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Blythe and Virginia remained married until his death in a car crash on May 17, 1946. On August 19, 1946, three months after Blythe's death, Virginia gave birth to their only child, William Jefferson Blythe III. Bill, as a teen, took his stepfather's surname and became known as Bill Clinton, the future 42nd president of the United States.
Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946, at Julia Chester Hospital in Hope, Arkansas. [2] 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). [3]
After Blythe died, she moved back with her parents, gave birth to a son three months later, and named him William Jefferson Blythe III. This was the future Bill Clinton. In 1950, four years after Blythe's death, the young widow married car salesman Roger Clinton Sr. (July 23, 1908 – November 8, 1967).
Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III in Hope, Arkansas, on Aug. 19, 1946. His father died in a car accident before he was born, and when his mother married Roger Clinton Sr. when he was 4 ...
William (Bill, Billy) Blyth(e) may refer to: W. J. Blythe Jr. (born 1935), known as Bill, former member of the Texas House of Representatives; William Jefferson Blythe Jr. (1918–1946), biological father of Bill Clinton; Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III in 1946), 42nd President of the United States
Roger Clinton Jr. is the only child of car salesman Roger Clinton Sr. and nurse Virginia Dell Cassidy. [1] As a child, his elder half-brother Bill Clinton often had to protect him from Roger Sr., who was abusive and an alcoholic. [2]
Britannica lists the birthname of William J. Clinton (Bill Clinton) as "William Jefferson Blythe IV" . It has been confirmed by the Clinton Library that the correct birthname is "William Jefferson Blythe III". Refer to respective Talk thread. Fixed as of 22 July 2007 ("Clinton, Bill." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007.
This article says its subject's name is William Jefferson Bythe III. The geneological info in the notes confirms this. But the title of the article says the subject's name in Wiiliam Jefferson Blythe, Jr. Likewise, the Bill Clinton article says his birth name was William Jefferson Blythe, III. That article is locked.