinton. Clinton and his running mate, Al Gore, toured the country during the final weeks of the campaign, shoring up support and pledging a `` new beginning ''. 1992 electoral vote results Clinton won the 1992 presidential election ( 370 electoral votes ) against Republican incumbent George H.W. Bush ( 168 electoral votes ) and billionaire populist Ross Perot ( 0 electoral votes ), who ran as an independent on a platform that focused on domestic issues. Bush 's steep decline in public approval was a significant part of Clinton 's success. Clinton 's victory in the election ended twelve years of Republican rule of the White House and twenty of the previous twenty - four years. The election gave Democrats full control of the United States Congress, the first time one party controlled both the executive and legislative branches since Democrats held the 96th United States Congress during the presidency of Jimmy Carter. First term ( 1993 -- 1997 ) First inauguration of Bill Clinton ( January 20, 1993 ) Play media Video of the First inauguration of Bill Clinton First inauguration of Bill Clinton ( January 20, 1993 ) audio only version Problems playing these files ? See media help. `` Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that can not be cured by what is right with America. '' Inaugural address, January 20, 1993. Clinton was inaugurated as the 42nd President of the United States on January 20, 1993. Less than a month after taking office, he signed the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, which required large employers to allow employees to take unpaid leave for pregnancy or a serious medical condition. This action had bipartisan support, and was popular with the public. Two days after taking office, on January 22, 1993 -- the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade -- Clinton reversed restrictions on domestic and international family planning programs that had been imposed by Reagan and Bush. Clinton said that abortion should be kept `` safe, legal, and rare '' -- a slogan that had been suggested by University of California, San Diego political scientist Samuel L. Popkin and first used by Clinton in December 1991, while campaigning. During the eight years of the Clinton administration, the U.S. abortion rate declined by about 18.4 percent. On February 15, 1993, Clinton made his first address to the nation, announcing his plan to raise taxes to close a budget deficit. Two days later, in a nationally televised address to a joint session of Congress, Clinton unveiled his economic plan. The plan focused on reducing the deficit rather than on cutting taxes for the middle class, which had been high on his campaign agenda. Clinton 's advisers pressured him to raise taxes, based on the theory that a smaller federal budget deficit would reduce bond interest rates. On May 19, 1993, Clinton fired seven employees of the White House Travel Office, causing the White House travel office controversy even though the travel office staff served at the pleasure of the president and could be dismissed without cause. The White House responded to the controversy by claiming that the firings were done in response to financial improprieties that had been revealed by a brief FBI investigation. Critics contended that the firings had been done to allow friends of the Clintons to take over the travel business and the involvement of the FBI was unwarranted. Clinton and Vice President Al Gore on the South Lawn, August 10, 1993 In August, Clinton signed the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, which passed Congress without a Republican vote. It cut taxes for 15 million low - income families, made tax cuts available to 90 percent of small businesses, and raised taxes on the wealthiest 1.2 percent of taxpayers. Additionally, it mandated that the budget be balanced over a number of years through the implementation of spending restraints. On September 22, 1993, Clinton made a major speech to Congress regarding a health care reform plan ; the program aimed at achieving universal coverage through a national health care plan. This was one of the most prominent items on Clinton 's legislative agenda and resulted from a task force headed by Hillary Clinton. The plan was well received in political circles, but it was eventually doomed by well - organized lobby opposition from conservatives, the American Medical Association, and the health insurance industry. However, Clinton biographer John F. Harris stated that the program failed because of a lack of coordination within the White House. Despite the Democratic majority in Congress, the effort to create a national health care system ultimately died when compromise legislation by George J. Mitchell failed to gain a majority of support in August 1994. The failure of the bill was the first major legislative defeat of the Clinton administration. In November 1993, David Hale -- the source of criminal allegations against Bill Clinton in the Whitewater controversy -- alleged that while he was governor of Arkansas, Clinton pressured him to provide an illegal $300,000 loan to Susan McDougal, the Clintons ' partner in the Whitewater land deal. A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation resulted in convictions against the McDougals for their role in the Whitewater project, but the Clintons themselves were never charged, and Clinton maintains his and his wife 's innocence in the affair. On November 30, 1993, Clinton signed into law the Brady Bill, which mandated federal background checks on people who purchase firearms in the United States. The law also imposed a five - day waiting period on purchases, until the NICS system was implemented in 1998. He also expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit, a subsidy for low - income workers. In December of the same year, allegations by Arkansas state troopers Larry Patterson and Roger Perry were first reported by David Brock in The American Spectator. In the affair later known as `` Troopergate '', the officers alleged that they arranged sexual liaisons for Clinton back when he was governor of Arkansas. The story mentioned a woman named Paula, a reference to Paula Jones. Brock later apologized to Clinton, saying the article was politically motivated `` bad journalism '', and that `` the troopers were greedy and had slimy motives ''. Clinton, Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat during the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993 Clinton, Jordan 's King Hussein and Yitzhak Rabin sign the Israel -- Jordan peace treaty on July 25, 1994. Remarks on the Signing of NAFTA ( December 8, 1993 ) Play media Clinton 's December 8, 1993 remarks on the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement Remarks on the Signing of NAFTA ( December 8, 1993 ) audio only version Problems playing these files ? See media help. That month, Clinton implemented a Department of Defense directive known as `` Do n't Ask, Do n't Tell '', which allowed gay men and women to serve in the armed services provided they kept their sexual preferences a secret. The Act forbade the military from inquiring about an individual 's sexual orientation. The policy was developed as a compromise after Clinton 's proposal to allow gays to serve openly in the military met staunch opposition from prominent Congressional Republicans and Democrats, including Senators John McCain ( R - AZ ) and Sam Nunn ( D - GA ). According to David Mixner, Clinton 's support for the compromise led to a heated dispute with Vice President Al Gore, who felt that `` the President should lift the ban... even though ( his executive order ) was sure to be overridden by the Congress ''. Some gay - rights advocates criticized Clinton for not going far enough and accused him of making his campaign promise to get votes and contributions. Their position was that Clinton should