- Clinton was the first president to both be sued for sexual misconduct and forced to give a deposition while in office
- Bill Clinton was the first president to have been a Rhodes Scholar.
- Bill Clinton is the only President ever to be elected twice without ever receiving 50% of the popular vote. He had 43 percent in 1992 and 49 percent in 1996.
- Clinton's favorite sandwich is peanut butter and banana and his favorite ice cream flavor is mango.
- He has a cat named "Socks."
- Bill Clinton plays the tenor and soprano saxophone. He played his saxophone during his campaign at many appearances.
Clinton was mauled by a sheep when he was about eight years old. Clinton
called it "the awfullest beating I ever took."
- Bill Clinton is the first left-handed American president to serve two terms.
Bill Clinton was a brother of Alpha Phi Omega, a service fraternity.
President Clinton, having returned from a visit to Romania, sent a note to thank for the
presents
received, among which was a 'poncho'. Not being aware of having given Mr Clinton a
poncho the
Romanian government checked the list of presents and found they had given the President
a
Romanian flag. After having turned over the communist regime the communist signs were
cut out of
the middle of the Romanian flag by means of protest. Apparently Mr. Clinton mistook this
flag for a
poncho.
Bill Clinton signed into effect a law specifying Lake Champlain (between New York and
Vermont) as the sixth Great Lake.
Clinton's first automobile was a 'Henry J.'
- He was born William Jefferson Blythe, 4th, after his late father. He legally changed his last name to that of his stepfather when he was 16.
- Clinton is allergic to dust, mold, pollen, cats, certain greenery (Christmas trees), and dairy products.
- His biological father, William Jefferson Blythe, 3d, was killed a few months before he was born in a car accident. Blythe wasn't hurt badly in the crash, but was knocked unconscious and landed in a deep puddle of water face down, and drowned.
