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See also
Robert
Clinton Belloni —
Carrie
Chapman Catt —
Alice
Clinton-Boyd —
Thomas
John Bright Robinson |
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Clinton, Albert —
of Lancaster
County, S.C.
Delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Lancaster
County, 1868.
African
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | Clinton,
Bill See William Jefferson
Clinton |
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Clinton, C. L. —
of Dodge City, Ford
County, Kan.
Mayor
of Dodge City, Kan., 1952-54.
Still living as of 1954.
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Clinton, Charles —
of Orange
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Orange County, 1801-02.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clinton, De Witt
(1769-1828) —
also known as "Father of the Erie
Canal" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Napanoch, Ulster
County, N.Y., March 2,
1769.
Son of James Clinton and Mary (De Witt)
Clinton (1737-1795).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1797-98; member of New York
state senate Southern District, 1798-1802, 1805-11; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1801; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1802-03; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1803-07, 1808-10, 1811-15; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1811-13; candidate for President
of the United States, 1812; Governor of
New York, 1817-23, 1825-28; died in office 1828.
Member, Freemasons.
Chief advocate for the Erie Canal,
completed 1825. His portrait appeared on the $1,000
U.S. Note from about 1898 to about 1905.
Died, from heart
failure, in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., February
11, 1828 (age 58 years, 346
days).
Original interment at Clinton
Cemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of James Clinton and Mary (De Witt) Clinton
(1737-1795); nephew of George Clinton;
married, February
13, 1796, to Maria Franklin (died 1818); married, May 8,
1819, to Catherine Jones; sister of Mary Clinton Norton (who
married Ambrose
Spencer (1765-1848)) and Katharine Clinton Norton (who married Ambrose
Spencer (1765-1848)); brother of George
Clinton, Jr.; half-brother of James Graham
Clinton. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Clinton counties in Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Mo. and Pa., and DeWitt County,
Ill., are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: DeWitt
C. Walker
— De
Witt C. Littlejohn
— DeWitt
C. Clark
— De
Witt C. Leach
— Dewitt
C. West
— John
DeWitt Clinton Atkins
— DeWitt
C. Wilson
— De
Witt Clinton Giddings
— DeWitt
C. Hough
— DeWitt
Clinton Cregier
— DeWitt
C. Hoyt
— DeWitt
Clinton Senter
— DeWitt
C. Allen
— DeWitt
C. Peck
— DeWitt
C. Richman
— DeWitt
C. Cram
— De
Witt C. Bolton
— DeWitt
C. Pond
— De
Witt C. Badger
— DeWitt
C. Dominick
— DeWitt
C. Becker
— De
Witt C. Flanagan
— DeWitt
C. Talmage
— DeWitt
C. Cole
— Dewitt
Clinton Chase
— De Witt
C. Poole, Jr.
— Dewitt
C. Chastain
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about De Witt Clinton: Evan
Cornog, The
Birth of Empire : DeWitt Clinton and the American Experience,
1769-1828 |
|
| | Clinton,
DeWitt See G. DeWitt
Clinton |
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Clinton, E. M. —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
|
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Clinton, Emanuel R. —
of Pennsylvania.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1916.
Burial
location unknown.
|
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Clinton, G. DeWitt —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 2nd District, 1854.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clinton, George
(1739-1812) —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Little Britain, Orange
County, N.Y., July 26,
1739.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1775-76; Governor of
New York, 1777-95, 1801-04; delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Ulster
County, 1788; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1800-01; Vice
President of the United States, 1805-12; died in office 1812.
Christian
Reformed. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 20,
1812 (age 72 years, 269
days).
Original interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1908 at First
Reformed Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y.
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Clinton, George, Jr.
(1771-1809) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 6,
1771.
Son of James Clinton.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1803-05; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1805-09 (3rd District 1805, 2nd
District 1805-09).
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
16, 1809 (age 38 years, 72
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clinton, George, Sr. —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 48th District, 1915.
Burial
location unknown.
|
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Clinton, George De Witt —
of Erie
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1857.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clinton, George W.
(1807-1885) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 24,
1807.
Mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1844-45; state court judge in New York, 1854.
Died September
7, 1885 (age 78 years, 136
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
|
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Clinton, George W. —
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1847-50.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clinton, George W. (b.
1861) —
Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., August
15, 1861.