have integrated the military by executive order, noting that President Harry S. Truman used executive order to racially desegregate the armed forces. Clinton 's defenders argued that an executive order might have prompted the Senate to write the exclusion of gays into law, potentially making it harder to integrate the military in the future. Later in his presidency, in 1999, Clinton criticized the way the policy was implemented, saying he did not think any serious person could say it was not `` out of whack ''. The policy remained controversial, and was finally repealed in 2011, removing open sexual orientation as a reason for dismissal from the armed forces. On January 1, 1994, Clinton signed the North American Free Trade Agreement into law. Throughout his first year in office, Clinton consistently supported ratification of the treaty by the U.S. Senate. Clinton and most of his allies in the Democratic Leadership Committee strongly supported free trade measures ; there remained, however, strong disagreement within the party. Opposition came chiefly from anti-trade Republicans, protectionist Democrats and supporters of Ross Perot. The bill passed the house with 234 votes against 200 opposed ( 132 Republicans and 102 Democrats voting in favor ; 156 Democrats, 43 Republicans, and 1 independent against ). The treaty was then ratified by the Senate and signed into law by the president. The Omnibus Crime Bill, which Clinton signed into law in September 1994, made many changes to U.S. crime and law enforcement legislation including the expansion of the death penalty to include crimes not resulting in death, such as running a large - scale drug enterprise. During Clinton 's re-election campaign he said, `` My 1994 crime bill expanded the death penalty for drug kingpins, murderers of federal law enforcement officers, and nearly 60 additional categories of violent felons. '' It also included a subsection of assault weapons ban for a ten - year period. The Clinton administration also launched the first official White House website, whitehouse.gov, on October 21, 1994. It was followed by three more versions, resulting in the final edition launched in 2000. The White House website was part of a wider movement of the Clinton administration toward web - based communication. According to Robert Longley, `` Clinton and Gore were responsible for pressing almost all federal agencies, the U.S. court system and the U.S. military onto the Internet, thus opening up America 's government to more of America 's citizens than ever before. On July 17, 1996, Clinton issued Executive Order 13011 -- Federal Information Technology, ordering the heads of all federal agencies to utilize information technology fully to make the information of the agency easily accessible to the public. '' After two years of Democratic Party control, the Democrats lost control of Congress in the mid-term elections in 1994, for the first time in forty years. Clinton 's coat of arms, granted by the Chief Herald of Ireland in 1995 Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin in October 1995 The White House FBI files controversy of June 1996 arose concerning improper access by the White House to FBI security - clearance documents. Craig Livingstone, head of the White House Office of Personnel Security, improperly requested, and received from the FBI, background report files without asking permission of the subject individuals ; many of these were employees of former Republican administrations. In March 2000, Independent Counsel Robert Ray determined that there was no credible evidence of any crime. Ray 's report further stated, `` there was no substantial and credible evidence that any senior White House official was involved '' in seeking the files. On September 21, 1996, Clinton signed into law the Defense of Marriage Act ( DOMA ), which defines marriage for federal purposes as the legal union of one man and one woman, allowing individual states to refuse to recognize gay marriages performed in other states. Paul Yandura, speaking for the White House gay and lesbian liaison office, said that Clinton 's signing of DOMA `` was a political decision that they made at the time of a re-election ''. In defense of his actions, Clinton has said that DOMA was an attempt to `` head off an attempt to send a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage to the states '', a possibility he described as highly likely in the context of a `` very reactionary Congress ''. Administration spokesman Richard Socarides said, `` the alternatives we knew were going to be far worse, and it was time to move on and get the president re-elected. '' Clinton himself stated that DOMA was something `` which the Republicans put on the ballot to try to get the base vote for Bush up, I think it 's obvious that something had to be done to try to keep the Republican Congress from presenting that ''. Others were more critical. The veteran gay rights and gay marriage activist Evan Wolfson has called these claims `` historic revisionism ''. In a July 2, 2011, editorial The New York Times opined, `` The Defense of Marriage Act was enacted in 1996 as an election - year wedge issue, signed by President Bill Clinton in one of his worst policy moments. '' Ultimately, in United States v. Windsor, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down DOMA in June 2013. Despite DOMA, Clinton was the first president to select openly gay persons for administrative positions, and he is generally credited as being the first president to publicly champion gay rights. During his presidency, Clinton issued two substantially controversial executive orders on behalf of gay rights, the first lifting the ban on security clearances for LGBT federal employees and the second outlawing discrimination based on sexual orientation in the federal civilian workforce. Under Clinton 's leadership, federal funding for HIV / AIDS research, prevention and treatment more than doubled. Clinton also pushed for passing hate crimes laws for gays and for the private sector Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which, buoyed by his lobbying, failed to pass the Senate by a single vote in 1996. Advocacy for these issues, paired with the politically unpopular nature of the gay rights movement at the time, led to enthusiastic support for Clinton 's election and reelection by the Human Rights Campaign. Clinton came out for gay marriage in July 2009 and urged the Supreme Court to overturn DOMA in 2013. He was later honored by GLAAD for his prior pro-gay stances and his reversal on DOMA. `` When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web... Now even my cat has its own page. '' Bill Clinton 's announcement of Next Generation Internet initiative, October 1996. The 1996 United States campaign finance controversy was an alleged effort by the People 's Republic of China ( PRC ) to influence the domestic policies of the United States, before and during the Clinton administration, and involved the fundraising practices of the administration itself. The Chinese government denied all accusations. As part of a 1996 initiative to curb illegal immigration, Clinton signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act ( IIRIRA ) on September 30, 1996. Appointed by Clinton, the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform recommended reducing legal immigration from about 800,000 people a year to about 550,000. Ken Gormley, author of The Death of American Virtue : Clinton vs. Starr, reveals in his book that Clinton narrowly escaped possible assassination in the Philippines in November 1996. During his visit to the Asia - Pacific Economic Cooperation ( APEC ) forum in Manila, while he was on his way to meet with a senior member of the Philippine government, Clinton was saved from danger minutes before his motorcade was scheduled to drive over a bridge