Junior Senator from New York Incumbent Assumed office  January 3, 2001 Serving with Charles Schumer Preceded by Daniel Patrick Moynihan Succeeded by Incumbent (2013) First Lady of the United States In office January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 Preceded by Barbara Bush Succeeded by Laura Bush Born October 26, 1947 (1947-10-26) (age 59) Chicago, Illinois Nationality American Political party Democratic Spouse Bill Clinton Children Chelsea Clinton Alma mater Wellesley College Yale University Profession Attorney, Politician Religion United Methodist Signature

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is the junior United States Senator from New York, and a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election. She is married to Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, and was the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A native of Illinois, Hillary Rodham initially attracted national attention in 1969 when she became the first student to speak at commencement exercises for Wellesley College. She began her career as a lawyer after graduating from Yale Law School in 1973, moving to Arkansas and marrying Bill Clinton in 1975, following her career as a Congressional legal counsel; she was named the first female partner at Rose Law Firm in 1979 and was named one of the hundred most influential lawyers in America in 1988 and 1991. She served as the First Lady of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992, was active in a number of organizations concerned with the welfare of children, and was on the Wal-Mart and several other corporate board of directors. As First Lady of the United States, she took a more prominent position in policy matters than almost any before her. Her major initiative, the Clinton health care plan, failed to gain approval by the U.S. Congress in 1994, but she helped establish the State Children's Health Insurance Program and other legislation, most notably the Adoption and Safe Families Act in 1997 which was part of the First Lady's adoption reform. Clinton also served as her husband's ambassador abroad to over eighty nations and the United Nations. She later became the first First Lady to be subpoenaed, testifying before a Federal grand jury as a consequence of the Whitewater scandal in 1996. She was never charged with any wrongdoing in this or several other investigations during the Clinton administration. The state of her marriage to Bill Clinton was the subject of considerable public discussion following the Lewinsky scandal in 1998. Moving to New York, Clinton was elected to the United States Senate in 2000, becoming the first First Lady elected to public office and the first female Senator from that state. There she initially supported the George W. Bush administration on some foreign policy issues, which included voting for the Iraq War Resolution, but opposed the administration on the Iraq War and on most domestic issues. She was re-elected by a wide margin in 2006. Long described as a polarizing figure in American politics, during 2007 she has consistently been the front-runner in polls for the 2008 Democratic nomination for President.