The fortieth president of the United States, Barack Obama, and the country’s first African-American president. In 2008 through 2012, he was elected to two terms. Obama was born and reared in Hawaii, the son of Kenyan and Kansas parents. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and his law degree from … Read more
Laura Bush Lane Welch was born on November 4, 1946, in Midland, Texas. She is the only child of Harold Welch, a successful real estate developer, and Jenna Louise Hawkins Welch, a bookkeeper for her husband’s company. Laura was a bashful child who wanted to please her parents. They pushed her to … Read more
Laura Bush devoted her attention to charity work and homemaking after marrying George W. Bush in 1977. Laura enhanced her reputation after George was elected governor of Texas in 1994, trying to improve literacy. She spoke out in support of the Afghan people on the radio and appeared before the Senate Committee … Read more
Since Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1950s, George W. Bush was the first Republican president to earn a majority in both houses of Congress. Bush offered a $1.6 trillion tax cut measure in February 2001, using his party’s strength. Despite Democratic protests that unjustly favored the wealthy, Congress passed a $1.35 billion … Read more
Bill Clinton served as the president of the United States for the 42nd time. He was elected in 1992 and re-elected in 1996, making him the first Democratic president to serve two terms since Franklin D. Roosevelt. Clinton entered the White House with a bold domestic policy program focused on economic growth, … Read more
In New Haven, Connecticut, George Walker Bush was born on July 6, 1946. He is the eldest of George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara Pierce Bush’s six children. Since the 1950s, the Bush family had been involved in business and politics. His grandfather, Prescott Bush, was a former Wall Street banker and … Read more
Bill Clinton married Hillary Rodham, whom he met at Yale, on October 11, 1975. His first significant political post was as Attorney General of Arkansas from 1977-1979; subsequently, he served as governor of Arkansas from 1979-1981 and 1983-1992. Clinton’s handling of a succession of foreign policy problems received mixed assessments, and his … Read more
William Jefferson Clinton is the son of William Jefferson Blythe and Virginia Cassidy Blythe. His father passed away a few months before he was born. Clinton learned to count and read while being cared for by his maternal grandparents while his mother pursued her nursing degree. Interestingly, he had a strong desire … Read more
Hugh Rodham and Dorothy Howell gave birth to Hillary Rodham Clinton on October 26, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois. Her parents had two younger brothers, Hugh and Tony, and she is the eldest of their three children. Hillary Clinton was a National Merit Finalist when she graduated from Maine South High School in … Read more
On August 19, 1946, William Jefferson Clinton was born in Hope, Arkansas. He came from a fifth-generation Arkansan family. His father, William Jefferson Blythe III, died in a vehicle accident before his son was born, so Virginia Kelly named him after him. Bill’s mother left him with her parents when he was … Read more
George Herbert Walker Bush was named after his maternal grandpa, an investment banker called George Herbert Walker. Because his grandpa was known as “Pop,” George was quickly given the nicknames “Little Pop” and “Poppy,” the latter of which he kept throughout his college years. Bush stood six feet two inches tall, weighs … Read more
On Friday, January 20, 1989, George H.W. Bush was sworn in as the forty-first President of the United States at the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. He served several high-ranking government roles before becoming Vice President under Ronald Reagan. Since Martin Van Buren’s election in 1836, Bush … Read more