charged with a timed improvised explosive device ( IED ). According to officials, the IED was large enough to `` blow up the entire presidential motorcade ''. Details of the plot were revealed to Gormley by Lewis C. Merletti, former member of the presidential protection detail and Director of the Secret Service. Intelligence officers intercepted a radio transmission indicating that there was a wedding cake under a bridge. This alerted Merletti and others as Clinton 's motorcade was scheduled to drive over a major bridge in downtown Manila. Once more, the word `` wedding '' was the code name used by a terrorist group for a past assassination attempt. Merletti wanted to reroute the motorcade, but the alternate route would add forty - five minutes to the drive time. Clinton was very angry, as he was already late for the meeting, but following the advice of the secret service possibly saved his life. Two other bombs had been discovered in Manila earlier in the week so the threat level that day was high. Security personnel at the Manila International Airport uncovered several grenades and a timing device in a travel bag. Officials also discovered a bomb near a major U.S. naval base. The president was scheduled to visit both of these locations later in the week. An intense investigation took place into the events in Manila and it was discovered that the group behind the bridge bomb was a Saudi terrorist group in Afghanistan known as al - Qaeda and the plot was masterminded by Osama bin Laden. Until recently, this thwarted assassination attempt was never made public and remained top secret. Only top members of the U.S. intelligence community were aware of these events. 1996 presidential election 1996 electoral vote results President Bill Clinton ( center ), first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton ( right ) and their daughter Chelsea ( left ) wave to watchers at a parade down Pennsylvania Avenue on Inauguration Day, January 20, 1997. In the 1996 presidential election, Clinton was re-elected, receiving 49.2 percent of the popular vote over Republican Bob Dole ( 40.7 percent of the popular vote ) and Reform candidate Ross Perot ( 8.4 percent of the popular vote ), becoming the first Democratic incumbent since Lyndon B. Johnson to be elected to a second term and the first Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt to be elected president more than once. The Republicans lost three seats in the House and gained two in the Senate, but retained control of both houses of the 105th United States Congress. Clinton received 379, or over 70 percent of the Electoral College votes, with Dole receiving 159 electoral votes. Second term ( 1997 -- 2001 ) Al Gore and Newt Gingrich applaud as Clinton waves during the State of the Union address in 1997. In the January 1997 State of the Union address, Clinton proposed a new initiative to provide health coverage to up to five million children. Senators Ted Kennedy -- a Democrat -- and Orrin Hatch -- a Republican -- teamed up with Hillary Rodham Clinton and her staff in 1997, and succeeded in passing legislation forming the State Children 's Health Insurance Program ( SCHIP ), the largest ( successful ) health care reform in the years of the Clinton Presidency. That year, Hillary Clinton shepherded through Congress the Adoption and Safe Families Act and two years later she succeeded in helping pass the Foster Care Independence Act. He negotiated the passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 by the Republican Congress. In October 1997, he announced he was getting hearing aids, due to hearing loss attributed to his age, and his time spent as a musician in his youth. In 1999 Clinton signed into law the Financial Services Modernization Act also known as the Gramm -- Leach -- Bliley Act, which repealed the part of the Glass -- Steagall Act that had prohibited a bank from offering a full range of investment, commercial banking, and insurance services since its enactment in 1933. Impeachment and acquittal Main article : Impeachment of Bill Clinton Clinton 's impeachment trial in 1999 After the 1998 elections, the House impeached Clinton, alleging perjury and obstruction of justice related to the Lewinsky scandal. Clinton was only the second U.S. president to be impeached, after Andrew Johnson. Impeachment proceedings were based on allegations that Clinton had illegally lied about and covered up his relationship with 22 - year - old White House ( and later Department of Defense ) employee Monica Lewinsky. After the Starr Report was submitted to the House providing what it termed `` substantial and credible information that President Clinton Committed Acts that May Constitute Grounds for an Impeachment '', the House began impeachment hearings against Clinton before the mid-term elections. To hold impeachment proceedings, the Republican leadership called a lame - duck session in December 1998. Clinton shaking hands with future president Donald Trump at Trump Tower, June 2000 While the House Judiciary Committee hearings ended in a straight party - line vote, there was lively debate on the House floor. The two charges passed in the House ( largely with Republican support, but with a handful of Democratic votes as well ) were for perjury and obstruction of justice. The perjury charge arose from Clinton 's testimony before a grand jury that had been convened to investigate perjury he may have committed in his sworn deposition during Jones v. Clinton, Paula Jones 's sexual harassment lawsuit. The obstruction charge was based on his actions to conceal his relationship with Lewinsky before and after that deposition. The Senate later acquitted Clinton on both charges. The Senate refused to meet to hold an impeachment trial before the end of the old term, so the trial was held over until the next Congress. Clinton was represented by Washington law firm Williams & Connolly. The Senate finished a twenty - one - day trial on February 12, 1999, with the vote of 55 Not Guilty / 45 Guilty on the perjury charge and 50 Not Guilty / 50 Guilty on the obstruction of justice charge. Both votes fell short of the Constitutional two - thirds majority requirement to convict and remove an officeholder. The final vote was generally along party lines, with no Democrats voting guilty, and only a handful of Republicans voting not guilty. On January 19, 2001, Clinton 's law license was suspended for five years after he acknowledged to an Arkansas circuit court that he had engaged in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice in the Jones case. Pardons and commutations Clinton controversially issued 141 pardons and 36 commutations on his last day in office on January 20, 2001. Most of the controversy surrounded Marc Rich and allegations that Hillary Clinton 's brother, Hugh Rodham, accepted payments in return for influencing the president 's decision - making regarding the pardons. Federal prosecutor Mary Jo White was appointed to investigate the pardon of Rich. She was later replaced by then - Republican James Comey, who found no wrongdoing on Clinton 's part. Some of Clinton 's pardons remain a point of controversy. Military and Foreign events Further information : Foreign policy of the Bill Clinton administration Clinton and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in Florence, Italy on November 20, 1999 Clinton speaks with Col. Paul Fletcher, USAF, before boarding Air Force One, November 4, 1999. Many military events occurred during Clinton 's presidency. The Battle of Mogadishu occurred in Somalia in 1993. During the operation, two U.S. helicopters were shot down by rocket - propelled grenade attacks to their tail rotors, trapping soldiers behind enemy lines. This resulted in an urban battle that killed 18 American soldiers, wounded 73 others, and one was taken prisoner. There were many more Somali casualties. Some