-- Age: 68-- Born: Chicago-- Work: Former U.S. secretary of state, U.S. senator from New York, first lady-- College: Wellesley College, Yale Law School-- Website: hillaryclinton.com Clinton came to politics early, campaigning for Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater in 1964 before becoming a Democrat in 1968. She was a member of a president impeachment inquiry staff, which advised the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee during the Watergate scandal. She was the first lady of Arkansas during her husband’s tenure as governor and then the country’s first lady after her husband was elected president in 1992.