Name: Hillary Rodham Clinton

Party: Democrat

Occupation: Lawyer

Current Position/Job: New York Senator

Status: 1/22/07 Statement of Candidacy

Campaign Website: http://www.hillaryclinton.com/splash/

PERSONAL

Birthdate: October 26, 1947

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois

Hometown: Park Ridge, IL

Spouse: Bill Clinton

Children: Chelsea Clinton

Religion: United Methodist

EDUCATION

Yale Law School, J.D., 1973

Wellesley College, B.A., 1969

Maine South High School

EXPERIENCE

Public Service/ Elected Offices:

Senator, US Senate, 2001-present

First Lady of the United States, 1993-2001

First Lady of Arkansas, 1979-1981, 1983-1993

House Judiciary Committee, 1974

Military Service:

None

Businesses Owned:

None

Past Careers:

Attorney, Rose Law Firm, 1976-1992

Faculty, University of Arkansas Law School, 1975

Board Memberships:

TCBY Yogurt Company, 1985-1992

Wal-mart, 1985-1992

Arkasas Children's Hospital

Children's Defense Fund

Co-Founder of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families

Career Highlights:

1964: Worked in the presidential campaign of Republican candidate Barry Goldwater.

1968: Switched to the Democratic Party and campaigned for Eugene McCarthy.

1974: Began working for the House Judiciary Committee, which oversaw the inquiry into the possible impeachment of President Nixon. Nixon later resigned and Clinton moved to Arkansas to teach at the University of Arkansas School of Law.

1976-1992: Attorney at Rose Law Firm in Little Rock, Arkansas; named partner in 1979.

1978: Bill Clinton elected governor. Hillary Clinton continued to work at Rose Law Firm, the first first lady of Arkansas to continue to work while her husband is governor.

1982: After losing the 1980 gubernatorial election, Bill Clinton returned to office to remain for eight years. During that time, Hillary Clinton was appointed chairwoman of the Rural Health Advisory Committee and head of the Arkansas Education Standards Committee.

1993: Became first lady after Bill Clinton elected president.

1993: President Clinton named his wife to lead the Task Force on National Health Care Reform. She testified before the House Ways and Means Committee in support of President Clinton's health care package, but the health care reform bill was later defeated by Congress.

1996: Hillary Clinton testified before a federal grand jury about the billing records from Rose Law Firm and Whitewater. In 2002, Independent Counsel Robert Ray released his final report on the eight-year investigation of the Clintons, saying they had not obstructed justice or committed perjury, but that they had given inaccurate testimony.

2000: Elected to the U.S. Senate from New York with 56 percent of the vote.

2006: Re-elected to second term.

BOOKS

Books By: Living History (2003); An Invitation to the White House: At Home with History (2000); Dear Socks, Dear Buddy: Kids' Letters to the First Pets (1998); It Takes a Village: and Other Lessons Children Teach Us (1996)

Books About: Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton, by Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta, Jr. (2007); A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton, by Carl Bernstein (2007); The Case Against Hillary Clinton, by Peggy Noonan (2000); Hillary's Choice, by Gail Sheehy (1999); Hillary Clinton: the Inside Story, by Judith Warner (1993)