CONTEMPORARY AMERICA 1992 2013
BILL CLINTON
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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he was the youngest governor in the country
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he was the oldest governor in the country
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he was the first white governor of Arkansas
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he was the first president to serve as a governor
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Detailed explanation-1: -Clinton was elected governor of Arkansas in 1978, having defeated the Republican candidate Lynn Lowe, a farmer from Texarkana. Clinton was only 32 years old when he took office, the youngest governor in the country at the time and the second youngest governor in the history of Arkansas.
Detailed explanation-2: -In terms of age, Alabama governor Kay Ivey (born 1944) is the oldest governor, and Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (born 1982) is the youngest.
Detailed explanation-3: -He took office at the end of the Cold War. Clinton was the first president from the baby boomer generation. He was 46 years old when he was elected, making him the third-youngest president. He was impeached in 1998 for lying about a sexual relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.