William J. Clinton During the presidency of William Jefferson Clinton, the United States had a better peace and economic status than at any time in history. Bill Clinton was the first Democratic president to win a second term in office since Franklin D. Roosevelt. (http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/bc42.html): "He could point to the lowest unemployment rate in modern times, the lowest inflation in 30 years, the highest home ownership in the country's …
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…of Bush's term and 247 per 100,000 at the end of Reagan's. Under President Bill Clinton's eight years, the number of prisoners under federal jurisdiction doubled (from 80,259 to 147,126),and grew more than it had under the previous twelve years of Republican rule." So Bill Clinton was in charge for putting a lot of criminals in jail. President Bill Clinton had many accomplishments dispite problems of scandals during his presidency. Clinton was an overall good president.