Bill Clinton: Little Known Facts About a Possible First US Gentleman

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If he wins the election, Hillary Clinton will be the first female president in US history. Her husband, respectively, will be the first spouse of the current president in the history of America. There was a lot of talk about how in that case he would be called. There are quite a few women governors in the states, and their husbands bear the title of First Gentleman — the first gentleman.

In the case of Bill Clinton, everything could be easier. In the United States, there is a tradition that people in high elected positions retain this title as a respectful treatment after leaving office. Bill Clinton is thus still called at official events and in the press Mr. President. He will keep this appeal if his wife becomes president herself, so the Clinton couple has every chance of becoming Mr. and mrs. President.

It seems that it is difficult to find obscure facts about a person who has held the main position in the country for 8 for years, however ForumDaily gathered information about 42 US President, which is not known to everyone.

Worked on three jobs

The future President of the United States was born on August 19, 1946 in Hole, Arkansas. After graduating from school, he studied alternately at Georgetown University in Washington, University College (Oxford), and Yale University. Despite the fact that Bill’s family belonged to the middle class by American standards, his parents did not have money to study at a prestigious university, and by that time his stepfather was already seriously suffering from alcoholism, and Bill managed on his own - he received an increased scholarship, worked 3 jobs at the same time .

At Yale University, which he graduated from in 1973, he met Hillary Rodham, whom 11 of October, 1975, married.

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After graduation, Bill briefly taught at the Law Institute of Arkansas University in Fayetteville.

Record holder

In 1974, Bill, aged 28, ran for congressmen from his home state of Arkansas, but lost. In 1976, he was elected Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Arkansas, and in 1978 he won the gubernatorial elections and became the youngest state governor in the history of the country (in 32). Inauguration for the presidency of the United States, which he held from 1993 to 2001, Bill passed at the age of 46 years, entering the top three of the youngest presidents in US history.

With the growth of 188 cm, he was also one of the highest American presidents, writes BiographyYourdictionary.com.

Lewinsky was acquitted in the “scandal”

Monica Lewinsky.
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Another kind of record is that Bill Clinton became the second US president to go through the impeachment process.

After Monica Lewinsky said she had a sexual relationship with Clinton, the 42nd president denied it under oath in court, but then when Lewinsky presented evidence, he admitted that he had an “inappropriate relationship” with her, explaining that initially I wasn’t lying, I was simply using a different definition of “sexual relations.”

As a result, Clinton was charged with contempt of court. His license to practice law was suspended in Arkansas for five years, and then by the US Supreme Court. He was also fined 90 thousands of dollars for false testimony, writes The New York Times.

In December 1998, some Democratic members of the Congress (the party to which Clinton belonged) and most Republicans believed that giving Clinton false testimony, which presumably affected Lewinsky’s testimony, was an attempt to obstruct justice. impeachment. The House of Representatives voted to start the impeachment process against Clinton, followed by an 21 day trial in the Senate.

All Democrats in the Senate acquitted Clinton on both counts: both in perjury and obstruction of justice. Ten Republicans voted to acquit false testimony, five Republicans voted to acquittal on charges of obstructing justice.

Thus, President Clinton was acquitted of all charges and remained in office, writes CNN.

Last name Clinton took at the age of 15

William Jefferson Blythe III was the name given to the future US President at birth. His father, William Jefferson Blythe Jr., died in a car accident 3 months before his son was born. A few years later, the mother married Roger Clinton for the second time. Although Billy (as the 42nd President of the United States was called as a child) adopted his stepfather's last name and responded to it from the age of 5, he officially changed his last name as a sign of gratitude to his stepfather only at the age of 15.

According to Clinton, his stepfather remembered him as a gambler and alcoholic who regularly beat his mother and half-brother Roger until Bill intervened in a fight with the threat of retaliatory use of force, said US President 42 talking to the Winfrey Prop.

Pardoned the criminal brother, but refused to pardon the matchmaker

Bill Clinton has a half-brother, Roger Jr., whom he pardoned after being convicted, being president, writes BiographyYourdictionary.com. Roger was serving a sentence for storing cocaine back in the 80s. But 20 January 2001, Bill pardoned him, thus removing his conviction, writes Lifedaily.com.

At the same time, 42, the US president, pardoned the convicts rather selectively.

His father-in-law's father, Edward Mezvinsky, a Democratic congressman from Iowa and in the House of Representatives, was convicted of fraud in 2001 and served a prison sentence. According to Politico, he asked Bill Clinton for a presidential pardon, which was never granted. It is unclear whether Clinton read letters from Mezvinsky at all.

However, on the last day of his presidency, Bill showed unprecedented generosity by pardoning the 140 prisoners.

Conquered the Democrats of his "boring"

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Party congresses, at which well-known and not-so-well-spoken politicians spoke, often became a ticket to a successful political future for many who delivered brilliant speeches.

But sometimes there were cases when a novice turned into a rising star despite the fact that his speech was a failure. In 1988, Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton delivered a speech at the Atlanta Democratic Party convention. It lasted so long that the audience loudly welcomed the words "In conclusion ...".

Overnight, Clinton became widely known as a very boring politician. However, after 2 of the year, Clinton was nominated for the presidency, won the election, and now can be proud of being one of the most popular US presidential speakers, writes Share America.

As a youth, Kennedy shook hands

Bill was a very diligent, successful and active student and student. In high school, he was awarded a trip to Washington, DC, where he met and was able to shake hands with President John F. Kennedy. This was in 1960's. Finding this photo later, the journalists joked that Kennedy handed Clinton the energy of the presidency, as well as the tendency to infidelity to his wife, whom both politicians had sinned, writes Goliath.

Scandalous confessions

President Clinton is remembered by many for his bright charisma and openness, as well as a number of scandalous confessions.

For example, he admitted that he tried marijuana in college, but assured the American public that he didn’t smoke. He also said that he prefers short boxer shorts to other types of men's underwear, although the purpose of disclosing this information to them is still incomprehensible. From other confessions: according to Bill, he had at least one novel behind Hillary, writes Lifedaily.com.

Clinton was one of the "blind mice"

When Bill was in high school, he played the saxophone in a jazz trio called “Three Blind Mice” (Three Blind Mice). He didn’t lose his love of playing the saxophone even as president, writes BiographyYourdictionary.com.

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