Photograph, Governor Bill Clinton - Democratic Leadership Council

 
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Photograph, Governor Bill Clinton - Democratic Leadership Council
Photograph, Governor Bill Clinton - Democratic Leadership Council
Photograph, Governor Bill Clinton - Democratic Leadership Council
Photograph, Governor Bill Clinton - Democratic Leadership Council

Photograph, Governor Bill Clinton - Democratic Leadership Council

Object number2016.008.02
DateMay 6, 1991
Associated LocationCleveland, Ohio
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA black and White press photograph of Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas as chairman of Demoractic Leadership Council. This photograph was taken on May 6, 1991 as Clinton was making his way through the crowd at the welcoming reception for the Democratic Leadership Council at The Powerhouse in Cleveland, Ohio. Governor Clinton was the keynote speaker for the Democratic Leadership Council convention.

    Governor Clinton spoke before the convention of the Democratic Leadership Council to lay down the philosophy and goals of the Council in the convention’s keynote address. The Democratic Leadership Council, a conservative Democratic group, attracted around 800 delegates to their first convention in Cleveland, including members of Congress, representatives from state and local governments, and lobbyists for special interests.

    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.

     
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