Coal mining
business; U.S. Consular Agent in Cumberland, 1898-1929.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clinton, Gordon Stanley (b.
1920) —
also known as Gordon S. Clinton —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Medicine Hat, Alberta,
April
13, 1920.
Son of John Henry Clinton and Gladys (Hall) Clinton.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; FBI
special agent; lawyer; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1956-64.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Pi
Sigma Alpha; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Still living as of 1964.
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Clinton, Harry E. —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1924;
mayor of
Troy, N.Y., 1925-27.
Catholic.
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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Clinton, Hillary Rodham (b.
1947) —
also known as Hillary Diane Rodham; "Hill";
"Evergreen" —
of Chappaqua, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
26, 1947.
Daughter of Hugh Ellsworth Rodham (1911-1993) and Dorothy Emma
(Howell) Rodham (1919-2011).
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from New York, 2001-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 2004,
2008
(speaker);
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2008;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 2009-.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2011.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Hugh Ellsworth Rodham (1911-1993) and Dorothy Emma
(Howell) Rodham (1919-2011); married, October
11, 1975, to William Jefferson Clinton;
sister of Hugh
Edwin Rodham; mother of Chelsea Clinton (daughter-in-law of Edward
Maurice Mezvinsky and Marjorie
Margolies-Mezvinsky). See Polk-Ashe
family of North Carolina. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — votes
in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by Hillary Clinton: Living
History (2003) — An
Invitation To The White House : At Home With History
(2000) — It
Takes A Village |
| | | Books about Hillary Clinton: Joe
Conason, The
Hunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and
Hillary Clinton — Donnie Radcliffe, Hillary
Rodham Clinton : A First Lady for Our Time — Gene
Lyons, Fools
for Scandal : How the Media Invented Whitewater — Gail
Sheehy, Hillary's
Choice — Michael Tomasky, Hillary's
Turn : Inside Her Improbable, Victorious Senate
Campaign — Sidney Blumenthal, The
Clinton Wars — Bernard Ryan, Jr., Hillary
Clinton : First Lady and Senator — Susan Estrich, The
Case For Hillary Clinton — Dick Morris and Eileen
McGann, Condi
vs. Hillary : The Next Great Presidential Race — Jeff
Gerth & Don Van Natta, Jr., Her
Way : The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham
Clinton — Susan Morrison, ed., Thirty
Ways of Looking at Hillary: Reflections by Women
Writers |
| | | Critical books about Hillary Clinton:
Barbara Olson, Hell
to Pay : The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham
Clinton — Peggy Noonan, The
Case Against Hillary Clinton — R. Emmet Tyrell, Jr.,
Madame
Hillary : The Dark Road to the White House — Jack
Cashill, Ron
Brown's Body : How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency and
Hillary's Future — Christopher Hitchens, No
One Left To Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family —
Carl Limbacher, Hillary's
Scheme : Inside the Next Clinton's Ruthless Agenda to Take the White
House — Ed Klein, The
Truth About Hillary : What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far
She'll Go to Become President — Dick Morris, Rewriting
History — David N. Bossie, Hillary:
The Politics of Personal Destruction — Joyce Milton,
The
First Partner: Hillary Rodham Clinton |
|
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Clinton, James
(1736-1812) —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.; Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Little Britain, Orange
County, N.Y., August 9,
1736.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
York state assembly, 1787-88, 1800-01 (Ulster County 1787-88,
Orange County 1800-01); delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Ulster
County, 1788; member of New York
state senate Middle District, 1788-92; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1801.
Died in Little Britain, Orange
County, N.Y., December
22, 1812 (age 76 years, 135
days).
Original interment at Clinton
Cemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment in 1879 at Woodlawn
Cemetery, New Windsor, N.Y.
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Clinton, James Graham
(1804-1849) —
also known as James G. Clinton —
of New York.
Born in Little Britain, Orange
County, N.Y., January
2, 1804.
Democrat. Common pleas court judge in New York; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1841-45 (6th District 1841-43, 9th
District 1843-45).
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 28,
1849 (age 45 years, 146
days).
Original interment at Clinton
Cemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, New Windsor, N.Y.
|
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Clinton, Jerry —
of Kansas.
Republican. Candidate in primary for Kansas
state senate 11th District, 2000.
