William Jefferson Clinton started life deprived of a father who died before his birth and a mother away at nursing school. Raised by his grandmother, he could read and count by the age of three. He excelled all through school, winning honor after honor. Later he went to Georgetown, to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and to Yale Law School. In 1971, Mr. Clinton, then 26, married Hillary Rodham Clinton. He was defeated at the next election, but subsequently reelected four times. As a young man, he overachieved at overachieving. Clinton's successes as governor include increased funding for schools and higher standards of education.
William Jefferson Clinton started life deprived of a father who died before his birth and a mother away at nursing school. Raised by his grandmother, he could read and count by the age of three. He excelled all through school, winning honor after honor. Later he went to Georgetown, to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and to Yale Law School. In 1971, Mr. Clinton, then 26, married Hillary Rodham Clinton. He was defeated at the next election, but subsequently reelected four times. Clinton's successes as governor include increased funding for schools and higher standards of education.