Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Which U.S. President was born William Jefferson Blythe III?"
...On this day in 1946, William Jefferson Blythe III was born in Hope, Arkansas. His father, William Jefferson Blythe, Jr. was a traveling salesman who died in an automobile accident three months before young Bill was born. In 1950, Bill's mother married Roger Clinton and when Bill turned fifteen that he formally adopted the surname Clinton as a gesture toward his stepfather. In 1992, Bill Clinton would be elected as the 42nd president of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001.
