Hot Springs in Garland County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)
President William Jefferson Clinton
Politics
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Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 13, 2024
1. President William Jefferson Clinton Marker
Elected 42nd President of United States in 1992, re-elected 1996 Six term Governor of Arkansas Arkansas Attorney General Rhodes Scholar
Hope & Hot Springs, Arkansas Inducted 1996
Erected by Hot Springs Arkansas Walk of Fame.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #42 William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1992.
Location. 34° 30.637′ N, 93° 3.231′ W. Marker is in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in Garland County. It is at the intersection of Central Avenue (State Highway 7) and Spring Street, on the right when traveling north on Central Avenue. The marker is embedded in the sidewalk in front of the Hot Springs City Visitor Center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 629 Central Avenue, Hot Springs National Park AR 71901, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Hattie Caraway (here, next to this marker); Linda Bloodworth & Harry Thomason (here, next to this marker); Johnny Cash (here, next to this marker); Sam Walton (here, next to this marker); Alan Ladd (here, next to this marker);
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Also see . . . William Jefferson Clinton (Wikipedia).
Excerpt: American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979 and as the governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992.(Submitted on January 11, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)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 died in an automobile accident three months before his birth, and Virginia Dell Cassidy (later Virginia Kelley). Virginia traveled to New Orleans to study nursing soon after Bill was born, leaving him in Hope with her parents Eldridge and Edith Cassidy, who owned and ran a small grocery store. In 1950, Bill's mother returned from nursing school and married Roger Clinton Sr., who co-owned an automobile dealership
in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The family moved to Hot Springs in 1950. In Hot Springs, Clinton attended St. John's Catholic Elementary School, Ramble Elementary School, and the segregated Hot Springs High School, where he was an active student leader, avid reader, and musician.Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 13, 20242. President William Jefferson Clinton MarkerLooking east from Central Avenue; it is the 2nd from the right of five markers in this photo. The Hot Springs City Visitor Center is in the background.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 11, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 147 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 11, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
