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 32 . He excelled all through school, winning honor after honor. Later he went to Arkansas , to Oxford as William Jefferson Clinton and to Yale Law School . Returning to Georgetown , anxious to improve his backward state, he was elected governor at the age of three . 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.
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. Returning to Arkansas, anxious to improve his backward state, he was elected governor at the age of 32. 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.