of the American bodies were dragged through the streets -- a spectacle broadcast on television news programs. In response, U.S. forces were withdrawn from Somalia and later conflicts were approached with fewer soldiers on the ground. In 1995, U.S. and NATO aircraft attacked Bosnian Serb targets to halt attacks on U.N. safe zones and to pressure them into a peace accord. Clinton deployed U.S. peacekeepers to Bosnia in late 1995, to uphold the subsequent Dayton Agreement. General John P. Jumper, U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander, escorts Clinton upon his arrival to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 5, 1999. The president visited several European air bases to thank the troops for their support of NATO Operations Allied Force and Shining Hope. In 1992, before his presidency, Clinton proposed sending a peace envoy to Northern Ireland, but this was dropped to avoid tensions with the UK government. In 1994 Clinton angered London by granting a visa to Gerry Adams, leader of Sinn Féin, the IRA 's political arm. In November 1995, Clinton became the first U.S. President to visit Northern Ireland, seeing both the divided communities of Belfast and later famously handshaking Adams, 14 months into an IRA ceasefire during the Troubles. Despite unionist criticism, Clinton used this as a way to negotiate an end to the violent conflict with London, Dublin, the paramilitaries and the other groups. Clinton went on to play a key role in the peace talks, which eventually led to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. In February 1996, the Clinton administration agreed to pay Iran US $131.8 million in settlement to discontinue a case brought by Iran in 1989 against the U.S. in the International Court of Justice after the shooting down of Iran Air Flight 655 by the U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser. Capturing Osama bin Laden had been an objective of the U.S. government during the presidency of Bill Clinton ( and continued to be until bin Laden 's death in 2011 ). Despite claims by Mansoor Ijaz and Sudanese officials that the Sudanese government had offered to arrest and extradite bin Laden and that U.S. authorities rejected each offer the 9 / 11 Commission Report stated that `` we have not found any reliable evidence to support the Sudanese claim ''. In response to a 1996 State Department warning about bin Laden and the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa by al - Qaeda ( which killed 224 people, including 12 Americans ), Clinton ordered several military missions to capture or kill bin Laden, both of which were unsuccessful. In August 1998, Clinton ordered cruise missile strikes on terrorist targets in Afghanistan and Sudan, targeting the Al - Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Sudan, which was suspected of assisting bin Laden in making chemical weapons, and bin Laden 's terrorist training camps in Afghanistan. Clinton greets Air Force personnel at Spangdahlem Air Base, May 5, 1999. To stop the ethnic cleansing and genocide of Albanians by anti-guerilla military units in the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 's province of Kosovo, Clinton authorized the use of U.S. Armed Forces in a NATO bombing campaign against Yugoslavia in 1999, named Operation Allied Force. General Wesley Clark was Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and oversaw the mission. With United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, the bombing campaign ended on June 10, 1999. The resolution placed Kosovo under UN administration and authorized a peacekeeping force to be deployed to the region. NATO announced its soldiers all survived combat, though two died in an Apache helicopter crash. Opinions in the popular press criticized pre-war genocide statements by the Clinton administration as greatly exaggerated. In 2001, the U.N. - supervised Supreme Court of Kosovo ruled that genocide did not take place, but recognized `` a systematic campaign of terror, including murders, rapes, arsons and severe maltreatments ''. The term `` ethnic cleansing '' was used as an alternative to `` genocide '' to denote not just ethnically motivated murder but also displacement, though critics charge there is no difference. Slobodan Milošević, the president of Yugoslavia at the time of the atrocities, was eventually brought to trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague on charges of crimes against humanity, genocide, and war crimes. Milošević died in 2006, before the completion of the trial. In Clinton 's 1998 State of the Union Address, he warned Congress that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was building an arsenal of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons : Saddam Hussein has spent the better part of this decade, and much of his nation 's wealth, not on providing for the Iraqi people, but on developing nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and the missiles to deliver them. The United Nations weapons inspectors have done a truly remarkable job, finding and destroying more of Iraq 's arsenal than was destroyed during the entire gulf war. Now, Saddam Hussein wants to stop them from completing their mission. I know I speak for everyone in this chamber, Republicans and Democrats, when I say to Saddam Hussein, `` You can not defy the will of the world '', and when I say to him, `` You have used weapons of mass destruction before ; we are determined to deny you the capacity to use them again. Play media President Clinton, Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at Camp David, July 2000 Seeking to weaken Hussein 's grip on power, Clinton signed the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 into law on October 31, 1998, which instituted a policy of `` regime change '' against Iraq, though it explicitly stated it did not provide for direct intervention on the part of American military forces. The administration then launched a four - day bombing campaign named Operation Desert Fox, lasting from December 16 to 19, 1998. At the end of this operation Clinton announced that `` So long as Saddam remains in power, he will remain a threat to his people, his region, and the world. With our allies, we must pursue a strategy to contain him and to constrain his weapons of mass destruction program, while working toward the day Iraq has a government willing to live at peace with its people and with its neighbors. '' American and British aircraft in the Iraq no - fly zones attacked hostile Iraqi air defenses 166 times in 1999 and 78 times in 2000. Clinton 's November 2000 visit to Vietnam was the first by a U.S. president since the end of the Vietnam War. On October 10, 2000, Clinton signed into law the U.S. -- China Relations Act of 2000, which granted permanent normal trade relations ( PNTR ) trade status to People 's Republic of China. The president asserted that free trade would gradually open China to democratic reform. Clinton also oversaw a boom of the U.S. economy. Under Clinton, the United States had a projected federal budget surplus for the first time since 1969. After initial successes such as the Oslo Accords of the early 1990s, which also led to the Israel -- Jordan peace treaty in 1994 and the Wye River Memorandum in October 1998, Clinton attempted an effort to end the Israeli -- Palestinian conflict. He brought Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat together at Camp David for the Camp David Summit in July 2000, which lasted 14 days. Following the failures of the peace talks, Clinton stated Arafat `` missed the opportunity '' to facilitate a `` just and lasting peace ''. In his autobiography, Clinton blames Arafat for the collapse of the summit. Following another attempt in December 2000 at Bolling Air Force Base, in which the president offered the Clinton Parameters, the situation broke