| |  CLINTON:See alsoRobertTurner Allison —RobertClinton Belloni —CarrieChapman Catt —AliceClinton-Boyd —ElaCollins —ThomasJohn Bright Robinson | | Clinton,AlbertSeeFrederick AlbertClinton | | Clinton,BillSeeWilliam JeffersonClinton | | Clinton, C. L. — of Dodge City,FordCounty, Kan.Mayorof Dodge City, Kan., 1952-54.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Clinton, Charles(1767-1829) —ofOrangeCounty, N.Y.Born in Little Britain,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,February18, 1767.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Orange County, 1801-02.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April20, 1829 (age62 years, 61days).Burial location unknown. | | Clinton, Chelsea Victoria (b.1980) —also known asChelsea Clinton;"Energy" —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,February27, 1980.Democrat. Speaker, Democratic National Convention,2008,2016.Female.Methodist.Still living as of 2024. | | Clinton, Clifford E. — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;cafeteriaowner; candidate formayorof Los Angeles, Calif., 1945.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Clinton, D. L. — of Clintonville, North Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Postmaster atClintonville,Conn., 1901.Burial location unknown.  | Clinton, De Witt(1769-1828) —also known as"Father of the ErieCanal" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Napanoch,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,March 2,1769.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1797-98; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Southern District, 1798-1802, 1805-11;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1801; member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1801;U.S.Senator from New York, 1802-03;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1803-07, 1808-10, 1811-15;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1811-13; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1812;Governor ofNew York, 1817-23, 1825-28; died in office 1828.Member,Freemasons.Chief advocate for the ErieCanal,completed 1825.Slaveowner. Died, fromheartfailure, in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,February11, 1828 (age58 years, 346days).Original interment atClintonCemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| |  Relatives: SonofJames Clinton and Mary (De Witt) Clinton;half-brother ofJames Graham Clinton;brother ofCharles Clinton,George Clinton Jr., Mary Clinton (who marriedAmbroseSpencer (1765-1848)) and Katherine Clinton (who marriedAmbroseSpencer (1765-1848)); married,February13, 1796, to Maria Franklin; married,May 8,1819, to Catherine Livingston Jones; father ofGeorge William Clinton; nephew ofGeorge Clinton; first cousin ofJacobHasbrouck DeWitt; first cousin once removed ofCharlesDe Witt; first cousin five times removed ofAbrahamOwen Smoot III andIsaacAlbert Smoot; second cousin once removed ofCharlesD. Bruyn andCharlesGerrit De Witt; second cousin twice removed ofDavidMiller De Witt. | | | | Political families:DeWitt-Bruyn-Clinton-Hasbrouckfamily of New York;Clinton#1 family of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:PeterGansevoort | | | | Clinton counties inIll.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Mich.,Mo. andPa., andDeWitt County,Ill., are named for him. | | | | Thetownshipand city ofDeWitt,Michigan, arenamed forhim. — ThecityofDeWitt, Iowa, isnamed forhim. — ThevillageofDeWitt,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofDeWitt, Missouri, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:DeWitt C. Stevens—DeWitt C. Willoughby—DeWittC. Walker—DeWittC. Hunter—DeWitt C. Littlejohn—De WittC. Gage—DeWittC. Clark—DewittC. Shankle—DeWitt C. Leach—DeWitt C. Stanford—DewittC. West—J.D. C. Atkins—DeWittC. Wilson—DeWitt C. Morris—D.C. Giddings—DeWittC. Hough—DeWittC. Jones—DeWitt C. Tower—D.C. Coolman—DeWittClinton Cregier—DeWittC. Hoyt—DeWittClinton Senter—DeWitt C. Rugg—DeWittC. Allen—DeWittC. Peck—DeWittC. Richman—DewittC. Alden—DeWittC. Cram—DeWitt C. Bolton—DeWittC. Huntington—DeWittC. Jones—DeWittC. Pond—De WittC. Carr—DeWittC. Pierce—DewittC. Dunham—DeWittC. Middleton—DeWitt C. Badger—DeWittC. Dominick—DeWittC. Becker—DewittC. Dow—DeWitt C. Titus—DeWitt C. Winchell—DewittC. Turner—DewittC. Ruscoe—DeWittC. Brown—DeWittC. French—DeWitt C. Flanagan—DeWittC. Cole—DeWittC. Talmage—DeWittC. Cunningham—DewittClinton Chase—DeWitt C. Poole, Jr.—DewittC. Chastain | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $1,000 note in 1898-1905. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about De Witt Clinton: EvanCornog,TheBirth of Empire : DeWitt Clinton and the American Experience,1769-1828 | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