Still living as of 2000.
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Clinton, Joseph A. —
of Rocky Hill, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Rocky Hill, 1930.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
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Clinton, Mary —
of Vero Beach, Indian
River County, Fla.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1996.
Female.
Still living as of 1996.
|
| |
Clinton, Ronald —
of New York.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
2000.
Still living as of 2000.
|
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Clinton, Royal W. —
of Tioga
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Tioga County, 1891.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Clinton, Sam Houston, Jr. —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
|
| |
Clinton, Spencer —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
National Democratic candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1896.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Clinton, Stephen A. —
of Michigan.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1932.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Clinton, T. F. —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1919.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Clinton, Velma M. —
of Michigan.
Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1980.
Female.
Still living as of 1980.
|
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Clinton, William Jefferson (b.
1946) —
also known as Bill Clinton; William Jefferson Blythe
IV; "Slick Willie"; "Bubba";
"Elvis"; "Eagle"; "The Big
Dog" —
of Arkansas; Chappaqua, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Hope, Hempstead
County, Ark., August
19, 1946.
Son of William Jefferson Blythe II and Virginia (Cassidy) Clinton
(1923-1994).
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1974; Arkansas
state attorney general, 1977-79; Governor of
Arkansas, 1979-81, 1983-92; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1996,
2000;
speaker, 1984,
1988;
President
of the United States, 1993-2001; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 2004,
2008.
Baptist.
Member, Trilateral
Commission; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi
Sigma Alpha; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association.
On October 29, 1994, Francisco Duran fired 27 shots from the sidewalk
at the White House in an apparent assassination
attempt against President Clinton. Impeached
by the House of Representatives in December 1998 over allegations of
perjury
and obstruction
of justice in connection with his sexual
contact with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky, but acquitted
by the Senate.
Still living as of 2011.
| | |
Relatives: Third
cousin twice removed of James
Alexander Lockhart; son of William Jefferson Blythe II and
Virginia (Cassidy) Clinton (1923-1994); step-son of Roger Clinton;
married, October
11, 1975, to Hillary Diane Rodham
(sister of Hugh
Edwin Rodham); father of Chelsea Clinton (daughter-in-law of Edward
Maurice Mezvinsky and Marjorie
Margolies-Mezvinsky). See Polk-Ashe
family of North Carolina. |
| | | Cross-reference: Abraham
J. Hirschfeld — Kenneth
W. Starr — Rahm
Emanuel — Henry
G. Cisneros — Maria
Echaveste — Thurgood
Marshall, Jr. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Bill Clinton: Between
Hope and History : Meeting America's Challenges for the 21st
Century (1996) — My
Life (2004) |
| | | Books about Bill Clinton: David
Maraniss, First
in His Class : The Biography of Bill Clinton — Joe
Conason, The
Hunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and
Hillary Clinton — Gene Lyons, Fools
for Scandal : How the Media Invented Whitewater —
Sidney Blumenthal, The
Clinton Wars — Dewayne Wickham, Bill
Clinton and Black America — Joe Klein, The
Natural : The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill
Clinton — Nigel Hamilton, Bill
Clinton: An American Journey — Bob Woodward, The
Agenda: Inside the Clinton White House — George
Stephanopolous, All
Too Human — John F. Harris, The
Survivor : Bill Clinton in the White House — Mark
Katz, Clinton
& Me: A Real Life Political Comedy — Tim O'Shei, Bill
Clinton (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Bill Clinton:
Barbara Olson, The
Final Days : The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White
House — Meredith L. Oakley, On
the Make : The Rise of Bill Clinton — Robert
Patterson, Dereliction
of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Endangered
America's Long-Term National Security — Ambrose
Evans-Pritchard, The
Secret Life of Bill Clinton: The Unreported Stories —
Ann Coulter, High
Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill
Clinton — Dick Morris & Eileen McGann, Because
He Could — Jack Cashill, Ron
Brown's Body : How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency and
Hillary's Future — Christopher Hitchens, No
One Left To Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family —
Rich Lowry, Legacy:
Paying the Price for the Clinton Years — Richard
Miniter, Losing
Bin Laden : How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed Global
Terror |
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Clinton, Wyant —
of Aitkin, Aitkin
County, Minn.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Minnesota, 1964.
Still living as of 1964.
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