Hillary Clinton
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Clinton in 2016
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In office
January 21, 2009 ? February 1, 2013
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President
| Barack Obama
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Deputy
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Preceded by
| Condoleezza Rice
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Succeeded by
| John Kerry
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In office
January 3, 2001 ? January 21, 2009
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Preceded by
| Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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Succeeded by
| Kirsten Gillibrand
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In role
January 20, 1993 ? January 20, 2001
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President
| Bill Clinton
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Preceded by
| Barbara Bush
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Succeeded by
| Laura Bush
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In role
January 11, 1983 ? December 12, 1992
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Governor
| Bill Clinton
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Preceded by
| Gay Daniels White
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Succeeded by
| Betty Tucker
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In role
January 9, 1979 ? January 19, 1981
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Governor
| Bill Clinton
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Preceded by
| Barbara Pryor
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Succeeded by
| Gay Daniels White
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Assumed office
January 2, 2020
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President
| Ian Greer
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Preceded by
| Thomas J. Moran
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Born
| Hillary Diane Rodham
(
1947-10-26
)
October 26, 1947
(age 76)
Chicago, Illinois
, U.S.
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Political party
| Democratic
(since 1968)
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Other political
affiliations
| Republican
(before 1968)
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Spouse(s)
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Children
| Chelsea Clinton
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Parents
| - Hugh Rodham
- Dorothy Howell Rodham
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Relatives
| Clinton family
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Residence
| Chappaqua, New York
, U.S.
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Education
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Profession
| - politician
- diplomat
- author
- lawyer
- professor
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Awards
| List of honors and awards
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Signature
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Website
| hillaryclinton.com
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Hillary Clinton conceding the
2016 U.S. presidential election
to Donald Trump
Recorded November 9, 2016
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Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton
(born October 26, 1947) is a retired American politician and diplomat. She was the 67th
United States secretary of state
from 2009 to 2013 under
Barack Obama
. She was a
United States senator
from 2001 to 2009 from
New York
. Clinton was also the
first lady of the United States
from 1993 to 2001 as the wife of
President
Bill Clinton
.
She was
elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000
. She became the first female senator from
New York
and the first presidential wife to hold a political office, during and after her husband's term as president.
Clinton
ran for president in 2008
, but lost to
Barack Obama
in the
Democratic primaries
. She resigned from the Senate in January 2009 to become the U.S. secretary of state.
She was harshly criticized for her failure to prevent or respond to the
2012 Benghazi attack
. She later resigned from the
Obama administration
in February 2013.
Clinton made a
second presidential run in 2016
. She became the first woman to be nominated by a
major political party
for president.
Clinton won the Democratic nomination, but lost
the election
to Republican opponent
Donald Trump
in the
Electoral College
, despite winning the popular vote.
Following her loss, she has wrote multiple books and has been serving as the
chancellor of the Queen's University Belfast
since January 2020.
Hillary Diane Rodham was born at Edgewater Medical Center in
Chicago
. She was raised in
Park Ridge
, a suburb located 15 miles (24 km) northwest of downtown Chicago. Her parents were Hugh E. Rodham and Dorothy Emma Howell Rodham. She is of Welsh, English, French and French Canadian ancestry.
[1]
[2]
Hillary grew up with two younger brothers,
Hugh
and
Tony
.
She studied at Maine East High School and Maine South High School. She finished high school in 1965, and enrolled at
Wellesley College
in
Massachusetts
.
In 1969, Rodham entered Yale Law School. She received a
Juris Doctor
(J.D.) degree from Yale in 1973. Then, she began a year of post-graduate study on children and medicine at the
Yale Child Study Center
.
First Lady of the United States (1993-2001)
[
change
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change source
]
When she was First Lady, she tried to change the
health care
system. Some people didn't like it when the planning meetings were kept secret away from the public. In the end, too many people did not want the changes that she wanted.
Another major event during the time she was First Lady was when the public found out in 1998 that Bill Clinton had a sexual relationship with
Monica Lewinsky
in the mid-1990s. There was stress in the marriage partly because Bill had to go to trial (impeachment) because he was accused of lying to the court (during a deposition).
When she decided that she wanted to be senator, she chose New York even though she never lived there. Some accused her of "
carpetbagging
" because of this. She went on to win the election and won a second term in 2006.
When the
war between the United States-led coalition and Iraq
was about to start, she voted in favor of the war, which, as of 2015, she had said she regrets doing.