| | Clinton,DeWittSeeG. DeWittClinton | | Clinton, E. M. — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention fromPennsylvania,1912.Burial location unknown. | | Clinton, Emanuel R. — of Pennsylvania. Democrat. Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector forPennsylvania,1916.Burial location unknown. | | Clinton, F. L. — of Pascagoula,JacksonCounty, Miss.HonoraryConsul for Cuba inPascagoula,Miss., 1908.Burial location unknown. | | Clinton, Frederick Albert(1834-1890) —also known asAlbert Clinton — ofLancasterCounty, S.C.Born inslavery,South Carolina,1834.Republican.Farmer;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention from LancasterCounty, 1868; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Lancaster County, 1870-77; resigned1877;chair ofLancaster County Republican Party, 1874-78.Africanancestry.Died inLancasterCounty, S.C.,1890(ageabout56 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Celesta Robinson. |
| | Clinton, G. DeWitt — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 2nd District, 1854.Burial location unknown.  | Clinton, George(1739-1812) —ofUlsterCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Little Britain,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,July 26,1739.Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1775-76;Governor ofNew York, 1777-95, 1801-04;delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from UlsterCounty, 1788; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1800-01;VicePresident of the United States, 1805-12; died in office 1812.ChristianReformed.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,April20, 1812 (age72 years, 269days).Original interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1908 atOldDutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y. | | Clinton, George, Jr.(1771-1809) —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 6,1771.Democrat.Delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1801; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1803-05;U.S.Representative from New York, 1805-09 (3rd District 1805, 2ndDistrict 1805-09).Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September16, 1809 (age38 years, 102days).Interment atSt. Peters Episcopal Churchyard, Bronx, N.Y. | | Clinton, George — ofErieCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County 3rd District, 1884.Burial location unknown. | | Clinton, George — of Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromNew Jersey,1896.Burial location unknown. | | Clinton, George, Sr. — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Delegateto New York state constitutional convention 48th District, 1915.Burial location unknown. | | Clinton, George De Witt — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Landagent; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County 2nd District, 1857.Burial location unknown. | | Clinton, George W. —U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1847-50.Burial location unknown. | | Clinton, George W. (b.1861) —of Cumberland,BritishColumbia.Born in Harrisburg,DauphinCounty, Pa.,August15, 1861.Coal miningbusiness;accountant;U.S. Consular Agent inUnion, 1892-98;Cumberland, 1898-1929; first president, CumberlandElectricLighting Company.Methodist.Burial location unknown. | | Clinton, George William(1807-1885) —also known asGeorge W. Clinton — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April24, 1807.Democrat.Mayorof Buffalo, N.Y., 1842-43; Buffalo superior court judge, 1854-77;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867.Died in Menands,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September7, 1885 (age78 years, 136days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. | | Clinton, Gordon Stanley(1920-2011) —also known asGordon S. Clinton — of Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born in Medicine Hat,Alberta,April13, 1920.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;FBIspecial agent;lawyer;mayorof Seattle, Wash., 1956-64.Methodist.Member,PhiDelta Phi;PiSigma Alpha;AmericanJudicature Society;Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners.DiedNovember19, 2011 (age91 years, 220days).Burial location unknown. | | Clinton, Harry E. — of Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1924;mayorof Troy, N.Y., 1925-27.Catholic.Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. | | Clinton, Hillary Rodham (b.1947) —also known asHillary Clinton;Hillary Diane Rodham;"Hill";"Evergreen" —of Chappaqua,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,October26, 1947.Democrat.Lawyer;First Ladyof the United States, 1993-2001;U.S.Senator from New York, 2001-; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,2004,2008(speaker);candidate for Democratic nomination for President,2008;U.S.Secretary of State, 2009-13; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 2016; Democratic Presidential Elector forNew York,2020(voted forJosephR. Biden, Jr. andKamalaD. Harris).Female.Methodist.Member,PhiAlpha Delta.Inducted,NationalWomen's Hall of Fame, 2005.Still living as of 2025.