Bill Clinton Official Organizations Interviews, speeches, and statements Media coverage Other Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III; 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, and the Attorney General of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979. 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
William J. Jefferson Governor of Louisiana, 1999 Threshold > 50% First Ballot, October 23, 1999 U. S. Representative, 2nd Congressional District, 2000 Threshold > 50% First Ballot, November 7, 2000 U. S. Representative, 2nd Congressional District, 2002 Threshold > 50% First Ballot, November 5, 2002 U. S. Representative, 2nd Congressional District, 2004 Threshold > 50% First Ballot, November 2, 2004 U. S. Representative, 2nd Congressional District, 2006 Threshold > 50% First Ballot, November 7, 2006 Second Ballot, December 9, 2006 U. S. Representative, 2nd Congressional District, 2008 William J. Jefferson William Jennings "Bill" Jefferson (born March 14, 1947) is a former Louisiana politician.