He was Governor of Arkansas
He was chosen as Arkansas Governor general in 1976, and when he was elected governor in 1978, he was the youngest leader of the nation in forty years, which is one of the most interesting facts about Bill Clinton.
After serving as governor for two exciting years, Clinton lost his quest for reelection in 1980, the year Chelsea, his daughter, an only child, was born. He regained the governor's office in 1982 and was successively re-elected three more times by significant margins after making amends to voters for unpopular decisions he had made as governor (such as funding highway improvement projects with increases in the state gasoline tax and automobile licensing fees).
He required teachers and students to take competency tests, and as a pragmatic, moderate Democrat, he encouraged investment in the state by giving tax advantages to businesses. He rose to prominence within the Democratic Leadership Council, a group that aimed to realign the party's goals away from their traditional liberalism and toward what they saw as the heart of American politics.
