My Life

^{Here I am in 1949. Above, far left: at my father’s gravesite on the afternoon Mother left for nurse’s training in New Orleans; above, center: in our backyard; above, right: posing for a photo for Mother’s Day}

^{My grandmother Edith Grisham Cassidy, 1949. She was a private duty nurse.}

^{My grandfather James Eldridge Cassidy (right) in his grocery store in Hope, Arkansas, 1946}

^{Miss Marie Purkins’ School for Little Folks in Hope. I’m at the far left, with Vince Foster next to me and Mack McLarty in the back row.}

^{My great-grandfather Lem Grisham came to visit me in the hospital when I broke my leg, March 1952.}

^{With my great-uncle Buddy Grisham, one of the lights of my life, during my first presidential campaign}

^{Daddy (my stepfather, Roger Clinton)}

^{Mother and Daddy, 1965}

^{Daddy and I at home in Hope, 1951}

^{My brother, Roger, and I with Cora Walters, the wonderful woman who took care of us}

^{From my high school yearbook: the Three Blind Mice, better known as the 3 Kings—Randy Goodrum on piano, Joe Newman on drums}

^{I’m in the front, right behind the photographer, as President John F. Kennedy addresses the Boys Nation delegates in the Rose Garden on July 24, 1963.}

^{David Leopoulos and I as emcees of the Hot Springs High School Band Variety Show, 1964}

^{Mother, Roger, our dog Susie, and I in the snow at our Park Avenue house, 1961}

^{At a picnic with friends, including Carolyn Yeldell, David Leopoulos, Ronnie Cecil, and Mary Jo Nelson}

^{Frank Holt meeting and greeting in his shirtsleeves during his 1966 campaign for governor. (I’m in the light-colored suit.)}

^{With my brother and my roommates at our graduation from Georgetown, 1968: (from left) Kit Ashby, Tommy Caplan, Jim Moore, and Tom Campbell}

^{My Oxford roommates: Strobe Talbott (left) and Frank Aller. I’m in my bearded phase.}

^{I surprised Mother by flying home for her wedding to Jeff Dwire, January 3, 1969. Reverend John Miles officiated, and I was best man. Roger’s in the front.}

^{With my mentor J. William Fulbright and his administrative assistant, Lee Williams, September 1989. During my Georgetown years, I was assistant clerk on Fulbright’s Foreign Relations Committee.}

^{Hillary and I with our Yale Law School Barristers Union classmates}

^{Campaigning for George McGovern in San Antonio, Texas, 1972}

^{Teaching at the University of Arkansas Law School, Fayetteville}

^{With George Shelton, my campaign chairman, and F. H. Martin, treasurer. While they passed away before my presidency, their sons both served in my administration.}

^{Campaigning with my gubernatorial predecessors Dale Bumpers and David Pryor}

^{Campaigning for Congress, 1974}

^{Our wedding day, October 11, 1975}

^{Celebrating my thirty-second birthday during the campaign. Hillary is in dark glasses.}

^{Addressing the Arkansas legislature after I was sworn in as governor, January 9, 1979}

^{The youthful leaders of Arkansas, 1979: Secretary of State Paul Riviere, 31; State Senator Cliff Hoofman, 35; me, 32; State Auditor Jimmie Lou Fisher, 35; and Attorney General Steve Clark, 31}

^{With Chelsea and Zeke}

^{Hillary, Carolyn Huber, Emma Phillips, Chelsea, and Liza Ashley celebrate Liza’s birthday in the Governor’s Mansion in 1980.}

^{My announcement for governor in 1982. Hillary inscribed the picture “Chelsea’s second birthday, Bill’s second chance.”}

^{With three of my strongest Arkansas supporters: Maurice Smith, Jim Pledger, and Bill Clark, 1998}

^{Visiting Arkansas Delta Project leaders, with whom I worked to bring economic development to their region}

^{Parents and students at the Governor’s Mansion for High School Honors Day, celebrating the}