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Bill Clinton . Prior to the Presidency he was the 40th Governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and the state 's 42nd Governor from 1983 to 1992 . The Clinton health care plan , known officially as the Health Security Act and unofficially nicknamed `` Hillarycare '' ( after First Lady Hillary Clinton ) by its detractors , was a 1993 healthcare reform package proposed by the administration of President Bill Clinton and closely associated with the chair of the task force devising the plan , First Lady of the United States Clinton . Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( [ ˈhɪləri_daɪˈæn_ˈrɒdəm_ˈklɪntən ] born October 26 , 1947 ) is an American politician who was the 67th United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013 , U.S. Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009 , First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001 , and the Democratic Party 's nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election .