He is married to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has served as the United States Secretary of State since 2009 and was a Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009.

In a Yale library in 1971 he met fellow law student Hillary Rodham, who was a year ahead of him.

The Arkansas Education Standards Committee, chaired by Clinton's wife, attorney and Legal Services Corporation chair Hillary Rodham Clinton, succeeded in reforming the education system, transforming it from the worst in the nation into one of the best.

Clinton decided to remain as Arkansas governor ( following consideration for the potential candidacy of Hillary Rodham Clinton for governor, initially favored – but ultimately vetoed – by the First Lady ).

During the campaign, questions of conflict of interest regarding state business and the politically powerful Rose Law Firm, at which Hillary Rodham Clinton was a partner, arose.

President Bill Clinton ( center ), first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton ( right ) and their daughter Chelsea Clinton ( left ) wave to watchers at a parade down Pennsylvania Avenue on Inauguration Day, January 20, 1997.

Senators Ted Kennedy – a Democrat – and Orrin Hatch – a Republican – teamed up with Hillary Rodham Clinton and her staff in 1997, and succeeded in passing legislation forming the State Children's Health Insurance Program ( SCHIP ), the largest ( successful ) health care reform in the years of the Clinton Presidency.

Most of the controversy surrounded Marc Rich and allegations that Hillary Clinton's brother, Hugh Rodham, accepted payments in return for influencing the president's decision-making regarding the pardons.

Barbara was a frequent critic of the Bill Clinton administration and wrote a book about then First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton ( 1999 ).

* Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton ( November 1999 ; ISBN 0-89526-274-6 )

At present, there are five living former first ladies: Rosalynn Carter, wife of Jimmy Carter ; Nancy Reagan, widow of Ronald Reagan ; Barbara Bush, wife of George H. W. Bush ; current Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of Bill Clinton ; and Laura Bush, wife of George W. Bush.

Former First Ladies ( from left to right ) Rosalynn Carter, Hillary Rodham Clinton | Hillary Clinton, Barbara Bush and Laura Bush at the dedication of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park in 2004.

Lady Bird Johnson pioneered environmental protection and beautification ; Pat Nixon encouraged volunteerism and traveled extensively abroad ; Betty Ford supported women's rights ; Rosalynn Carter aided those with mental disabilities ; Nancy Reagan founded the Just Say No drug awareness campaign ; Barbara Bush promoted literacy ; Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to reform the healthcare system in the U. S .; and Laura Bush supported women's ' rights groups and encouraged childhood literacy.

Former First Ladies Nancy Reagan, Lady Bird Johnson, Rosalynn Carter, Betty Ford, Barbara Bush, and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton at the National Garden Gala, A Tribute to America's First Ladies, May 11, 1994.

Hay and Hillary Rodham Clinton are the only future secretaries of state to have resided in the White House prior to becoming Secretary of State.

During the Libyan civil war, after meeting with high-level representatives of the Chadian government, United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced that N ' Djamena opposes Gaddafi and has reached out to the rival National Transitional Council in rebel-held Benghazi.

During the 1995 G7 summit, Mount Saint Vincent University awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree to Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced plans in the spring of 2012 for a “ targeted easing ” of sanctions to allow American dollars to enter the country, but companies could not move ahead until the sanctions were formally suspended.

Compared to fellow First Ladies when their husbands left office, Reagan's approval was higher than those of Rosalynn Carter and Hillary Rodham Clinton, however she was less popular than Barbara Bush and her disapproval rating was double that of Carter's.

* 2000 – Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first former First Lady to win public office in the United States, although actually she still was the First Lady.

* 1947 – Hillary Rodham Clinton, American politician, United States Senator from New York ( 2001 – 2009 ), 67th United States Secretary of State ( since 2009 )

This was one of the most prominent items on Clinton's legislative agenda, and resulted from a task force headed by Hillary Clinton.

After Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign was over, Bill Clinton continued to raise funds to help pay off her campaign debt.

During Hillary Clinton's campaign for election to the U. S. Senate, the couple's daughter Chelsea took over much of the First Lady's role.

As such, Hillary Clinton's abdication of the office in favor of the couple's daughter, in advance of the former's installation as a United States Senator avoided conflict under the Ineligibility Clause of the United States Constitution.

Then Senate President and Democratic National Committeeman Kenneth McClintock, former Sen. Roberto Prats, Puerto Rico's Democratic State Chair and former PDP gubernatorial candidate José Alfredo Hernández Mayoral were appointed co-chairs of Sen. Hillary Clinton's National Hispanic Leadership Council while Young Democrats of America Democratic National Committeeman Francisco Domenech co-chaired Clinton's young professionals organization.

Vincent Walker Foster, Jr. ( January 15, 1945 – July 20, 1993 ) was a Deputy White House Counsel during the first few months of President Bill Clinton's administration, and also a law partner and friend of Hillary Rodham Clinton.

As it happened, how Hillary Clinton's chief of staff, Margaret Williams in particular handled Foster's files and documents immediately after his death became an issue of much investigation itself.

Shortly after ending his 2008 bid for the White House, Vilsack endorsed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and was named the national co-chair for Clinton's presidential campaign.

In the 2008 presidential election, Astin lent his support to Senator Hillary Clinton and made multiple campaign appearances on her behalf, including joining Clinton's daughter, Chelsea Clinton, at some stops.

In the spring of 1993, Dorff served on the ethics committee of Hillary Rodham Clinton's Health Care Task Force, and in March 1997 and May 1999, he, along with other rabbis, testified on behalf on the Jewish tradition on the subjects of human cloning and stem cell research before the president's National Bioethics Advisory Commission.

Clinton's wife, Hillary, visited Hazard on November 2, 2008 at a political rally for Democratic U. S. Senate candidate Bruce Lunsford.

She is a close friend of Secretary of State and former Senator Hillary Clinton, and supported Clinton's 2008 Presidential campaign along with Danson.

The ghostwriter for Hillary Clinton's memoirs received a $ 500, 000 fee for collaborating with her.

In 2001, the New York Times stated that the fee that the ghostwriter for Hillary Clinton's memoirs will receive is probably about $ 500, 000 " of her book's $ 8 million advance, which " is near the top of flat fees paid to collaborators.

The property is now owned by Kathleen Hammer, a contributor to Hillary Clinton's presidential and Senate bids.

The magazine also published a very critical article about Hillary Clinton's health care plan by Elizabeth McCaughey, an article that Alterman called " the single most influential article published in the magazine during the entire Clinton presidency ".

On January 9, 2008, the morning after Hillary Clinton's surprise victory in the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, Matthews appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe program and said of Clinton,

* Mark Penn, chief political strategist for Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign

Rubin was a member of Hillary Clinton's campaign team for the 2008 Democratic nomination.

He caused some controversy when he described Lord Trimble the Nobel Peace Prize winner and former First Minister of Northern Ireland as a " crankpot " for stating that Hillary Clinton's claim to have been " helpful " in the Northern Irish peace process was, " A wee bit silly ".

In 1993, Rockefeller became the principal Senate supporter, with Ted Kennedy, behind Bill and Hillary Clinton's sweeping health care reform package, liaising closely with the First Lady, even opening up his mansion in Rock Creek Park for its first strategy meeting.