His mother returned when Bill was 4, and three years later she married Roger Clinton, an automobile dealer, who moved the family to Hot Springs, Ark. There Bill and his younger half brother, Roger, Jr., attended public schools. The family attended a Baptist church. His mother often engaged Bill in political discussions and encouraged his ambitions.

Growing up had its difficulties, however, because his stepfather was an alcoholic who beat his mother. Virginia and Roger divorced but soon remarried, when Bill was 15. A

In 1974, Clinton made his first run for political office, against John Paul Hammerschmidt, a Republican congressman from Fayetteville, Ark. Clinton believed that the congressman, a strong supporter of embattled President Nixon, was vulnerable in his reelection bid. Clinton lost a surprisingly close race, holding Hammerschmidt to only 52 percent of the vote. The close race brought Clinton statewide attention, and two years later he was elected attorney general of Arkansas.

In the fall of 1970 Clinton entered Yale Law School. While at Yale he met Hillary Rodham, a graduate from Wellesley College who grew up in suburban Chicago. Together they worked for George McGovern's presidential campaign during the summer and fall of 1972. The following year they graduated from law school. Clinton returned to Arkansas to teach at the University of Arkansas School of Law, and Rodham went briefly to Washington, where she worked for the House staff duri

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