Bill Clinton | 159
A lawyer and married to one, Bill Clinton probably had many legal arguments in the house. As a person well-versed in the law, delivering into politics was only a natural move. His first foray involved being the Governor of Arkansas. He then gunned for the presidency and won in 1992. Scandals mired his presidency, and Congress subsequently impeached him.
His smarts allowed him to preside over the longest period of peaceful economic expansion in the US. Among the most successful laws he passed were the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and the North American Free Trade Agreement. The latter was the first-ever treaty, entered into by the US, Canada, and Mexico, that protected intellectual property rights. While Clinton failed to pass a comprehensive health law, he left the presidency with the highest approval ratings since 1945.
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