Q&A

Which US president was born William Blythe The third?

Which US president was born William Blythe The third?

Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946, at Julia Chester Hospital in Hope, Arkansas. He is the son of William Jefferson Blythe Jr., a traveling salesman who had died in an automobile accident three months before his birth, and Virginia Dell Cassidy (later Virginia Kelley).

Where is President Clinton from?

Hope, Arkansas, United States
Bill Clinton/Place of birth

How old is former Clinton?

75 years (August 19, 1946)
Bill Clinton/Age

When did Clinton serve as president?

January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001
Bill Clinton/Presidential terms

Where was William Jefferson Blythe jr.born?

On this day in 1946, William Jefferson Blythe III was born in Hope, Arkansas. His father, William Jefferson Blythe, Jr. was a traveling salesman who died in an automobile accident three months before young Bill was born.

Where was William Jefferson Blythe buried in Arkansas?

Blythe was buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Hope, Hempstead County, Arkansas. In 1994, Virginia was interred beside him. In Clinton’s 2004 autobiography, My Life, the elder Blythe was extensively mentioned, including a visit that Clinton made to the site where his father drowned.

When was William Jefferson Blythe married to Virginia Dell Cassidy?

Seven months before that, on September 4, 1943, Blythe had bigamously “married” Virginia Dell Cassidy of Bodcaw, Arkansas. Blythe and Cassidy remained married until his death in a car crash on May 17, 1946.

What did William Jefferson Blythe do after the war?

After his fifth wedding in September 1943, Blythe shipped out for military service in World War II. He was stationed in Egypt and Italy. He worked in a motor pool as a mechanic, repairing jeeps and tanks. After the war ended, Blythe returned to Hope, Arkansas to be with his wife.