| | Relatives:Daughter of Hugh Ellsworth Rodham and Dorothy Emma (Howell) Rodham;sister ofHughEdwin Rodham; married,October11, 1975, toWilliam Jefferson Clinton;mother ofChelsea Victoria Clinton(daughter-in-law ofEdwardMaurice Mezvinsky andMarjorieMargolies). | | | | Political family:Clinton#2 family of Pennsylvania and Florida (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Ballotpediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail —NationalWomen's Hall of Fame | | | | Books by Hillary Clinton:LivingHistory (2003) —AnInvitation To The White House : At Home With History(2000) —ItTakes A Village | | | | Books about Hillary Clinton: JoeConason,TheHunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill andHillary Clinton — Donnie Radcliffe,HillaryRodham Clinton : A First Lady for Our Time — GeneLyons,Foolsfor Scandal : How the Media Invented Whitewater — GailSheehy,Hillary'sChoice — Michael Tomasky,Hillary'sTurn : Inside Her Improbable, Victorious SenateCampaign — Sidney Blumenthal,TheClinton Wars — Bernard Ryan, Jr.,HillaryClinton : First Lady and Senator — Susan Estrich,TheCase For Hillary Clinton — Dick Morris and EileenMcGann,Condivs. Hillary : The Next Great Presidential Race — JeffGerth & Don Van Natta, Jr.,HerWay : The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary RodhamClinton — Susan Morrison, ed.,ThirtyWays of Looking at Hillary: Reflections by WomenWriters — Jonathan Allen & Amie Parnes,HRC:State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton | | | | Critical books about Hillary Clinton:Barbara Olson,Hellto Pay : The Unfolding Story of Hillary RodhamClinton — Peggy Noonan,TheCase Against Hillary Clinton — R. Emmet Tyrell, Jr.,MadameHillary : The Dark Road to the White House — JackCashill,RonBrown's Body : How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency andHillary's Future — Christopher Hitchens,NoOne Left To Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family —Carl Limbacher,Hillary'sScheme : Inside the Next Clinton's Ruthless Agenda to Take the WhiteHouse — Ed Klein,TheTruth About Hillary : What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How FarShe'll Go to Become President — Dick Morris,RewritingHistory — David N. Bossie,Hillary:The Politics of Personal Destruction — Joyce Milton,TheFirst Partner: Hillary Rodham Clinton |
| | Clinton, James(1736-1812) —ofUlsterCounty, N.Y.;OrangeCounty, N.Y.Born in Little Britain,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,August9, 1736.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1787-88, 1800-01 (Ulster County 1787-88, OrangeCounty 1800-01);delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from UlsterCounty, 1788; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Middle District, 1788-92;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1801.Died in Little Britain,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,December22, 1812 (age76 years, 135days).Original interment atClintonCemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment in 1879 atWoodlawnCemetery, New Windsor, N.Y. | | Clinton, James Graham(1804-1849) —also known asJames G. Clinton — of New York. Born in Little Britain,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,January2, 1804.Democrat. Common pleas court judge in New York, 1830;U.S.Representative from New York, 1841-45 (6th District 1841-43, 9thDistrict 1843-45).Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 28,1849 (age45 years, 146days).Original interment atClintonCemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment atWoodlawnCemetery, New Windsor, N.Y. | | Clinton, Jerry — of Kansas. Republican. Candidate forKansasstate senate 11th District, 2000.Still living as of 2000. | | Clinton, Joseph A. — of Rocky Hill,HartfordCounty, Conn.Democrat. Candidate forConnecticutstate house of representatives from Rocky Hill, 1928, 1930, 1956.Burial location unknown. | | Clinton, Mary — of Vero Beach,IndianRiver County, Fla.