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Hillary Rodham Clinton
Date of Birth: October 26, 1947
Married: October 11, 1975 -
Bill Clinton
Children: 1

  • As a practicing attorney she worked for a committee investigating the Watergate scandal, and the possible impeachment of President Nixon
  • As First Lady she watched helplessly as her husband became the second impeached president
  • During the campaign and her eight years in the White House, she was kept busy dodging innuendos of sexually misconduct by her husband
  • She once claimed a right-wing conspiracy was out to destroy her husband's administration
  • Hillary had troubles of her own as she became the first First Lady subpoenaed by Congress when she was called to testify of alleged wrongdoing in a land deal known as "Whitewater"
  • The first lawyer to be First Lady, Mrs. Clinton became a working member of her husband's Cabinet, spearheading a failed national health care plan
  • As First Lady she granted an exclusive interview to NBC-TV, but warned the network not to ask questions concerning the sexual prowless of her husband; NBC cancelled the interview
  • Mrs. Clinton made history as the first former First Lady to hold elected office when she won the senatorial race in New York in the 2000 election