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William Jefferson Blythe Jr. (February 27, 1918 – May 17, 1946) was an American salesman of heavy equipment and the biological father of Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States. [1] . Three months before his son was born, Blythe drowned following a car crash. Personal life.
Born William Jefferson Blythe IV, August 19, 1946, in Hope, AR; son of William Jefferson (a traveling salesman) and Virginia (a nurse-anesthetist) Blythe, and stepfather Roger Clinton; married Hillary Rodham (a lawyer, senator, and U.S. secretary of state), October 11, 1975; children: Chelsea.
Jan 26, 1992 · The widow named him William Jefferson Blythe IV. Fifteen years later, that boy took the surname of a stepfather. The world now knows him as Bill Clinton, governor of Arkansas and candidate...
- David Maraniss
6 days ago · William Jefferson Clinton, in his memoirs, says that he was born William Jefferson Blythe III. Many sources, such as his biography at http://www.whitehouse.gov, agree with that statement. Others say that he was born William Jefferson Blythe IV. The solution to this puzzle is complicated.
The First Father: William Jefferson Blythe and the back roads of fate. By Gene Weingarten. June 20, 1993 at 12:00 a.m. EDT. 0. This story is one of nine that has been republished to...
Nov 12, 2004 · Aug. 19, 1946 -- Clinton is born William Jefferson Blythe IV in Hope, Ark., after his father dies in a traffic accident. He later takes the last name of his stepfather, Roger Clinton.
President Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe IV on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas, three months after his father died in a traffic accident. When he was four years old, his mother wed Roger Clinton of Hot Springs, Arkansas. In high school young William took the family name.