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromFlorida,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. | | Clinton, Royal W. — ofTiogaCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Tioga County, 1891.Burial location unknown. | | Clinton, Sam Houston, Jr. — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromTexas,1972.Still living as of 1972. | | Clinton, Spencer — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Democrat. Gold Democratic candidate forjudge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1896.Burial location unknown. | | Clinton, Stephen A. — of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1932.Burial location unknown. | | Clinton, T. F. — of Bloomington,McLeanCounty, Ill.Democrat. Member ofIllinoisDemocratic State Central Committee, 1919.Burial location unknown. | | Clinton, Velma M. — of Michigan. Prohibition candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1980(on behalf ofBenBubar andEarlF. Dodge).Female.Still living as of 1980.  | Clinton, William Jefferson (b.1946) —also known asBill Clinton;William Jefferson BlytheIV;"Slick Willie";"Bubba";"Elvis";"Eagle";"The BigDog" —of Arkansas; Chappaqua,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Hope,HempsteadCounty, Ark.,August19, 1946.Democrat.Rhodesscholar; candidate forU.S.Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1974;Arkansasstate attorney general, 1977-79;Governor ofArkansas, 1979-81, 1983-92; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Arkansas,1996,2000;speaker,1984,1988;Presidentof the United States, 1993-2001; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,2004,2008;Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,2016(voted forHillary Clinton andTimKaine); Democratic Presidential Elector for New York,2020(voted forJosephR. Biden, Jr. andKamalaD. Harris).Baptist.Member,TrilateralCommission;Council onForeign Relations;PhiBeta Kappa;PiSigma Alpha;PhiAlpha Delta;American BarAssociation.On October 29, 1994, Francisco Duran fired 27 shots from the sidewalkat the White House in an apparentassassinationattempt against President Clinton.Impeachedby the House of Representatives in December 1998 over allegations ofperjuryandobstructionof justice in connection with hissexualcontact with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky, but acquittedby the Senate.Still living as of 2025.| | Relatives:Step-son of Roger Clinton; son of William Jefferson Blythe II andVirginia (Cassidy) Clinton; married,October11, 1975, toHillary Diane Rodham(sister ofHughEdwin Rodham); father ofChelsea VictoriaClinton (daughter-in-law ofEdwardMaurice Mezvinsky andMarjorieMargolies); third cousin twice removed ofJamesAlexander Lockhart. | | | | Political family:Clinton#2 family of Pennsylvania and Florida (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:AbrahamJ. Hirschfeld —KennethW. Starr —RahmEmanuel —HenryG. Cisneros —MariaEchaveste —ThurgoodMarshall, Jr. —WalterS. Orlinsky —CharlesF. C. Ruff —SeanPatrick Maloney —LannyJ. Davis | | | | The William Jefferson ClintonFederalBuilding (built 1934; renamed 2012) inWashington,D.C., isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books by Bill Clinton:BetweenHope and History : Meeting America's Challenges for the 21stCentury (1996) —MyLife (2004) | | | | Books about Bill Clinton: DavidMaraniss,Firstin His Class : The Biography of Bill Clinton — JoeConason,TheHunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill andHillary Clinton — Gene Lyons,Foolsfor Scandal : How the Media Invented Whitewater —Sidney Blumenthal,TheClinton Wars — Dewayne Wickham,BillClinton and Black America — Joe Klein,TheNatural : The Misunderstood Presidency of BillClinton — Nigel Hamilton,BillClinton: An American Journey — Bob Woodward,TheAgenda: Inside the Clinton White House — GeorgeStephanopolous,AllToo Human — John F. Harris,TheSurvivor : Bill Clinton in the White House — MarkKatz,Clinton& Me: A Real Life Political Comedy — Michael Takiff,AComplicated Man: The Life of Bill Clinton as Told by Those Who KnowHim — Tim O'Shei,BillClinton (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Bill Clinton:Barbara Olson,TheFinal Days : The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton WhiteHouse — Meredith L. Oakley,Onthe Make : The Rise of Bill Clinton — RobertPatterson,Derelictionof Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton EndangeredAmerica's Long-Term National Security — AmbroseEvans-Pritchard,TheSecret Life of Bill Clinton: The Unreported Stories —Ann Coulter,HighCrimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against BillClinton — Dick Morris & Eileen McGann,BecauseHe Could — Jack Cashill,RonBrown's Body : How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency andHillary's Future — Christopher Hitchens,NoOne Left To Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family —Rich Lowry,Legacy:Paying the Price for the Clinton Years — RichardMiniter,LosingBin Laden : How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed GlobalTerror | | | | Image source: Congressional PictorialDirectory, 105th Congress (1997) |
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