down completely after the end of the Taba Summit and with the start of the Second Intifada. Judicial appointments Main articles : Bill Clinton Supreme Court candidates and List of federal judges appointed by Bill Clinton Ruth Bader Ginsburg accepting her nomination to the Supreme Court from President Clinton Clinton appointed two justices to the Supreme Court : Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 1993 and Stephen Breyer in 1994. Along with his two Supreme Court appointments, Clinton appointed 66 judges to the United States courts of appeals and 305 judges to the United States district courts. His 373 judicial appointments are the second most in American history behind those of Ronald Reagan. Clinton also experienced a number of judicial appointment controversies, as 69 nominees to federal judgeships did not receive a vote in the Republican - controlled Senate Judiciary Committee. In all, 84 percent of his nominees were confirmed. Sonia Sotomayor was one of the judges who Clinton appointed to the Court of Appeals. She was nominated by Clinton in 1997 to the Second Circuit. Sotomayor was confirmed in 1998, following a delay of more than a year that was caused by Republican opposition. Clinton was the first president in history to appoint more women and minority judges than white male judges to the federal courts. In his eight years in office, 11.6 % of Clinton 's court of appeals nominees and 17.4 % of his district court nominees were black ; 32.8 % of his court of appeals nominees and 28.5 % of his district court nominees were women. Clinton appointed the first African American judges to the Fourth Circuit ( Roger Gregory ) and the Seventh Circuit ( Ann Claire Williams ). Clinton also appointed the nation 's first openly gay or lesbian federal judge when he named Deborah Batts to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Batts was confirmed by the Senate in a voice vote in 1994. Public opinion Clinton 's approval ratings throughout his presidential career Throughout Clinton 's first term, his job approval rating fluctuated in the 40s and 50s. In his second term, his rating consistently ranged from the high - 50s to the high - 60s. After his impeachment proceedings in 1998 and 1999, Clinton 's rating reached its highest point. According to a CBS News / New York Times poll, Clinton left office with an approval rating of 68 percent, which matched those of Ronald Reagan and Franklin D. Roosevelt as the highest ratings for departing presidents in the modern era. Clinton 's average Gallup poll approval rating for his last quarter in office was 61 %, the highest final quarter rating any president has received for fifty years. Forty - seven percent of the respondents identified themselves as being Clinton supporters. As he was leaving office, a CNN / USA Today / Gallup poll revealed that 45 percent of Americans said they would miss him ; 55 percent thought he `` would have something worthwhile to contribute and should remain active in public life '' ; 68 percent thought he would be remembered more for his `` involvement in personal scandal '' than for `` his accomplishments '' ; and 58 percent answered `` No '' to the question `` Do you generally think Bill Clinton is honest and trustworthy ? '' The same percentage said he would be remembered as either `` outstanding '' or `` above average '' as a president, while 22 percent said he would be remembered as `` below average '' or `` poor ''. ABC News characterized public consensus on Clinton as, `` You ca n't trust him, he 's got weak morals and ethics -- and he 's done a heck of a good job. '' In May 2006, a CNN poll comparing Clinton 's job performance with that of his successor, George W. Bush, found that a strong majority of respondents said Clinton outperformed Bush in six different areas questioned. Gallup polls in 2007 and 2011 showed that Clinton was regarded by 13 percent of Americans as the greatest president in U.S. history. In 2014, 18 percent of respondents in a Quinnipiac University Polling Institute poll of American voters regarded Clinton as the best president since World War II, making him the third most popular among postwar presidents, behind John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. The same poll showed that just 3 % of American voters regarded Clinton as the worst president since World War II. A 2015 poll by The Washington Post asked 162 scholars of the American Political Science Association to rank all the U.S. presidents in order of greatness. According to their findings, Clinton ranked eighth overall, with a rating of 70 percent. Public image Main article : Public image of Bill Clinton Clinton addressing the British parliament on November 29, 1995 As the first baby boomer president, Clinton was the first chief executive since Calvin Coolidge who was not alive during World War II. Authors Martin Walker and Bob Woodward stated that Clinton 's innovative use of sound bite - ready dialogue, personal charisma, and public perception - oriented campaigning were a major factor in his high public approval ratings. When Clinton played the saxophone on The Arsenio Hall Show, he was described by some religious conservatives as `` the MTV president ''. Opponents sometimes referred to him as `` Slick Willie '', a nickname which was first applied to him in 1980 by Pine Bluff Commercial journalist Paul Greenberg ; Greenberg believed that Clinton was abandoning the progressive policies of previous Arkansas Governors such as Winthrop Rockefeller, Dale Bumpers and David Pryor. The claim `` Slick Willie '' would last throughout his presidency. Standing at a height of 6 ft 2 in ( 1.88 m ), Clinton is tied with five others as the fourth - tallest president in the nation 's history. His folksy manner led him to be nicknamed Bubba, especially in the South. Since 2000, he has frequently been referred to as `` The Big Dog '' or `` Big Dog ''. His prominent role in campaigning for President Obama during the 2012 presidential election and his widely publicized speech at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, where he officially nominated Obama and criticized Republican nominee Mitt Romney and Republican policies in detail, earned him the nickname `` Explainer - in - Chief ''. Clinton drew strong support from the African American community and insisted that the improvement of race relations would be a major theme of his presidency. In 1998, Nobel laureate Toni Morrison called Clinton `` the first Black president '', saying, `` Clinton displays almost every trope of blackness : single - parent household, born poor, working - class, saxophone - playing, McDonald 's - and - junk - food - loving boy from Arkansas ''. Morrison noted that Clinton 's sex life was scrutinized more than his career accomplishments, and she compared this to the stereotyping and double standards that blacks typically endure. Many viewed this comparison as unfair and disparaging to both Clinton and the African - American community at large. Clinton, a Baptist, has been open about his faith. Shortly after Clinton took office, Richard Mellon Scaife, a conservative newspaper owner, organized a fundraising campaign to smear Clinton 's image in the media. Leading the Arkansas Project, Scaife and other associates sought to find sources in Clinton 's home state of Arkansas who would be willing to dish out negative allegations against the president. Clinton at a Democratic `` Get out the vote '' rally in Los Angeles, California, on November 2, 2000 Sexual misconduct allegations Main article : Bill Clinton sexual misconduct allegations In 1994, Paula Jones initiated a sexual harassment lawsuit against Clinton, claiming that he made unwanted advances towards her in 1991 ; Clinton denied the allegations. In April 1998, the case was initially dismissed by Judge Susan Webber Wright on the grounds that it lacked