Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton is an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat. She was the 67th United States secretary of state from 2009 to 2013 under President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and first lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001 as the wife of Bill Clinton. She was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 2016 presidential election, the first woman to win a presidential nomination by a major U.S. political party. She is the only first lady to have run for or held elected office.
Biography
Hillary Clinton is an American politician and lawyer. She worked as a lawyer in Arkansas and was First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001 during her husband Bill Clinton's presidency, when she led an unsuccessful health care reform effort.
She was elected senator from New York in 2000 and ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, losing to Barack Obama. She then served as his Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013.
In 2016 she became the first woman nominated for president by a major US party. She won the popular vote but lost the electoral college to Donald Trump.
Offices held
William J. Burns Succeeded by
John Kerry
Affiliations
Party membership
- Jan 1, 1965 – Jan 1, 1968 Republican Party (United States)
- Democratic Party (United States)