| − | '''William Jefferson''' "Bill" '''Clinton''' (born August 19, 1946 in Hope, [[Arkansas]]) served two terms as the 42nd [[President of the United States of America]] from 1993-2001, following [[George H. W. Bush]] and preceding [[George W. Bush]]. He was only the second president ever to have been impeached, and the only president to be elected twice with pluralities of less than 50% of the popular vote. He governed in a more [[conservative]] manner after the Democrats in [[Congress]] lost in a landslide in the 1994 midterm elections, signing into law the [[Defense of Marriage Act]] and the [[Welfare Reform Act]]. | + | '''William Jefferson''' "Bill" '''Clinton''' (born August 19, 1946 in Hope, [[Arkansas]]) served two terms as the 42nd [[President of the United States of America]] from 1993-2001, following [[George H. W. Bush]] and preceding [[George W. Bush]]. He was only the second president ever to have been impeached, and the only president to be elected twice with pluralities of less than 50% of the popular vote. He governed in a more [[conservative]] manner after the Democrats in [[Congress]] lost in a landslide in the 1994 midterm elections, signing into law the [[Defense of Marriage Act]] and the [[Welfare Reform Act]]. Bill Clinton is considered one of the best "Republican" Presidentis in recent memory, as he cut the federal budget in half, created 10 million new jobs, and reduced the size of the federal government by 250,000 employees. |