Why Hillary rejected Bill Clinton’s proposal twice

Despite what Roger Clinton did, Bill decided to take his last name when in high school. He kept the first and second names of his biological father, William Jefferson, but not his surname.

“I think the fact that I was born without a father and that I spent a lifetime trying to put together a picture of one also had a lot to do with how I turned out,” Bill explained. “Good and not so good. But I think on balance, more good than bad. But it had a lot to do with it.”

Bill went on to become an outstanding student. He excelled at school and, at the same time, was considered a fantastic saxophone player. As a result, many thought he would pursue a career as a professional musician. Today, of course, we know that fate had different plans.

Meeting John F. Kennedy

When he was in high school, a very special meeting would set Bill on course for politics. As a delegate to Boys Nation, he visited the White House Rose Garden, where he met then-President John F Kennedy. The picture of the two shaking hands has become quite legendary.

“I was about the third or fourth person in, and…I sort of muscled my way up (to the front),” Bill once recalled of the meeting.

On the way home from the meeting, several of Clinton’s friends recalled that Bill couldn’t stop talking about the fascinating thing that had just happened.

Future Minnesota Congressman Jim Ramstad recalled Clinton telling him: “Someday, I’m going to have that job.”

Bill went on to attend Georgetown University. Then, in 1968, he won a Rhodes Scholarship to attend Oxford University and later on earned his law degree at Yale University.