when was bill clinton elected president?
1996 Democratic National Convention 1992 Democratic National Convention
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 By definition , the inauguration marked the formal culmination of the presidential transition of Barack Obama that began when he won the United States presidential election on November 4 , 2008 and became the President @-@ elect . In accordance with Article I , Section 6 of the United States Constitution , Obama resigned from the United States Senate effective November 16 , 2008 . He was formally elected by the Electoral College on December 15 , 2008 . The results were certified by a joint session of Congress on January 8 , 2009 . 

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 An inaugural celebration was held for US President @-@ elect Bill Clinton in January 1993 . The event was staged by Clinton 's Hollywood friends at the Lincoln Memorial and drew hundreds of thousands of people . Aretha Franklin , LL Cool J , Michael Bolton and Tony Bennett were among some of the musicians in attendance . Said Jones , " I 've never seen so many great performers come together with so much love and selflessness . " The celebration included a performance of " We Are the World " , which involved Clinton , his daughter Chelsea , and his wife Hillary singing the song along with USA for Africa 's Kenny Rogers , Diana Ross and Michael Jackson . The New York Times ' Edward Rothstein commented on the event , stating , " The most enduring image may be of Mr. Clinton singing along in ' We Are the World ' , the first President to aspire , however futilely , to hipness . " 

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 A series of voiceovers called STRIKE Files outline the origins of STRIKE . One such file has General Earle detailing the organization 's mandate to US President Bill Clinton after his inauguration in January 1993 . In the tape , Clinton is unaware that STRIKE prevented a civil war in Mexico in 1982 which could have turned the country into a secret Warsaw Pact member @-@ state . 

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 On November 12 , 1896 , the President @-@ elect wrote to his longtime friend , offering him a position in his Cabinet , and stating : 

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 Clinton was formally nominated at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 26 , 2016 , becoming the first woman to be nominated for president by a major U.S. political party . 