legal merit. Jones appealed Webber Wright 's ruling, and her suit gained traction following Clinton 's admission to having an affair with Monica Lewinsky in August 1998. In 1998, lawyers for Paula Jones released court documents that alleged a pattern of sexual harassment by Clinton when he was Governor of Arkansas. Robert S. Bennett, Clinton 's main lawyer for the case, called the filing `` a pack of lies '' and `` an organized campaign to smear the President of the United States '' funded by Clinton 's political enemies. Clinton later agreed to an out - of - court settlement and paid Jones $850,000. Bennett said that the president made the settlement only so he could end the lawsuit for good and move on with his life. During the deposition for the Jones lawsuit, which was held at the White House, Clinton denied having sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky -- a denial that became the basis for an impeachment charge of perjury. In 1992, Gennifer Flowers stated that she had a relationship with Clinton that began in 1980. Flowers at first denied that she had an affair with Clinton, but later changed her story. After Clinton at first denied having a relationship with Flowers on 60 Minutes, he later admitted that he had a sexual encounter with Flowers. Clinton speaking at the 2016 Democratic National Convention In 1998, Kathleen Willey alleged that Clinton groped her in a hallway in 1993. An independent counsel determined Willey gave `` false information '' to the FBI, inconsistent with sworn testimony related to the Jones allegation. On March 19, 1998, Julie Hiatt Steele, a friend of Willey, released an affidavit, accusing the former White House aide of asking her to lie to corroborate Ms. Willey 's account of being sexually groped by Clinton in the Oval Office. An attempt by Kenneth Starr to prosecute Steele for making false statements and obstructing justice ended in a mistrial and Starr declined to seek a retrial after Steele sought an investigation against the former Independent Counsel for prosecutorial misconduct. Linda Tripp 's grand jury testimony also differed from Willey 's claims regarding inappropriate sexual advances. Also in 1998, Juanita Broaddrick alleged that Clinton had raped her in the spring of 1978, although she stated she did not remember the exact date. In another 1998 event, Elizabeth Gracen recanted a six - year - old denial and stated she had a one - night stand with Clinton in 1982. Gracen later apologized to Hillary Clinton. Throughout the year, however, Gracen eluded a subpoena from Kenneth Starr to testify her claim in court. Post-presidency ( 2001 -- present ) Main article : Post-presidency of Bill Clinton Clinton greets a Hurricane Katrina evacuee, September 5, 2005. In the background, second from the right, is then - Senator Barack Obama. Bill Clinton continues to be active in public life, giving speeches, fundraising, and founding charitable organizations. Clinton has spoken in prime time at every Democratic National Convention since 1988. Robert Reich has suggested that Clinton is in a state of `` permanent election '', due to the impeachment proceedings during his presidency and his continuing support in the campaigns of his wife Hillary Clinton. Activities until 2008 campaign In 2002, Clinton warned that pre-emptive military action against Iraq would have unwelcome consequences, and later claimed to have opposed the Iraq War from the start ( though some dispute this ). In 2005, Clinton criticized the Bush administration for its handling of emissions control, while speaking at the United Nations Climate Change conference in Montreal. The William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park in Little Rock, Arkansas was dedicated in 2004. Clinton released a best - selling autobiography, My Life, in 2004. In 2007, he released Giving : How Each of Us Can Change the World, which also became a New York Times Best Seller and garnered positive reviews. Former president George H.W. Bush and Clinton in the White House Library, January 2005 In the aftermath of the 2004 Asian tsunami, U.N. Secretary - General Kofi Annan appointed Clinton to head a relief effort. After Hurricane Katrina, Clinton joined with fellow former president George H.W. Bush to establish the Bush - Clinton Tsunami Fund in January 2005, and the Bush - Clinton Katrina Fund in October of that year. As part of the tsunami effort, these two ex-presidents appeared in a Super Bowl XXXIX pre-game show, and traveled to the affected areas. They also spoke together at the funeral of Boris Yeltsin in April 2007. The dedication of the Clinton Presidential Center located in Little Rock, Arkansas, 2004 Based on his philanthropic worldview, Clinton created the William J. Clinton Foundation to address issues of global importance. This foundation includes the Clinton Foundation HIV and AIDS Initiative ( CHAI ), which strives to combat that disease, and has worked with the Australian government toward that end. The Clinton Global Initiative ( CGI ), begun by the Clinton Foundation in 2005, attempts to address world problems such as global public health, poverty alleviation and religious and ethnic conflict. In 2005, Clinton announced through his foundation an agreement with manufacturers to stop selling sugared drinks in schools. Clinton 's foundation joined with the Large Cities Climate Leadership Group in 2006 to improve cooperation among those cities, and he met with foreign leaders to promote this initiative. The foundation has received donations from a number of governments all over the world, including Asia and the Middle East. In 2008, Foundation director Inder Singh announced deals to reduce the price of anti-malaria drugs by 30 percent in developing nations. Clinton also spoke in favor of California Proposition 87 on alternative energy, which was voted down. 2008 presidential election Clinton speaking at the 2008 Democratic National Convention During the 2008 Democratic presidential primary campaign, Clinton vigorously advocated on behalf of his wife, Hillary Clinton. Through speaking engagements and fundraisers, he was able to raise $10 million toward her campaign. Some worried that as an ex-president, he was too active on the trail, too negative to Clinton rival Barack Obama, and alienating his supporters at home and abroad. Many were especially critical of him following his remarks in the South Carolina primary, which Obama won. Later in the 2008 primaries, there was some infighting between Bill and Hillary 's staffs, especially in Pennsylvania. Considering Bill 's remarks, many thought that he could not rally Hillary supporters behind Obama after Obama won the primary. Such remarks lead to apprehension that the party would be split to the detriment of Obama 's election. Fears were allayed August 27, 2008, when Clinton enthusiastically endorsed Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, saying that all his experience as president assures him that Obama is `` ready to lead ''. After Hillary Clinton 's presidential campaign was over, Bill Clinton continued to raise funds to help pay off her campaign debt. After the 2008 election Clinton with incumbent President Barack Obama and Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett in July 2010 In 2009, Clinton travelled to North Korea on behalf of two American journalists imprisoned there. Euna Lee and Laura Ling had been imprisoned for illegally entering the country from China. Jimmy Carter had made a similar visit in 1994. After Clinton met with North Korean leader Kim Jong - il, Kim issued a pardon. Since then, Clinton has been assigned a number of other diplomatic missions. He was named United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti in 2009. In response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, U.S. President Barack Obama announced that Clinton and George W. Bush would coordinate efforts to raise funds for Haiti 's recovery. Clinton continues to visit Haiti to witness the inauguration of refugee villages, and to raise funds for victims of the earthquake. In 2010, Clinton announced support of, and delivered the keynote address for, the inauguration of NTR, Ireland 's first environmental foundation. At the 2012 Democratic National Convention, Clinton gave a widely praised speech nominating Barack Obama. 