Hillary Clinton had raised more money than anybody else in the 2008 Presidential campaign, but later had big money problems for her campaign by May 7, 2008. She lost the party nomination to
Barack Obama
, but she campaigned for Obama after this.
United States Secretary of State (2009-2013)
[
change
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change source
]
In mid-November 2008, Obama and Clinton talked about whether she could be the next
U.S. Secretary of State
in his presidency.
[3]
On November 21, there were reports that said Hillary Clinton had accepted his offer.
[4]
During her term as Secretary of State, Clinton used her position to make
women's rights
and
human rights
a focus of U.S. initiatives. She became one of the most traveled secretaries of state in American history. She promoted the use of
social media
to convey the country's positions. She also led U.S. diplomatic efforts in responding to the
Arab Spring
and military intervention in
Libya
.
Clinton did not want to serve a second term as secretary. Once
Barack Obama
won his
re-election
, he announced that
John Kerry
would succeed Clinton as secretary. Clinton left office on February 1, 2013.
In 2016, Clinton became the first woman in the
History of the United States
to be a major party presidential candidate.
[5]
Clinton did not want to run for president in 2016, but after much of a majority support from the Democratic party, on April 12, 2015, speculation ended as Clinton formally announced her candidacy via email and the release of a video saying, "Everyday Americans need a champion. And I want to be that champion." In the polls, Clinton maintained her lead for the nomination although she faced several challenges from Senator
Bernie Sanders
. A
NBC
/
Wall Street Journal
poll conducted in May found Clinton and presumptive Republican nominee
Donald Trump
in a tie.
[6]
Clinton and Trump were the least popular likely candidates in the poll's history.
[7]
This made it difficult for her campaign.
[7]
Clinton became the presumptive nominee on June 6, 2016.
Clinton lost the
general election
to
Donald Trump
winning 227 of the
electoral college
to Trump's 304. Clinton won the popular vote however 48% to Trump's 46%.
In April 2017, Clinton said that she will not seek public office again.
[8]
While working as a faculty member at the Law School of the
University of Arkansas
, she married Bill Clinton on October 11, 1975. He was also working as a faculty member at the same university. Both knew each other and were classmates at the
Yale Law School
. Their only child is daughter
Chelsea Clinton
, born on February 27, 1980.
- ↑
Roberts, Gary Boyd.
"Notes on the Ancestry of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton"
. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Archived from
the original
on 3 December 2010
. Retrieved
January 11,
2014
.
- ↑
Bernstein 2007
, pp. 17?18
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help
)
- ↑
Holland, Steve (2008-11-15).
"Obama, Clinton discussed secretary of state job"
.
Reuters
. Retrieved
2008-11-18
.
- ↑
"Obama Set On Key Cabinet Nominees"
.
NPR
. 2008-11-21.
Archived
from the original on 2008-11-22
. Retrieved
2008-11-21
.
- ↑
"Hillary Clinton Biography"
.
Bio
. A&E Television Networks, LLC.
Archived
from the original on 7 November 2016
. Retrieved
10 November
2016
.
- ↑
Murray, Mark (May 23, 2016).
"Meet the Press"
. NBC.
Archived
from the original on 7 August 2022
. Retrieved
23 May
2016
.
- ↑
7.0
7.1
Dann, Carrie; Todd, Chuck; Murray, Mark (23 May 2016).
"First Read: Clinton's Challenge Is Winning Over Sanders Voters"
. NBC.
Archived
from the original on 23 May 2016
. Retrieved
23 May
2016
.
- ↑
Demick, Barbara (2017-04-06).
"Hillary Clinton says she won't run for public office again"
.
Los Angeles Times
.
ISSN
0458-3035
.
Archived
from the original on 2017-04-07
. Retrieved
2017-04-07
.
"Hillary Rodham Clinton"
.
The White House
. Retrieved
December 2,
2023
.
"Hillary Rodham Clinton"
.
White House Historical Association
. Retrieved
December 2,
2023
.
"Hillary Rodham Clinton"
.
William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Musuem
. Retrieved
December 2,
2023
.
"Hillary Rodham Clinton"
.
Wellesley College
. Archived from
the original
on December 3, 2023
. Retrieved
December 2,
2023
.
"Hillary Rodham Clinton"
.
Clinton House Musuem
. Retrieved
December 2,
2023
.
"Hillary Rodham Clinton"
.
National Women's History Musuem
. Retrieved
December 2,
2023
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* Acting
** took office in 2009, raised to cabinet-rank in 2012
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