The Clinton Presidency

A Persuasive Paper

William Jefferson Clinton, the forty-second president served as the President of the United States for eight years, from 1993-2001. Albert Gore, Jr. was the vice president under the Clinton presidency; both men belonged to the Democratic Party. Born William Jefferson Blythe in Hope, Arkansas, in 1946, Clinton was a young politician in high school and Georgetown University, where he attended in 1968; as well as Oxford University (1968-1970) and then Yale Law School, where he graduated in 1973.

Clinton's political career began after becoming state attorney general (1974) after losing the race for United States House of Representatives. As the youngest governor in the nation, Clinton was elected in 1978 for governor of Arkansas. Clinton won against President Bush and Ross Perot in the 1992 presidential election. Clinton's focus as newly elected president was economic and middle class supported issues. After indiscretions in his personal life and constant criticism from Republican opponents, President Clinton was brought to trial in 1999; charged with perjury and obstructing justice. The Senate was split, some felt the Presidents actions were not a crime of the state, where others felt subversion of the law and perjury should be held as a "high crime". Clinton, "the second President to be impeached in U.S history" was acquitted and finished his second term (University of VA., 2003).