2016 presidential election Clinton campaigning at an election rally for his wife who was running to become the President of the United States, 2016 During the 2016 Presidential Election, Clinton again encouraged voters to support Hillary Clinton, including a campaign stop in Wilmington, NC. In a series of tweets, then - President - Elect Donald Trump criticized his ability to get people out to vote. After the 2016 election On September 7, 2017, Clinton partnered with former presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama to work with One America Appeal to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma in the Gulf Coast and Texas communities. Post-presidential health concerns In September 2004, Clinton underwent quadruple bypass surgery. In March 2005, he again underwent surgery, this time for a partially collapsed lung. On February 11, 2010, he was rushed to NewYork -- Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan after complaining of chest pains, and he had two coronary stents implanted in his heart. After this procedure, Clinton adopted the plant - based whole foods ( vegan ) diet, which had been recommended by doctors Dean Ornish and Caldwell Esselstyn. Wealth Bill Clinton speaks at Central High School in Phoenix, Arizona, 2016. The Clintons accrued several million dollars in legal fees during his presidency ; the bills were paid off four years after he left office. Bill and Hillary Clinton have both received millions of dollars in book authorship fees. In 2016, Forbes reported Bill and Hillary Clinton made about $240 million in the 15 years from January 2001 to December 2015 ( mostly from paid speeches, business consulting and book - writing ). Also in 2016, CNN reported the Clintons combined to receive more than $153 million in paid speeches from 2001 until spring 2015. In May 2015, The Hill reported that Bill and Hillary Clinton have made more than $25 million in speaking fees since the start of 2014, and that Hillary Clinton also made $5 million or more from her book, Hard Choices, during the same time period. In July 2014, The Wall Street Journal reported that at the end of 2012, the Clintons were worth between $5 million and $25.5 million, and that in 2012 ( the last year they were required to disclose the information ) the Clintons made between $16 and $17 million, mostly from speaking fees earned by the former president. Clinton earned more than $104 million from paid speeches between 2001 and 2012. In June 2014, ABC News and The Washington Post reported that Bill Clinton has made more than $100 million giving paid speeches since leaving public office, and in 2008, the New York Times reported that the Clintons ' income tax returns show they have made $109 million in the 8 years from January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2007, including almost $92 million from his speaking and book - writing. Bill Clinton has given dozens of paid speeches each year since leaving office in 2001, mostly to corporations and philanthropic groups in North America and Europe ; he often earned $100,000 to $300,000 per speech. Hillary Clinton said that she and Bill came out of the White House financially `` broke '' and in debt, especially due to large legal fees incurred during their years in the White House. `` We had no money when we got there, and we struggled to, you know, piece together the resources for mortgages, for houses, for Chelsea 's education. '' She added, `` Bill has worked really hard... we had to pay off all our debts... he had to make double the money because of, obviously, taxes ; and then pay off the debts, and get us houses, and take care of family members. '' Honors and recognition Main article : List of honors and awards received by Bill Clinton Secretary of Defense Cohen presents President Clinton the DoD Medal for Distinguished Public Service. Bill Clinton statue in Pristina, the capital of Kosovo Various colleges and universities have awarded Clinton honorary degrees, including Doctorate of Law degrees and Doctor of Humane Letters degrees. He is an Honorary Fellow of University College, Oxford, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar, although he did not complete his studies there. Schools have been named for Clinton, and statues have been built to pay him homage. U.S. states where he has been honored include Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, and New York. He was presented with the Medal for Distinguished Public Service by Secretary of Defense William Cohen in 2001. The Clinton Presidential Center was opened in Little Rock, Arkansas in his honor on December 5, 2001. He has been honored in various other ways, in countries that include the Czech Republic, Papua New Guinea, Germany, and Kosovo. The Republic of Kosovo, in gratitude for his help during the Kosovo War, renamed a major street in the capital city of Pristina as Bill Clinton Boulevard and added a monumental Clinton statue. Clinton was selected as Time 's `` Man of the Year '' in 1992, and again in 1998, along with Ken Starr. From a poll conducted of the American people in December 1999, Clinton was among eighteen included in Gallup 's List of Widely Admired People of the 20th century. He was honored with a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children, a J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding, a TED Prize ( named for the confluence of technology, entertainment and design ), and was named as an Honorary GLAAD Media Award recipient for his work as an advocate for the LGBT community. In 2011, President Michel Martelly of Haiti awarded Clinton with the National Order of Honour and Merit to the rank of Grand Cross `` for his various initiatives in Haiti and especially his high contribution to the reconstruction of the country after the earthquake of January 12, 2010 ''. Clinton declared at the ceremony that `` in the United States of America, I really do n't believe former American presidents need awards anymore, but I am very honored by this one, I love Haiti, and I believe in its promise ''. U.S. President Barack Obama awarded Clinton the Presidential Medal of Freedom on November 20, 2013. Electoral history Year Office District Democratic Republican Other Arkansas 3rd congressional district Arkansas Bill Clinton 48.17 % John Paul Hammerschmidt 51.83 % 1976 Arkansas Attorney General Arkansas Bill Clinton Unopposed 1978 Governor of Arkansas Arkansas Bill Clinton 63 % Lynn Lowe 37 % 1980 Governor of Arkansas Arkansas Bill Clinton 48 % Frank White 52 % 1982 Governor of Arkansas Arkansas Bill Clinton 55 % Frank White 45 % 1984 Governor of Arkansas Arkansas Bill Clinton 63 % Woody Freeman 37 % 1986 Governor of Arkansas Arkansas Bill Clinton 64 % Frank White 36 % 1990 Governor of Arkansas Arkansas Bill Clinton 57 % Sheffield Nelson 42 % 1992 President of the United States United States of America Bill Clinton 43 % George H.W. Bush 37 % Ross Perot ( I ) 19 % President of the United States United States of America Bill Clinton 49 % Bob Dole 41 % Ross Perot ( Reform ) 8 % Authored Books Between Hope and History. New York : Times Books. 1996. ISBN 978 - 0 - 8129 - 2913 - 3. 