Jeff Dwire

Background

He was born in Bodcaw, Arkansas.

Career

A veteran of World World War II, Dwire was injured during a parachute jump and had later worked as a carpenter. He had worked his way through college as a hairdresser. Other occupations and avocations included playing football, teaching judo, building homes, and selling oil-well equipment and securities.

He also counseled Clinton concerning the draft, decisions involving which would become a major issue in his presidential campaign.

On October 12, 1969, with Virginia Dwire at her side as the anesthesiologist, she gave birth to a little girl. She named her daughter "Jeffrey" Lynn Smith as a sign of adoration to the couple.

Dwire died in August 1974 of complications of diabetes. A 1967 Ford Mustang that he bought played a role in the 1992 presidential campaign and was a favorite nostalgia item of Bill Clinton.

lieutenant is currently on display at the Museum of Automobiles in Arkansas.

The Clinton family"s housekeeper at the time Clarice Minner Hay, who was expecting a child, had so much admiration for the family that she named her daughter after Jeff. Her child subsequently became Jeffery Lynn Smith. Jeffery went missing three weeks before Christmas in 1985 while walking home from school in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

She was 15 years old.

Connections

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Hillary Rodham