Presidency of Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton's tenure as the 42nd president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1993, and ended on January 20, 2001. Clinton, a Democrat from Arkansas, took office following his victory over Republican incumbent president George H. W. Bush and independent businessman Ross Perot in the 1992 presidential election. Four years later, in the 1996 presidential election, he defeated Republican nominee Bob Dole and Perot again, to win re-election. Clinton was limited to two terms and was succeeded by Republican George W. Bush, who won the 2000 presidential election.
Presidency of Bill Clinton
Outgoing President George H. W. Bush and President-elect Bill Clinton on November 18, 1992
President Bill Clinton and his cabinet in 1993.
Clinton shaking hands with Gerry Adams outside a business in East Belfast, November 30, 1995
William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as Governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 to 1992. Clinton, whose policies reflected a centrist "Third Way" political philosophy, became known as a New Democrat.
Official portrait, 1993
Clinton's birthplace home in Hope, Arkansas
Clinton in Hot Springs High School's 1963 yearbook
Clinton ran for president of the Student Council while attending the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.