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Retrieved August 31, 2011. Jump up ^ `` 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards -- Los Angeles ''. GLAAD. Retrieved April 7, 2013. Jump up ^ Press, ed. ( July 22, 2011 ). `` Haiti -- Social : Bill Clinton receives the National Order of Honor and Merit to the rank Grand Cross gold plated ''. Haiti Libre. Retrieved March 14, 2016. Jump up ^ Jackson, David ( November 20, 2013 ). `` Obama awards Medal of Freedom to Clinton, Oprah, others ''. USA Today. Retrieved November 20, 2013. Further reading Main article : Bibliography of Bill Clinton Primary sources Clinton, Bill. ( with Al Gore ). Science in the National Interest. Washington, D.C. : The White House, August 1994. -- - ( with Al Gore ). The Climate Change Action Plan. Washington, D.C. : The White House, October 1993. Taylor Branch The Clinton Tapes : Wrestling History with the President. ( 2009 ) Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978 - 1 - 4165 - 4333 - 6 Official Congressional Record Impeachment Set :... Containing the Procedures for Implementing the Articles of Impeachment and the Proceedings of the Impeachment Trial of President William Jefferson Clinton. Washington, D.C. : U.S.G.P.O., 1999. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, William J. Clinton. Washington, D.C. : Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S.G.P.O., 1994 -- 2002. S. Daniel Abraham Peace Is Possible, foreword by Bill Clinton Popular books Peter Baker The Breach : Inside the Impeachment and Trial of William Jefferson Clinton ( 2000 ) ISBN 0 - 684 - 86813 - X James Bovard Feeling Your Pain : The Explosion and Abuse of Government Power in the Clinton - Gore Years ( 2000 ) ISBN 0 - 312 - 23082 - 6 Joe Conason and Gene Lyons The Hunting of the President : The Ten - Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton ( 2003 ) ISBN 0 - 312 - 27319 - 3 Elizabeth Drew On the Edge : The Clinton Presidency ( 1994 ) ISBN 0 - 671 - 87147 - 1 David Gergen Eyewitness to Power : The Essence of Leadership. ( 2000 ) ISBN 0 - 684 - 82663 - 1 Nigel Hamilton Bill Clinton : An American Journey ( 2003 ) ISBN 0 - 375 - 50610 - 1 Christopher Hitchens No One Left to Lie to : The Triangulations of William Jefferson Clinton ( 1999 ) ISBN 1 - 85984 - 736 - 6 Michael Isikoff Uncovering Clinton : A Reporter 's Story ( 1999 ) ISBN 0 - 609 - 60393 - 0 Mark Katz Clinton and Me : A Real - Life Political Comedy ( 2004 ) ISBN 978 - 0 - 7868 - 6949 - 7 David Maraniss The Clinton Enigma : A Four and a Half Minute Speech Reveals This President 's Entire Life ( 1998 ) ISBN 0 - 684 - 86296 - 4 Dick Morris with Eileen McGann Because He Could ( 2004 ) ISBN 0 - 06 - 078415 - 6 Richard A. Posner An Affair of State : The Investigation, Impeachment, and Trial of President Clinton ( 1999 ) ISBN 0 - 674 - 00080 - 3 Mark J. Rozell The Clinton Scandal and the Future of American Government ( 2000 ) ISBN 0 - 87840 - 777 - 4 Timperlake, Edward, and William C. Triplett II Year of the Rat : How Bill Clinton Compromised U.S. Security for Chinese Cash. Washington, D.C. : Regnery Publishing, 1998. ISBN 0 - 89526 - 333 - 5 Michael Waldman POTUS Speaks : Finding the Words That Defined the Clinton Presidency ( 2000 ) ISBN 0 - 7432 - 0020 - 9 Ivory Tower Publishing Company. Achievements of the Clinton Administration : the Complete Legislative and Executive. ( 1995 ) ISBN 0 - 88032 - 748 - 0 Scholarly studies Campbell, Colin, and Bert A. Rockman, eds. The Clinton Legacy ( Chatham House Pub, 2000 ) Cohen ; Jeffrey E. `` The Polls : Change and Stability in Public Assessments of Personal Traits, Bill Clinton, 1993 -- 99 '' Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 31, 2001 Cronin, Thomas E. and Michael A. Genovese ; `` President Clinton and Character Questions '' Presidential Studies Quarterly Vol. 28, 1998 Davis ; John. `` The Evolution of American Grand Strategy and the War on Terrorism : Clinton and Bush Perspectives '' White House Studies, Vol. 3, 2003 Dumbrell, John. `` Was there a Clinton doctrine ? President Clinton 's foreign policy reconsidered ''. Diplomacy and Statecraft 13.2 ( 2002 ) : 43 -- 56. Edwards ; George C. `` Bill Clinton and His Crisis of Governance '' Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 28, 1998 Fisher ; Patrick. `` Clinton 's Greatest Legislative Achievement ? the Success of the 1993 Budget Reconciliation Bill '' White House Studies, Vol. 1, 2001 Glad ; Betty. `` Evaluating Presidential Character '' Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 28, 1998 Harris, John F. The Survivor : Bill Clinton in the White House ( 2006 ). Head, Simon. The Clinton System ( January 30, 2016 ), The New York Review of Books Hyland, William G... Clinton 's World : Remaking American Foreign Policy ( 1999 ) ISBN 0 - 275 - 96396 - 9 Jewett, Aubrey W. and Marc D. Turetzky ; `` Stability and Change in President Clinton 's Foreign Policy Beliefs, 1993 -- 96 '' Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 28, 1998 Kim, Claire Jean ( 2002 ), `` Managing the Racial Breach : Clinton, Black - White Polarization, and the Race Initiative '', Political Science Quarterly, 117 : 55 -- 79, doi : 10.2307 / 798094, JSTOR 798094 Laham, Nicholas, A Lost Cause : Bill Clinton 's Campaign for National Health Insurance ( 1996 ) Lanoue, David J. and Craig F. Emmert ; `` Voting in the Glare of the Spotlight : Representatives ' Votes on the Impeachment of President Clinton '' Polity, Vol. 32, 1999 Levy, Peter B. Encyclopedia of the Clinton presidency ( Greenwood, 2002 ) Maurer ; Paul J. `` Media Feeding Frenzies : Press Behavior during Two Clinton Scandals '' Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 29, 1999 Nie ; Martin A. `` ' It 's the Environment, Stupid ! ' : Clinton and the Environment '' Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 27, 1997 in JSTOR O'Connor ; Brendon. `` Policies, Principles, and Polls : Bill Clinton 's Third Way Welfare Politics 1992 -- 1996 '' The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 48, 2002 Poveda ; Tony G. `` Clinton, Crime, and the Justice Department '' Social Justice, Vol. 21, 1994 Renshon ; Stanley A. The Clinton Presidency : Campaigning, Governing, and the Psychology of Leadership Westview Press, 1995 Romano, Flavio. Clinton and Blair : the political economy of the third way ( Routledge, 2007 ) Renshon ; Stanley A. `` The Polls : The Public 's Response to the Clinton Scandals, Part 1 : Inconsistent Theories, Contradictory Evidence '' Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 32, 2002 Rushefsky, Mark E. and Kant Patel. Politics, Power & Policy Making : The Case of Health Care Reform in the 1990s ( 1998 ) ISBN 1 - 56324 - 956 - 1 Schantz, Harvey L. Politics in an Era of Divided Government : Elections and Governance in the Second Clinton Administration ( 2001 ) ISBN 0 - 8153 - 3583 - 0 Troy, Gill. The Age of Clinton : America in the 1990s ( 2015 ) Warshaw, Shirley Anne. The Clinton Years ( Infobase Publishing, 2009 ) Wattenberg ; Martin P. `` The Democrats ' Decline in the House during the Clinton Presidency : An Analysis of Partisan Swings '' Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 29, 1999 Wattier ; Mark J. `` The Clinton Factor : The Effects of Clinton 's Personal Image in 2000 Presidential Primaries and in the General Election '' White House Studies, Vol. 4, 2004 External links Find more aboutBill Clintonat Wikipedia 's sister projects Definitions from Wiktionary Media from Wikimedia Commons News from Wikinews Quotations from Wikiquote Texts from Wikisource Official Presidential Library & Museum White House biography Organizations Clinton Foundation Interviews, speeches, and statements Appearances on C - SPAN Bill Clinton at TED Full audio of a number of Clinton speeches Miller Center of Public Affairs Oral History Interview with Bill Clinton from Oral Histories of the American South, June 1974 `` The Wanderer '', a profile from The New Yorker, September 2006 Media coverage `` Bill Clinton collected news and commentary ''. 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Question: who was the president of america in 1995
Answer: William Jefferson Clinton