Photograph, Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton

 
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Photograph, Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton
Photograph, Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton
Photograph, Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton
Photograph, Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton

Photograph, Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton

Object number2015.011.28
DateFebruary 27, 1982
Associated LocationLittle Rock, Arkansas
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions10 1/2 × 8 1/4 in. (26.7 × 21 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA black and white photograph of Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton. This photograph was taken on February 27, 1982, as Clinton announced his intention to run in the Democratic primary for governor. During this campaign, Hillary chose to stop the use of her maiden name, Hillary Rodham, and went by Mrs. Bill Clinton. Clinton is speaking to a crowd in a striped suit, as Hillary is clapping behind him. It is a United Press International photograph.

    William “Bill” Jefferson Clinton, born William Jefferson Blythe IV, was born in Hope, Arkansas on August 19, 1946. Clinton was the fortieth and forty-second governor of Arkansas, as well as the forty-second president of the United States. He married his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, in 1975 and their daughter, Chelsea, was born in 1980.

    Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton was born on October 26, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. Aside from being a former first lady of Arkansas and a former first lady of the United States, Hillary held many other political offices. When she was elected as a United State senator from New York, Hillary became the first woman elected to the Senate. She served as Secretary of State during President Barack Obama’s administration. Hillary was the only United States first lady to keep an office in the West Wing, as well as the only first lady to run for president. She married her husband, Bill Clinton, in 1974, and their daughter, Chelsea, was born in 1980.
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